1851. 5 & 4O Centesimi. This issue consists, as everybody knows, of a set of three stamps, 5, 20, and 40 centesimi; but I have only seen forgeries of the first and last. The 20 C. is common, and I suppose the forgers did not think it worth their while to imitate it. The genuine […]
Postmark no. 12 of 23 in use in Turkey. CONSTANTINOPEL DEUTSCHE POST. 3rd post office in Constantinople. In use from 1. March 1900 – 30. September 1914. Seen on the following stamps (Michel no.): V. 37 (Vorläufer) Turkey 6 – 52 Source: Die Postwertzeichen und Entwertungen der Deutschen Postanstalten in den Schutzgebieten und im Ausland, […]
1870, 1 Real. Genuine Engraved, on slightly yellowish white wove paper, rather thick; imperf. The lion is standing on a level piece of ground, represented by some lines of cross-shading drawn across the circle about one fourth from the bottom of the circle. His feet do not touch the boundary-line of the circle. The rest […]
These cancellations were used by Fournier: FOLIGNO 20 DIC 68 BORGO 6 FEBR 59
These cancellations were used by Fournier: TORINO 23 UIC 54 3 S AIX IES BAINS 24 NOV. 51 GENOA 15 MAR 62 I S ANNE CY MAR. 3 DOUVAINE 12 AVR. 53 TORINO 13. GIU.
1863. Unpaid-Letter Stamp. 10C., Yellow-Ochre. Genuine Lithographed, on coarsely-wove white paper. The lines behind the shield are all wavy. Corner scroll to the left of SEGNA is lower than the one to the right. The bottom of the 1 of 10 C. is on a level with the O and the C. This is best […]
There are, apparently, two dies for these stamps, one for the penny, and one for the other values. The background of the four labels is formed of zig-zag white lines in the penny, but is solid in the higher values. 1859. One Penny, black. Imperforate. Genuine Engraved in taille-douce on greyish-white paper. The W of […]
The matrices of all the five values were engraved on one stone, and were reproduced by lithography. In the i schilling, the numerals in the corners vary, as the lithographer obliterated them in his transfer, and put in smaller ones by hand. The matrix of the 1 1/2 Sch. had the value in the plural […]
1869. 5 Francs, Mauve, Lilac, Lavender. Genuine Engraved (typograph); perf. 13 1/2; on wove greyish paper. Sixty-four pearls round the head. A distinct five-lobed leaf at each corner of the inside oblong. Figure 5 at equal distance between the inner line of frame and the outside line of central circle. Value generally (but not always) […]
1863-71. 1d, 4d, 6d & 5s. Genuine Typograph; perf. 14; watermark CC and crown. Head of figure exactly under first O of GOOD. Head of ram with eye, mouth, and horn, perfectly distinct. All lettering tall enough to pretty well fill up the labels. The figure wears a bandeau or tiara on her head. The […]