1853. Queen Maria II. 5 Reis
Genuine vs. Reprints vs. Forgeries
Genuine
1863 reprint
Rich dark brown color. The die was repaired, so the whole head is smaller and neck of the queen shows an “Adam’s apple”. The curl of hair is vestigial.
1885 reprint
Thick white paper. Chocolate brown color. Originally not gummed. Made from a new die, so the letters and floral design are thinner. There is no curl of hair.
Forgery
Not embossed
Forgery
Forgery
Not embossed
Forgery
Part of a vignette printed for the Philatelic Salon held in Hamburg in 1984. The vignette is marked “Reproduktion 1984” but the “stamp” may be cut in such a way that the marking is left out. The paper has a wavy water-mark. The color was printed before the stamp was embossed (unlike the original), so the two are slightly off-set.
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.
1853. Queen Maria II. 25 Reis
Genuine vs. Reprint
Genuine
1863 reprint
Over-inked on the right side. Small white dot in front of the queen’s eye.
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.
1853. Queen Maria II. 50 Reis
Genuine vs. Reprints vs. Forgeries
Genuine
1863 reprint
Thin slightly yellowish paper. Issued gummed. The genuine stamps have no breaks in the frame or have a single break in the lower frame. The frame of the 1863 reprint has the same break below and a second break on the right side, very near the top angle. Over-inked on the left side.
1885 reprint
Thick white paper. Issued ungummed. Same breaks in the frame as the 1863 reprint. The left side is only slightly over-inked, but has constant width, unlike the 1863 reprint.
1905 reprint
Thin yellowish paper and dull color. Issued gummed. Same break in the lower frame as some of the originals.
Forgery
Forgery
Not embossed
Forgery
Not embossed
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.
1853. Queen Maria II. 100 Reis
Genuine vs. Reprints vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Less than 30 unused 100Reis stamps recorded.
1863 reprint
Over-inked on both sides. Issued gummed.
1885 reprint
Thick white paper. Color is noticeably different. Slight over-inking on the left side.
1905 reprint
Yellowish thin paper and dull color. Frame over-inked on the left side. There is a break in the right margin of the frame. Issued with gum.
1953 reprint
White very thick paper. Impression very regular, without overinking. The back of the stamp includes the notice “1853-1953”. The frame is broken on the right side as in the 1905 reprint.
Forgery
Not embossed. Fuzzy print. Paper thin and yellowish. Often postmarked “52” (Oporto).
Forgery
Not embossed
Forgery
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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