Concerns With Australian State Stamp Purchase

Hi all,

I recently purchased a mixed lot of what was suppose to be mint Australian State Stamps on ebay. While it didn't break the bank, I have some concerns about two of the Western Australian Stamps. The other stamps seem fine and some in good condition.

However, these just don't seem right and appear to be possibly ink jet printed especially the 1/s.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Doesn't look good to me, but not an expert. I'll wait for others to comment.

A couple of copies of the 1/- sold by Grosvenor for comparison.

https://www.grosvenorauctions.com/a...rn+Australia

Definitely fakes.

I checked the listing and noted that these were sold by niftystamps111, which is one of the accounts of the notorious 'Sydney stamp forger' George Nassar.

These are just some of the ebay accounts this 'gentleman' has had over the years:

2_bob_idi0t, (ended up with 100 Negatives in a month 11/17 - cost ebay $100,000 in losses)
123456*abcd,
919knight,
a_l_77,
ablestrading000,
ace_collectables,
air_con_man,
andrewnco00,
andrebelto9,
antiques unlimited,
antiquesunlimited111_1,
artau-0qii7,
assa_jef,
auandr_pajgxdrkx, (Ripped off many $10,000s from Paypal selling goods he did now own, and vanished with monies)
aubria_us75no,
aujoh-4q99e7,
aussi_stamps,
aussiestampsales,
aw1940,
a-z_stamps,
azarbay*123,
baltantiq,
baxter_1960,
bexapunk101,
bluewit32,
bonjoh7, (Ripped off about $80,000 from Paypal selling goods he did now own, and vanished with monies)
bottlejfb,
buhay_ko1,
byzantine2006,
century_stamps02,
civic_12345,
clonstamps,
coinsnstamps111,
collectables89,
collectables_stamps,
cosmos121,
country_stamps,
darcey_stampchaser,
davidsstamps,
dawh-9130,
doyle_doyle,
el73_28,
evinty0,
everyday68,
express.stamps,
fantastic001jon,
fel3634,
fj...antiques02,
g.philatelics,
george0mighty,
globalstamps1,
globbaladmin ,
gregbear_61,
g-stephensstamps,
howsthat2194,
idealstamps_1,
indepbrokers,
jobr-459,
jones-philatelics,
jupinks00,
kenfield999,`
la_4211,
la-lune-collectables,
lesmulhollan-0,
longjo5,
lohel-0,
lunaheloui,
madtis60,
martaylo-58,
maximus321-6,
maylan11z2,
metrokaras,
mightystamps000,
modlink2002,
montigo09,
nealworth0,
nicburges3,
niftystamps111 ,
northgate14,
nsb13579,
nswstamps,
number1_stamp_dealer,
ocean-5002,
oceanbluestamps,
oceaniastamps,
olivers-collection64,
omramtrading99,
ozstamptr-47 ,
ozstampcollect,
p.webster01,
perm209,
pgstamps,
phar_lap,
philatel_12,
premiumequ-88,
prestige_stamps,
prestiges_tamps13,
rayahelou-0,
riz_878,
scott222_01,
seela-64,
skystamps1010,
sl_143_44,
southau_z95fzszy,
speedway88q,
stamp1.stamp2.stamp3,
stampbuyers,
stamps_athletes
stamptre_548,
stampomtrad,
starst35,
stampcentre,
stamp_37,
stamps_lovers101,
stamps143,
stamps181,
strampsdownunder,
stampcentre,
stampcollections,
stamp_archives,
starcollectables,
stamplover246,
stamps_fishing,
stamps_n_coins,
stamps_star_stamps,
stampsboard,
stampsglobal,
stampsuite,
stanley.gibbons.australia,
stars24680,
stowie02,
sunstamps-24,
tin7778,
top_gun59,
topchoice001,
tryme22331,
Ts22167,
unistamps,
vtoledo20,
westernstar142,
wishstamps135,
windsor_60_6,
worldstamps_29,
workercom,
wynstoninvest

Wow, just wow.
I bet someone like that enjoyed making the air_"con_man" handle. *sigh*

Thank to everyone for their assistance.

I have requested for the items to be returned and will be more discerning with purchases in the future.

And @peterh thank you for that Intel! Crazy how he hasn't been done for fraud and still active. Another lesson learnt to research more #128547;

He has two feedback which call out forgeries.