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Switzerland And Forged Cancels

 
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Posted 08/15/2025   4:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add backroads to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I know that earlier Swiss stamps of the seated Helvetia design were often given bogus cancels. In a recent purchase, I found a page with several stamps of this design, some cancelled, but no indication of whether they were real or forged.

Could anyone suggest a good reference, ideally on line, to use when working through these? I have attached a scan of the page just to give some idea of what I am working with. If anyone is interested I can attach further individual scans of specific stamps.


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Posted 08/16/2025   12:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add drkohler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
An (outdated) site has some examples of fake Sitting Helvetia cancels
http://www.pro-philatelie.info/fael...elvetia.html
(You get a warning when accessing the (German only) site).
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Thank you for the link. It will be useful particularly if I can match some of the known forged cancels with the ones on this selection. I think, though, when I create a page for them, it will just have the statement that these are common with a known example if I find one. I guess, for specialists in the
Stamps of Switzerland, it must be must be a real minefield when you are looking a a rarer specimen. I will stick to looking for watermarks, papers and perforations.
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