1855-1856. King Pedro V. 5 Reis
Genuine vs. Reprint vs. Forgeries
Genuine – 1855
Straight hair
Genuine – 1856
Curly hair
1885 reprint
Fohl forgery
Forgery
Not embossed
Forgery
Not embossed
Part of a vignette printed for the “Dia do Selo” (Stamp Day), June 09, 1956 by a philatelic club. It also exists without the diagonal black text. Not embossed.
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.
1855-1856. King Pedro V. 25 Reis
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Forgery
Not embossed
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.
1855-1856. King Pedro V. 50 Reis
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Fohl forgery
Forgery
Not embossed
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.
1855-1856. King Pedro V. 100 Reis
Genuine vs. Forgeries
Genuine
Fohl forgery
Forgery
Not embossed
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