1851-1855. Queen Victoria. Laureate. One penny
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine – orange-brown
Genuine – vermilion
Genuine – carmine
Forgery
Spiro forgery
Modern 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.
Folded entire to Beale French in London franked pair and single Laureate Jeffryes forgery of 1d brick red SG #48 tied three strikes Sydney barred obliterator (11 bars only in centre, upper and lower bars segmented squares), inscribed p Maitland. On the back in black unframed d/arc ‘SHIP LETTER/(crown)/JU24/1852/SYDNEY’ overlaid London thimble s/ring ‘FL/18NO18/1852’ in red. Contents is a letter and invoice for 10 bales of corks.
1851-1855. Queen Victoria. Laureate. Two pence
Genuine vs. Reprints vs. Forgery
Genuine – double impression
Genuine 1854 – pos. 16
Reprint
Reprint
Forgery
1851-1855. Queen Victoria. Laureate. Three Pence
Forgery
Spiro forgery
1851-1855. Queen Victoria. Laureate. Six Pence
Genuine vs. Reprint vs. Forgery
Genuine
Reprint
Forgery
1851-1855. Queen Victoria. Laureate. Eight Pence
Genuine vs. Reprints
Genuine
Reprint
Reprint
Laureates Characteristics
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Characteristics
Face profile: Nose should be hooked
Eyes: Big and sad looking
Back of the neck: Hatched with wide lines so the white in between is visible
Background: Very detailed with lines either vertical waves or horizontal
Color: Listed in Stanley Gibbons
Postmark: Barred numeral postmarks have never been forged
Forgeries
Characteristics
Face profile: Nose is usually pointy, looks nicer than genuine
Eyes: Small, looks nicer than genuine
Back of the neck: Lines only go one direction (like the band) or are full of color
Background: Looks ‘wrong’, lines are different thickness / pattern
Color: Variation not listed in Stanley Gibbons
1854-1855. Queen Victoria. Diadem. Five Pence
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Forgery
Oneglia 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.
1854-1855. Queen Victoria. Diadem. Six Pence
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Oneglia forgery
Forgery
Forgery
Forgery
1854-1855. Queen Victoria. Diadem. One Shilling
Genuine vs. Forgery
Genuine
‘T’ of ‘SOUTH right below ‘T’ of POSTAGE
Spiro forgery
‘T’ of ‘SOUTH to the left of ‘T’ of POSTAGE
1861-1897. Queen Victoria. Coin. Five Shillings
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine – SG #174
Genuine – SG #179
Forgery
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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