Forged stamps of British Columbia

& Vancouver Island

1865. British Columbia Issue. 3 Pence

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1865_3p_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spiro_Forgery_Type1

Spiro forgery – Type I

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spiro_Forgery_Type2a

Spiro forgery – Type IIa

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spiro_Forgery_Type2a_Unperforated

Spiro forgery – Type IIa

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spiro_Forgery_Type2a_Variety

Spiro forgery – Type IIa

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spiro_Forgery_Type2b

Spiro forgery – Type IIb

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Bartlett_Sales_Sheet

The stamp dealer Bartlett used this letterhead to promote the remainders of Canadian provinces he had acquired in 1896. Forgers used this to make forgeries. They cut the letterhead out and applied perforations. The letterhead’s surrounding original thin black line can often still be seen in these forgeries.

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Unknown_Forgery

Genuine but reperforated to the right

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_slate_Forgery

Spiro forgery

British_Columbia_1865_3d_Frodel_Forgery1

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1865_3d_Frodel_Forgery2

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1865_3d_Frodel_Forgery3

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1865_3d_Frodel_Forgery4

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1865_3d_Torres_illustration

Illustration by Plácido Ramón de Torres: Album ilustrado de sellos de correo, Barcelona 1879. Torres sold illustrations to various dealers/forgers from 1864 onwards, as well as made forgeries himself.

1868. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 2 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1868_2c_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1868_2c_Spiro_Forgery_Type1

Spiro forgery – Type I

British_Columbia_1868_2c_Spiro_Forgery_Type2

Spiro forgery – Type II

1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 10 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1869_10c_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1869_10c_Spiro_Forgery

Spiro forgery

British_Columbia_1869_10c_Senf_Forgery

Senf forgery

British_Columbia_1869_10c_Forgery

Forgery

1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 25 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1869_25c_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1869_25c_Spiro_Forgery_Type1

Spiro forgery

British_Columbia_1869_25c_Spiro_Forgery

Spiro forgery

1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 50 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1869_50c_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1869_50c_Spiro_Forgery

Spiro forgery

British_Columbia_1869_50c_Senf_Forgery

Senf forgery

1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 1 Dollar

Genuine vs. Forgeries

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Genuine

Genuine

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Forgery

Forgery

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Frodel_Forgery1

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Frodel_Forgery2

Frodel forgery

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Spiro_Forgery

Spiro forgery

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Senf_Forgery

Senf forgery

British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Forgery2

Forgery

British Columbia Issue

Spiro produced his forgeries in sheets of 25

British_Columbia_1865_3cents_Spriro-sheet_Forgery
British_Columbia_1869_10cents_Spriro-sheet_Forgery
British_Columbia_1869_25cents_Spriro-sheet_Forgery
British_Columbia_1869_50cents_Spriro-sheet_Forgery
British_Columbia_1869_1dollar_Spriro-sheet_Forgery

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