Forged stamps of Monaco

1885. Price Charles III. 2 Cents

Forgery

Monaco_1885_2c_Forgery

Forgery

Postmark: MONACO PRINCIPAUTE 5/4 AVR

1885. Price Charles III. 5 Cents

Forgery

Monaco_1885_5c_Forgery

Forgery

Postmark: MONACO 9/6 JUIN PRINCIPAUTE

1885. Price Charles III. 10 Cents

Forgery

Monaco_1885_10c_Forgery

Forgery

Postmark: MONACO 9/6 JUIN PRINCIPAUTE

1885. Price Charles III. 15 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgery

Monaco_1885_15c_Genuine

Genuine

Monaco_1885_15c_Forgery

Forgery

Postmark: MONACO PRINCIPAUTE 5/4 AVR

1885. Price Charles III. 75 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Monaco_1885_75c_Genuine

Genuine

Monaco_1885_75c_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

Monaco_1885_75c_Forgery

Forgery

1885. Price Charles III. 1 Franc

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Monaco_1885_1f_Genuine

Genuine

Monaco_1885_1F_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

Monaco_1885_1F_Forgery

Forgery

Monaco_1885_1f_Forgeries

“Faux de Marseille” forgeries

Heavy impression. Horizontal lines have many breaks and are uneven. “D. DUPUIS” and “E. MOUCHON” are short and poorly shaped.

1885. Price Charles III. 5 Francs

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Monaco_5f_Genuine

Genuine

Monaco_5f_Faux-dItalie_Forgery

“Faux d’Italie” forgery

Monaco_5f_Forgeries

“Faux d’Italie” forgeries

Eyes looks straight. Heavy impression. Lines covering the nose are incomplete. Forgery “A” to the left shows heavier background lines than forgery “B” to the right. the “5F” are a bit shorter in these forgeries. 

Monaco_1885_5F_Genuine

Genuine

Monaco_1885_5F_Dark_Carmine_Genuine

Genuine dark carmine

Monaco_1885_5F_Genuine_Essay

Genuine essay

Monaco_1885_5F_Fournier_Forgery2

Fournier forgery

Monaco_1885_5F_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

Monaco_5f_Forgery

Forgery

Heavy impression. Wrong details around the eye and cheek

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  • 7,8. 40c and 75c values of the Prince Charles issue, 1885. Forgery, genuine and fraudulent postmarks: Reverend R.B. Earée, Album Weeds/ How to Detect Forged Stamps (Third Edition), Vol. 2, p.53. Sperati forgery of the 75c and fraudulent cancellations: British Philatelic Association (Publisher), The Work Of Jean De Sperati, p. 167 and Plate 112.
  • 9,10, Franc values of the Prince Charles issue, 1885. Fournier fraudulent postmarks. The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, pp.239-41 (Yvert 1-10).
  • The “OL” postmarks used by the Monaco Post Office to obliterate French mail collected in Monte Carlo Superieur, France, fakes of. Jerold M. Massler, “Monaco – The OL Overprint”, The France and Colonies Philatelist (U.S.), Whole No. 204 (April 1986): 33-38; Scott Classic Specialized Catalog, note following Monaco 29.
  • Fournier forged postmarks: Fritz Billig, Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 7, p.165.

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