Words of Wisdom
According to expert Stefan Petriuk: “if you can’t figure out what type of Przedbórz stamp it is, then it’s a forgery.”
1918. View of Przedborz. 5 Halerzy
Fischer #11 / Michel #11
Genuine vs. Forgeries
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Tiny dot outside of the large dot next to 1918.
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Ray under “A” of Miejska is interrupted, so it looks like a dot under the letter.
Genuine type I
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Four dots around the left 5. (But the lower left one is really three dots very close together.)
Genuine type II
Forgery type I
- – The rays between Rada and Miejska slope downwards to the right instead of the left.
- – The printing is usually lighter and coarser than on genuine stamps.
- – Rada Miejska is in smaller letters than on genuine stamps, and slopes down to the right, so that the left top of the R is much closer to the top frame than is the final A of Miejska.
- – The top of the R in in Rada slopes down to the right; on genuine stamps it’s fairly horizontal.
- – The tops of the A’s in Rada are pointed; they have flat tops on other genuine and forged stamps.
Forgery type II
- – Virtually all the lines are thicker and heavier than those on genuine stamps. This is especially noticeable on the arc under 1918.
- – The top of the R in in Rada slopes down to the right; on genuine stamps it’s fairly horizontal.
Forgery type III
(also known as Posthumous Issue 7 in Germany and Poland)
– Rada has a thin solid line between the A and D; on other genuine and forged stamps it’s broken.
Thanks to Sam Ginsburg for images and analysis of Przedborz forgeries
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