Forged Stamps of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia

1855. Vittorio Emanuele II. 5 Centesimi

Genuine vs. Forgeries

Sardinia_1855_5c_Genuine

Genuine Sassone #13f

Diena certificate 

Sardinia_1855_5c_Genuine_inverted_head

Genuine inverted head variety

Ferrario certificate

Sardinia_1855_5c_Genuine_characteristics

Genuine characteristics

Genuine characteristics

Sardinia_1855_5c_Genuine_late_printing

Genuine late printing

Sardinia_1855_5c_Sperati_Forgery

Sperati forgery of the inverted head variety

Characteristics marked in red:

  • – Upper right ornament is connected to the outer frame line by a vertical line
  • – Break in the outer border of the medallion below the point between “POSTE” and “05”
  • – Small white line in the background between the “NC” in “FRANCO”
Sardinia_1855_5c_Genuine_early_printing

Genuine early printing

Sardinia_1855_5c_Cohn_Forgery

Cohn forgery

David Cohn of Berlin acquired the printing plates. He made reprint-forgeries with these plates after some retouching. The colours differ from the genuine. There are other small noticeable differences; there is a break in the ornamental design at the left upper corner surrounding the ellipse (below the asterisk)

Sardinia_1855_5c_Sperati_Forgery2

Sperati forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery11

Forgery

PF certificate # 489479

Sardinia_1855_5c_Printers-waste_Forgery

Forgery made from printers waste

PF certificate # 488681

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery6

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery1

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery7

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery8

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery9

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery5

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery4

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery3

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery2

Forgery

Sardinia_1855_5c_Forgery10

Forgery

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