Forged stamps of Great Britain

Queen Victoria

Pound Denominations

1867-1883. Queen Victoria. One Pound

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Great_Britain_1867-83_QV_1pound_Genuine

Genuine

Great_Britain_1867-78_QV_1pound_Forgery2

Forgery – unwatermarked

Great_Britain_1867-83_QV_1pound_Forgery1

Forgery

Great_Britain_1867-83_QV_1pound_Forgery3

Forgery

Great_Britain_1867-83_QV_1pound_Forgery4

Forgery

1884-1891. Queen Victoria. One Pound

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Great_Britain_1884_QV_1pound_Genuine

Genuine

Great_Britain_1884_QV_1pound_Specimen_Genuine

Genuine – Specimen

Great_Britain_1884_QV_1pound_Unperforated_Genuine

Genuine unperforated

Great_Britain_1884_QV_1pound_Forgery

Forgery – watermarked crown

Great_Britain_1884_QV_1pound_Forgery2

Forgery

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Genuine

Genuine

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Forgery3

Forgery

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Forgery1

Forgery – unwatermarked

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Forgery4

Forgery – unwatermarked

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Forgery2

Forgery

Great_Britain_1891_QV_1pound_Torres_Illustration

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.

1882. Queen Victoria. Five Pounds

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Genuine

Genuine

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Specimen_Genuine

Genuine – Specimen

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Altered_Specimen_Forgery

Forgery

‘Specimen’ removed and postmark applied above

Note: Certified as genuine by the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) in 1985

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery

Forgery

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery2

Forgery – no watermark

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery3

Forgery

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery4

Forgery

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery5

Forgery

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Forgery6

Facsimile

(cut out from philatelic exhibition mini-sheet)

great_britain_1882_qv_5pound_forgery7

Forgery

great_britain_1882_qv_5pound_forgery8

Forgery – No watermark

great_britain_1882_qv_5pound_forgery9

Forgery – No watermark, perforated 11.5, European style indistinct postmark

Great_Britain_1882_QV_5pound_Tores_Illustration

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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