Forged stamps of Straits Settlements

• 1-9. Provisional Issue, 1867. Forged overprint: L.N. and M. Williams, “India’s First Offshoot: The Straits Settlements Provisionals of September 1, 1867”, Stamp Magazine (U.K.), Vol. 7 (September 1940): 4. Forged surcharges: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54. Forgery of the 12c, genuine and fraudulent postmarks: Reverend R.B. Earée, Album Weeds/ How to Detect Forged Stamps (Third Edition), Vol. 2, p.425.
• 10-19, 40-57. Regular typographed issues of 1867-72, 1871 and 1882-99. Lithographed and engraved forgeries: The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, p.231 (listed under Malaya, Malacca, 1868-91). Forgeries of the issues of 1867-72 and 1871, and the 30c, 32c, and 96c of 1882-99, genuine and fraudulent postmarks: Reverend R.B. Earée, Album Weeds/ How to Detect Forged Stamps (Third Edition), Vol. 2, pp.425-28. The issues of 1867-72, 1871 and 2c bister brown, 12c violet brown and 96c values of the issue of 1882-99: Robson Lowe and Carl Walske, The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries, p.55,56. Scott 10-15,17-19: Paper IV, Lowell Ragatz (editor), The Spud Papers/ An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue Of Early Philatelic Forgeries, pp.23,24. Forged surcharges on the 1867-72 issue: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol. 1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54, at 45,46. Forgery of the 8c blue, 1894: F.A. Godden, “My Reference Collection”, Godden’s Gazette, Vol. 6 (February 1939): 125,26. Cancellation of specimens of the issue of 1867-72: The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1661-1947, Vol. III, p.304.
• 20,21,26-32,35. Provisional issues of 1879, 10 “cents” issue of 1880, 5c of 1882, and 10 cents (on 30c) of 1880-81. Forgery of the 5c rose, 1882: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54. Forgery of basic stamp and surcharge: Robson Lowe and Carl Walske, The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries, p.55.
• 22-25C. Provisionals, 1880. Forged surcharges: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 33. 10c on 6c, 1880. Forged surcharge: A.R. Cowman id. at Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 39. 10c Provisional of 1882. Forged surcharges: A.R. Cowman id. at Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 58-60. 2c Provisional stamps, 1883-84. Forgery of base stamp and surcharge. Robson Lowe and Carl Walske, The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries, p.56. Forged surcharge: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 61. 2c on 4c, 1883. Forged surcharge: A.R. Cowman, id. at Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 62-68,70. Provisional issues of 1883-87. Forged surcharge on the 2c on 12 c of 1883, the 8c on 8c on 5c stamps of 1884 and the 4c on 5c stamps of 1884.: A.R. Cowman, id. at Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54. Forgery of base stamp and surcharge, Robson Lowe and Carl Walske, The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries, p.56.
• 89. The blue 4c on 5c, 1899. Forged surcharge: Reverend R.B. Earée, Album Weeds/ How to Detect Forged Stamps (Third Edition), Vol. 2, p.428.
• 104A, 135. $100 K.E.VII, 1902 and 2c Provisional of 1907. Forged surcharge and overprint: A.R. Cowman, “The Forgeries of the Stamps of the Straits Settlements”, The Record Of Philately, Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• 128A, 128B. High values of the Edward VII issue of 1904-11. Fiscal cancellation: The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1661-1947, Vol. III, p.321. Forgery of the $25: A.R. Cowman, id. at Vol.1, No.3 (May 1935): 45,46, continued at No.4 (June 1935): 52-54.
• Pictures of genuine early cancellations: For a list of post offices, see J.L.N. Pasqual, “The Postmarks of the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and Kedah”, Philatelic Journal of Great Britain (December 1930): 270, corrected by letter of F.E. Wood to the Editor, Philatelic Journal of Gret Britain (January 1931): 20,21.
• 256-71. British Military Administration issue, 1945-48. Forged overprint: Anon., “’B.M.A.’ Forgeries”, Gibbons Stamp Monthly (First Series), Vol. 21 (November 1947): 50. See “267” below for more citations.
• 267. 50c B.M.A. Postal fake made from the 1c: The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1661-1947, Vol. III, p.321. Forged overprint: L.N. and M. Williams, “Malayan Postal Forgeries”, The Stamp Lover, Vol. 41 (May 1949): 197; fake made from Scott 256: H.G. Leslie Fletcher, Postal Forgeries of the World, p.89. Forged overprint. The Gee Ma Forgeries, p.10.
• Genuine postmarks: Lt. Col. W.W. Lean, “The Study of Obliterations and Postmarks for the Discovery of the Original Stamps of Certain Countries”, The London Philatelist, Vol. 40 (April 1931): 86,87.
• 19th century revenue cancellations: Edwin Mueller, “from the Philatelic Consultant” column (fiscal cancellations of British colonies), Mercury Stamp Journal, Vol. 2, Whole No. 16 (December 1950): 88.
• de Thuin fraudulent postmark: 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.38.
• Japanese Occupation, N1-N19. Kanji overprints, 1942. Forged overprint: Robson Lowe (editor), The Gee-Ma Forgeries, p.10. Three fake double line chops: James M. Gallatly, “The Japanese Occupation of Malaya: The Double Line Chop: Its Types And Forgeries”, The Philatelist, Vol. 26 (May 1960): 220,21. Fake single-frame Kanji overprints on N6-N19: George P. Coulter, “Malaya/From Singapore Northward: The Single-Frame Kanji Overprints”, Japanese Philately, Vol. 21 (February 1966): 3-16. Description of the genuine chop: James M. Gallatly, “The Japanese Single-Lined Chops of Malaya”, The Philatelist, Vol. 23 (March 1957): 147-51; James M. Gallatly, “The Malayan Chops: Dates of Overprinting”, The Philatelist, Vol. 23 (June 1957): 235-38.

Source: The Tedesco Index