Forged Stamps of Lombardy & Venetia
Lombardo-Veneto
1850. Coat of Arms. 15 Centesimi
Genuine vs. Forgeries
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Second ‘K’ in KKPOST broken
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‘5’ not attached to ornament
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Bottom leg of first ‘E’ in STEMPEL is missing serif.
Genuine Type I – exists only on hand-made paper.
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‘5’ is closed
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‘5’ is attached to the frame
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The central serif of the first ‘E’ in CENTES is damaged.
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The bottom leg of second ‘E’ in CENTES is damaged in type IIa – it is complete in type IIb.
Genuine Type II – exists only on hand-made paper.
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‘5’ is not closed like type II. Still attached to the upper ornament
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Frame of the shield is well defined and well separated from branch
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Bottom line of second ‘E’ of CENTES closed (like type IIb)
Genuine Type III. 3 plates on hand-made paper. 2 plates on machine-made paper. There are 3 sub-types: IIIa, IIIb & IIIc. Sub-type IIIa has no additional characteristics. Sub-type IIIb has small dot on the upper part of ‘S’ in CENTES. Sub-type IIIc has a small line in the bottom-left corner.
Milan Postal forgery
Small red dot above the left side of the crown
Milan Postal forgery – Type II
Small red dot above the left side of the crown
Fournier forgery
Genuine Type II, plate 3
with an ‘Andreaskreuz’ (Andreas Cross)
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.
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