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.
1865. Queen Victoria. 5 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgery
Genuine
Sperati forgery
Dash in right side of 5th box from the top left
Genuine – Reperforated
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.
1865. Queen Victoria. 10 Cents
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine – Unperforated
Sperati forgery – white dot above ‘C’ in VANCOUVER