Forged Stamps of Tibet

Belongs to the 1912 set, but first released around 1950. Mainly used to pay for radiotransmission telegrams with a rate of 1 Sang pr. word. As the Tibetan post closed down in 1956, forgeries started to appear. Some forgeries have a ‘genuine’ postmark. The forgeries are known is various colors: Yellow, Salmon-pink, dull green, sage green and slate-blue. The forgeries have these easy to see characteristics:

• – Lion’s eyes are small white dots
• – The letter ‘B’ of Tibet looks like an 8