Forged Stamps of Tibet

1914. 4 Tranka

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Tibet_1914_4tr_Genuine_Sheet

Genuine sheet

Tibet_1914_4tr_Genuine

Genuine

Tibet_1914_4tr_1st_Forgery

1st set of forgeries. Thick fiberous paper. Appeared March 1958. 7-lines radiotelegraphic genuine postmark. Also exist with genuine Type VII ( T15 ) and VIII (T42) Lhasa postmarks.

Tibet_1914_4tr_1st_Forgery_sheet

1st set of forgeries.

Appeared March 1958. Sheets lacks the rough marginal framing. Six clichés in the sheet. Printed from a 8 Tranka cliché.


2nd set of forgeries. Appeared March 1973

copied from Haverbecks Handbook

Tibet_1914_4tr_4th_Forgery_cover

4th set of forgeries on forged cover. Both stamp and postmark are forged. Appeared late 1982. Six different clichés pr sheet.

Thanks to Bo Olsson for images and analysis of Tibetan forgeries

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