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Cape Of Good Hope Forgery?

 
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Posted 12/10/2025   11:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add fester616 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hey Folks,

I'm going through the stamps my Dad left me, and he had this in an album as Cape of Good Hope Scott number 4. I have spent some time researching whether the stamp is legitimate, and I have my doubts. The biggest red flag to me is the cancellation, which looks like an Erasmo Oneglia fake cancel.

Any opinions?
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Posted 12/11/2025   02:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Flightle_Bee to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
https://stampforgeries.blogspot.com...od-hope.html

Looks to me that the 'C' of your stamp doesn't resemble that of the first-described Oneglia instance (which is thinner).
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Posted 12/11/2025   07:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Posted 12/13/2025   1:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add fester616 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hmm. Thanks for the links to those sites. Looking at my stamp, I think it is legit. The cancel still throws me off, though.

Thanks for the help!
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Posted 12/14/2025   4:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add billsey to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like a typical genuine example form the white paper issues, though with no margins. That cancel is also typical, a CoGH in triangle:


I've been working on my CoGH collection the last couple of weeks, trying to put together a one frame of the triangles. That means it's all fairly fresh in my mind right now. :)
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