Forged Stamps of Finland
Suomi
Note: Fournier used the margins of genuine sheets to print his forgeries. They are very good, and have fooled experts in the past. A sure thing to look for are his forged postmarks, which always are one of the four shown.
1891. Russian Eagle
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Pearls around center square are even
Fournier forgery
Easy to recognize Kuopio postmark
Pearls around center square are uneven
Fournier forgery in wrong color
Pearls around center square are uneven
Genuine
Pearls around center square are even
Fournier forgery
Easy to recognize Wiborg postmark
Pearls around center square are uneven
1901. Russian Eagle. 10 Pen
Genuine vs. Forgery
Genuine. Perforated 14 1/4 x 14 3/4
Postal forgery. Perforation 11 1/2. The lowest feathers on the left hand side are joined together. The eagle’s crown too close to the elliptic border above and the tail too close to the arrows below.
1901. Russian Eagle. 20 Pen
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Majlund postal forgery. Perforated 11,5. Printed in sheets of 32 (4 x 8). In ‘XX’ the diagonal lines from left up is thicker
Rudolph/BPP certificate
Forgery
1901-1915. Russian Eagle. 10 Mark
Genuine vs. Forgery
Genuine
Pearls around center square are even
Fournier forgery
Pearls around center square are uneven
Fournier Forged Postmarks
Kuopio (+Russian town name) 1 IV 98 3 1
Helsingfors Helsinki (+Russian town name) 5 III 00
Tampere As Tammerfors R (+Russian town name) 8 V 98 41
Wiborg Wiipuri 11 XI 97 9b
Other Forged Postmarks
Richard Granberg, a wellknown and respected collector in the beginning of the 19th century, had good connections to the postal administration in Finland, and so he had – among other things – access to a ‘retired’ cancellor from Åbo. It was in official use until 31.12.93, mainly as arrival postmark on mail to the city. Granberg used it as cancellor of Russian type entires and stamps. Several dates are known.
Forged Granberg postmark
Åbo 13.XII.91
Forged Granberg postmark on cover. Many such covers exist, all addressed to persons named ‘Granberg’
Åbo 3.XII.91
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