Algeria Independence Overprints. Are These Particular Overprints Genuine?

Hello! New member here. I was hoping someone with some expertise might be able to help me out. I've seen a couple of French stamps with a form of the Algerian "EA" overprint (used in 1962), but they are not listed in Scott, and I don't know if these particular overprints are genuine or some sort of forgery? Note that "Republique Francaise" has not been obliterated as is usually the case. I've seen this overprint on France #981 (bee-eater) and #980 (teal, shown here). Any thoughts?

From a site that I cannot link here:

So, it's possible that overprints exist on any number of French stamps of that era (besides what is listed in Scott)? I didn't know that, thank you rogdcam. Sadly, the seller is asking truly exorbitant prices for these... I've never seen them before, and can't judge what their actual value may be, but at least I know to watch for them elsewhere.

The only French stamps authorized officially (recognized in catalogues) are shown below. Some tax stamps also had the EA overprint.
Your stamp with the EA and star is bogus.

Ah, thanks perf12, that was exactly what I was trying to get at.

NILS --- Wait a minute ..... There is more to this story .

There are official overprints both with a handstamp and machine made overprints . Here I will show you from my own collection the official authorized stamps both on and off cover .


There are also Post Offices were authorized to print their own ,that is what you see in the scan posted earlier with a purple overprint. Please note also the fourth stamp shown above mine also doesn't have the Rep. Francise. blocked out like my copy shown of the same stamp ,mine has it blocked out . .Other Post Offices made different overprints and that may be the stamp you shown above .

This the same issue I ran into with Bangladesh when the country formerly was East Pakistan and they got their Independence . The government let hundreds of government offices ,private companies ,banks and everybody else overprint Pakistanian stamps ,where I have over 50 different overprints and no catalog can be issued because so much is questionable . .

Oh, my. So, they could be genuine overprints of a type not catalogued... but there's no way to really be sure.

I don't own these stamps (and the seller is asking a truly comical amount of money for them) but I've been cataloguing all the varieties (such as overprints) for this series (the 1960 French bird issues) and wanted to incorporate these into my list.

Thanks to all for your insights... I'll summarize what I've learned herein and keep my eyes open for more info.

P.S. floortrader, NICE cover, by the way!

(If anyone is curious, these are on ebay for a measly $135,000.00 each, marked down from $225,000.00 each... but don't despair, after looking at them the seller made me an offer of only $95,000.00. I decided not to get them. ).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/306306710410

https://www.ebay.com/itm/306306710473

That is what I posted on 9 May. Is this microphone on?

@rogdcam, oh yes, that's exactly what you said but then @perf12 stated flat out that it was a bogus overprint... so, there's some disagreement.

The different types of the EA overprint...have fun.

http://expo.fsfi.it/milano2016/exhibits/11Habe.pdf

Nils - I think the point is that the overprints, whilst they vary considerably, are only found on five stamps.

@perf12, great link, thank you!

@GeoffHa, yeah, that's what all the catalogues say, but I thought I'd throw it out to the SCF to see if there was anything "unwritten" to add. I've collected this particular stamp issue (but not "EA" overprints) for years and have only ever seen these two examples, so they "smelled" bogus to me, if you know what I mean.