Forged Stamps of Marshall Islands

Marshall-Inseln

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 3 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

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Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 5 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

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Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 10 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

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Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 20 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

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Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 25 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

Marshall_Islands_Kaiseryacht_25pf_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 40 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgery

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Genuine

Marshall_Islands_Kaiseryacht_40pf_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

1901. Kaiseryacht SMY Hohenzollern. 50 Pfennig

Genuine vs. Forgeries

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Genuine

Marshall_Islands_Kaiseryacht_50pf_Fournier_Forgery

Fournier forgery

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Fournier forgery

Postal Stationaries

Forgeries

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Forged P12/J519

Marshall-Islands_Postal_Stationary_P14-J466_Forgery

Forged P14/J466

Forged Postmarks

The loss of the colonies in the early stage of World War I meant that the prices for cancelled stamps increased dramatically. This gave rise to a range of postmark forgeries. Illegal use of genuine cancellers, with backdated use also exist.

The cancellers consisted of a wooden-handled metal unit with interchangeable single digits for the dates and a single double-digit slug for the year.

The general rule issued by the German Reichpost was that stamps with Pfenning values had to be cancelled with one strike of the cancel, preferably centered. Mark values had to be cancelled by applying the cancel twice. Some collectors, however, preferred only a single cancellation centered on the stamp. These Mark values are ‘cancelled to order’, thus not genuinely postally used.

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Domestic German Postmark

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Marianen Postmark

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Marianen Postmark

Forged domestic German Postmark

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Unknown Postmark

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Unknown Postmark

Forged ‘Postagentur’ Postmarks

Common to all is the cut off top of the postmark which would have shown the locality, as well as the date of 1/12 with a missing digit in the year slug, only shown as “3”.

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Fournier Forged Postmarks

JALUIT 8/9 97 MARSHALL INSELN

JALUIT MARSHALL-INSELN 12/2 98

Japanese Overprints

Bogus stamps created for the philatelic market. Advertised in contemporary collectors’ journals by Australian stamp dealers. A few used on genuine covers. 3 different chops exist:

Commander Tashikawa

Lieutenant Kobayashi

Paymaster K. Tanura

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Marshall_Islands_5pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_10pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_20pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_25pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_30pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_50pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery
Marshall_Islands_80pf_Japanese_Postmark_Forgery

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