Words of Wisdom
According to expert Stefan Petriuk: “if you can’t figure out what type of Przedbórz stamp it is, then it’s a forgery.”
1918. Wheat sheaf. 10 Grosze
Fischer #6 / Michel #6
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine stamps have no lettering on the sheaf or hammers.
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Both vertical inner frame lines go down to the frame line under Miasto Przedbórz.
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Left banner has two lines at the top.
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Vertical part of the final “Z” in Przedbórz has a bit of color missing 1/3 of the way up.
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Lower right 10 has a thin vertical line at the tip of the 1.
Genuine type I
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At the left of Miasto there are two partial vertical lines inside the frame.
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The left 10 has a a dot at the lower left.
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The right inner frame line stops above the lettered area.
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Miasto Przedbórz slopes down towards the right end.
Genuine type II
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The left inner frame doesn’t go down all the way.
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There are scattered dots and faint lines under various parts of Miasto Przedbórz.
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A faint line under “ÓRZ” goes all the way to the outer right frame line.
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Right inner frame line goes down to the “ÓRZ” line.
Genuine type III
Forgery type I
- – Generally crude or coarse printing
- – The banner to the right of ‘1918’ has a larger gap in the bottom-left corner of the top (close to ‘8’) compared to genuine stamps
Forgery type II
- – “PPM” written on the hammers and top of sheaf. The “P” on the sheaf is sometimes hard to see.
- – Both inner frame lines end above “Miasto Przedbórz”. On all other genuine and forged types at least one descends to the top of the value box.
Forgery type III
- – “Z” is Groszy has a short top, about 1,3mm-1,4mm, thus it does not extend as far right as the bottom.
- – Right foot of “M” in Miasto almost touches the “I”
- – Top of the hammers are 0,5mm shorter
Forgery type IV
- – The banner left of “1918” has three lines inside.
Forgery type V
- – Similar to forgery type III, but the sheaf is wider. Bottom is 5,3mm compared to 4,7-4,8mm on type III
- – “Z” is Groszy has a short top, about 1,3mm-1,4mm, thus it does not extend as far right as the bottom.
- – Left foot of “M” in Miasto almost touches the “I”
- – Top of the hammers are 0,5mm shorter
Genuine type II proof
Thanks to Sam Ginsburg for images and analysis of Przedbórz forgeries
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