Forged stamps of British Columbia
& Vancouver Island
1865. British Columbia Issue. 3 Pence
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Spiro forgery – Type I
Spiro forgery – Type IIa
Spiro forgery – Type IIa
Spiro forgery – Type IIa
Spiro forgery – Type IIb
The stamp dealer Bartlett used this letterhead to promote the remainders of Canadian provinces he had acquired in 1896. Forgers used this to make forgeries. They cut the letterhead out and applied perforations. The letterhead’s surrounding original thin black line can often still be seen in these forgeries.
Genuine but reperforated to the right
Spiro forgery
Frodel forgery
Frodel forgery
Frodel forgery
Frodel 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.
1868. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 2 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Spiro forgery – Type I
Spiro forgery – Type II
1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 10 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Spiro forgery
Senf forgery
Forgery
1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 25 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Spiro forgery
Spiro forgery
1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 50 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Spiro forgery
Senf forgery
1869. British Columbia Issue surcharged. 1 Dollar
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Forgery
Frodel forgery
Frodel forgery
Spiro forgery
Senf forgery
Forgery
British Columbia Issue
Spiro produced his forgeries in sheets of 25
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