Forged Stamps of Denmark
“The Spud Papers”
by Atlee, Pemberton & Earée
1851
2 Rigsbankskilling. Blue
Genuine
The genuine stamps are usually covered with a fancy pattern in pale brown, over the whole surface of the paper, and probably designed in addition to the crown watermark, as a preventive to forgery.
Forged
- Slight cross above crown is on a solid ground which projects into the background, and is therefore prominent. In the genuine it is not to be distinguished readily, being upon the pattern of the background.
- Crown too broad and regular; the fine open spaces, so prominent here, and all of a like oval shape, are smaller and most irregular in the genuine.
- The absence of any dot after POST is very conspicuous, for the genuine bears a broad oblong mark for a period.
- The post-horn is thin, and lacks the bold curl on the genuine which nearly hides the mouthpiece; and that curl is shewn (in the genuine) by a clear circle of dots.
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