Forged Stamps of Haiti

1881-1886. Liberty. 1 Cent

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_1c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_1c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_1c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

Haiti_1881_Liberty_1c_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_1c_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

Haiti_1882-85_Liberty_1c_Forgery

Forgery

1881. Liberty. 2 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_2c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_2c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_2c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

Haiti_1881_Liberty_2c_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

1881. Liberty. 3 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_3c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_3c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_3c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

Haiti_1881_Liberty_3c_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

1881. Liberty. 5 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_5c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_5c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_5c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

1881-1886. Liberty. 7 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_7c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_7c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_7c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

Haiti_1882-85_Liberty_7c_Forgery

Postal forgery

Perforated 14 or 16

(genuine perforated 13 1/2)

1881-1886. Liberty. 20 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Baguet_Forgery_mint

Baguet forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Baguet_Forgery_cancelled

Baguet forgery – cancelled

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1881_Liberty_20c_Forgery2

Forgery

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 1 Cent

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_1c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_1c_Genuine

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_1c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_1c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 2 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_2c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_2c_Genuine

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_2c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_2c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 3 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_3c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_3c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_3c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 5 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_5c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_5c_Genuine

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_5c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_5c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1891_Coat-of-Arms_5c_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed. Perforated 11

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 7 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_7c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_7c_Genuine

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_7c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_7c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

1892-1896. Palm Tree. 20 Cents

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_20c_Genuine

Genuine (1892)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_20c_Genuine

Genuine (1896)

Engraved. Perforated 14 x 13 1/2

Haiti_1892_Palm-Tree_20c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

Haiti_1896_Palm-Tree_20c_Imperato_Forgery

Imperato forgery

Lithographed

1902. Overprinted MAI Gt Pre 1902

Forgeries

Haiti_1902_Mai-gt-Pre_Overprint_2c_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1902_50c_Surcharged_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1902_MAI-Gt-Pre-1902_surcharge_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forged overprint

1904. The 100th Anniversary of Independence

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Haiti_1904_Francois-Dominique_Toussaint_2c_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1904_Francois-Dominique_Toussaint_5c_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1904_Emperor_Jean_Jacques_Dessalines_7c_Forgery

Forgery

haiti_1904_missing_emperor_jean_jacques_dessalines_7c_forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1904_Emperor_Jean_Jacques_Dessalines_10c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1904_President_Alexandre_Sabes_Petion_20c_Forgery

Forgery

1904. President Nord Alexis. 5 Centimes

Genuine vs. Forgery

Haiti_1904_5c_Genuine

Genuine

Haiti_1904_5c_Surcharged_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

1906-1914. President Nord Alexis. 50 Centimes

Forgeries

Haiti_1906_50c_Surcharged_Forgery

Forgery

Haiti_1914_50c_Surcharged_Forgery

Forgery

Fournier Forged Postmark

Haiti_Fournier_Forged_Postmark

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  • — Forgery of the bogus issue described in Fred J. Melville, Phantom Philately (by Fred J. Melville), pp.113,14: H.F. Rooke, “Forgeries of the Bogus Issues for Central and South America”, The Philatelist, Vol. 27 (January 1961): 96-99.
  • 1-13. First type of Liberty Head issues, 1881 and 1882. Perforated issue: H.G. Leslie Fletcher, Postal Forgeries of the World, p.64. Postal forgeries of the perforated issue: Carroll Lloyd, “The Postal Forgeries of the Second Issue“, Haiti Philately, Vol.28 (March 2002):33,38. Cap Haitien postal forgeries, Panelli, Fournier, Maitreat and other forgeries and fraudulent cancellations: F. Burton Sellers, “Haiti: Counterfeits and Forgeries of the Liberty Head Issues”, The American Philatelic Congress Book 52 (1986): 35-49. Postal forgeries of the perforated issue and other forgeries, perforated and imperforate: Evert Klaseboer, Stamps: Catalogue, CD Rom, Vol.2 (Singapore, February 2008). Panelli, Fournier and other forgeries: J.R.W. Purvis, “Haiti: The ‘Liberty Heads’, Part 3”, The Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 52 (September 1973): 276-93, continued at (November 1973): 342-58, at pp.281-93. Forgery of the 5c perforated: Frank Aretz, Know Your Stamps, Vol. II, pp.28,29. Private reprints of imperforate issue: Carroll Lloyd, “Haiti: The Liberty Head Reprints”, American Philatelist, Vol. 99 (December 1985): 1100-5. Forgeries of the 1881 issue: Sidney Bird, “Random Notes“, Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 26 (August 20, 1938): 719-21; reprinted in Stamp Collector’s Fortnightly, Vol. 44 (September 24, 1938): 320. Fournier forgeries and fraudulent postmark, postal forgeries of the perforated issue: The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, p.168 (Yvert 1-6 and 1882). Forgery of the 20c value and genuine postmark: Reverend R.B. Earée, Album Weeds/ How to Detect Forged Stamps (Third Edition), Vol. 1, pp.492,93. Postal forgeries of the perforated issue: Scott Classic Specialized Catalog.
  • 18-20. Liberty Head issue, 1886-87. J. Dorn (Publisher), The Forged Stamps of all Countries, p.132. Reprints: Carroll Lloyd, “The Liberty Head Reprints”, American Philatelist, Vol. 99 (December 1985): 1100-4.
  • 26-30, 32-43. Palms issues, 1891, 1892-95, 1896. J. Dorn (Publisher), The Forged Stamps of all Countries, pp.132,33.
  • 32-37, 38-43. Drooping Palms issues of 1892-95 and 189645. Varro Tyler, Linn’s Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps, Revised, Expanded Edition, p.123. N. Imperato forgeries: The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, p.168 (Yvert 27-38). Forgeries of the issue of 1896: Alden C. Johnson, Forgeries Old and New, Vol. 2, p.18.
  • 67-81, J5-J9. The 1902 Provisional Issue. 29 forgeries of the handstamped overprints, with illustrations of each in Appendix G, genuine and forged cancellations: Peter C. Jeannopoulos, Haiti’s 1902 Proisional Issue (Haiti Philatelic Society, 2008). Peter C. Jeannopoulos, “Haiti: Differentiating Forgeries Of The 1902 Provisional Issue”, Haiti Philately, Vol. 17 (March 1991): 22-37. Peter C. Jeannopoulos, “Comments On Forgeries Of The 1902 Provisional Issue”, Haiti Philately, Vol. 18 (April-June 1992): 49-53. Forgered handstamp: William Bacon, “Phony Philately“ column, Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 64 (August 17, 1957): 766. Alden C. Johnson, Forgeries Old and New, Vol. 2, pp.18,19. Frank E. Locy, “The 1902 Overprints of Haiti, American Philatelist, Vol. 45 (June 1932): 419-24. Chas. S. Thompson, “Recent Counterfeits”, Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 16 (February 20, 1932): 1534-36. de Thuin forged overprint: The Yucatan Affair, p.98. Characteristics of a genuine overprint: Varro E. Tyler, Varro E. Tyler, “Forty Forgotten Forgeries”, American Philatelist, Vol. 114 (March 2000): 242-248, at p.245.
  • 82-88. Centenary of Independence issue of 1904. The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, p.168 (Yvert 84-89). J. Dorn (Publisher), The Forged Stamps of all Countries, p.133. The 5c stamp: Dumonteuil forgery (forged lithographed vignette): Varro Tyler, Linn’s Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps, Revised, Expanded Edition, p.124. No.84 may be the other Dumonteuil forgery (with engraved vignette).
  • 89-95. Overprinted Centenary of Independence, 1904. de Thuin forged overprint. James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, pp.98,99.
  • 96-101a. Regular issue of 1904. 96-101. Varro Tyler, “The cautious collector’s alphabet”, Scott Stamp Monthly Vol. 14 (April 1996): 8,10,11. . Forgeries of the 1c and 50c stamps: Varro Tyler, Linn’s Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps, Revised, Expanded Edition, pp.125, 26. Reprints or imitations: Scott Classic Specialized Catalog.
  • 102-7. Overprinted regular issue, 1904. de Thuin forged overprint: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, pp.98,99.
  • 108,8a,150,51,54,55,161. 1c Provisional stamps of 1906 and 1907. de Thuin counterfeit surcharge: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.100.
  • 109,52,53,56,59,60. 2c Provisional stamps of 1906 and 1907. de Thuin counterfeit surcharge: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.100.
  • 110-24. Gold Currency Overprints, 1906. Eight forged overprints: Brian Moorhouse, “Haiti: More On The Gold Currency Overprints”, The Mainsheet, Vol. 15 (February 1990): 4,5. Forged overprint: F. Burton Sellers, “Haiti’s ‘Hard Money’ Issue of 1906”, The American Philatelic Congress Book 24 (1958): 25-37, at pp.34-36. Forged overprint: Leon Montes, note, Pan American Philatelist, Vol. 2, No.6 (February 1956): 90, comment by Jack Scott at No. 7 (March 1956): 101. de Thuin forged overprint: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.99.
  • 169-201, J14-J20. Overprinted postage and Postage due issues of 1914. de Thuin forged overprint: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.99. de Thuin and other forged overprints on The 50c claret (176): F. Burton Sellers, “Haiti 176: A Search for Identity”, The American Philatelic Congress Book 40 (1974): 25-42. See “176“ below for more citations.
  • 176. Overprinted 50c claret (Scott 107), 1914. de Thuin forged overprint: F. Burton Sellers, “Haiti 176 Visited … and Revisited”, Opinions IV: Philatelic Expertizing – An Inside View, (The Philatelic Foundation, N.Y., N.Y., 1987): 218-23. de Thuin forged overprint and other forgeries of overprint and stamps: F. Burton Sellers, “Haiti 176: A Search for Identity”, The American Philatelic Congress Book 40 (1974): 25-42.
  • 235-42. Provisional issue of 1915-16. de Thuin counterfeit surcharge: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.101.
  • 247-55,62,65-69. 1c Porvisional stamps, 1917-19. de Thuin counterfeit surcharge: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, pp.101, 99.
  • 273-75,294-303. 5c Provisional stamps, 1917-19 and 1919-20. de Thuin counterfeit surcharge: James M. Chemi, James H. Beal and James T, De Voss (editors), The Yucatan Affair: The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, p.102.
  • J5-J9. Postage Due Stamps, 1902. See “67-81, J5-J9“ above for citations.
  • J14-J20. Postage Due Stamps, 1914. See “169-201, J14-J20“ above for citations.

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