Forged Stamps of Togo

• German Protectorate:
• Forerunners: Albert Friedmann, The Stamps and Cancels of the German Colonies and the German Post Offices Abroad, p.608.
• 1-6. Overprinted issue of 1897. Fournier fraudulent postmark: The Serrane Guide/ Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926, p.342 (Yvert 1-6). Forged postmarks: Fritz Billig, Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 7, p.189.
• Cancellations: Albert Friedmann, The Stamps and Cancels of the German Colonies and the German Post Offices Abroad, pp.638-45.
• Bernhard Friedrich forged postmarks: German Philatelic Society Reference Manual of Forgeries, Vol. 10, “German Colonies“ (“Cancellations 1903-1907).
• Pictures of overprints and postmarks: German Philatelic Society Expertizing Service, “Caveat Emptor”, The German Postal Specialist, Vol. 39 (December 1988): 413-16.
• Rudolph Thomas fraudulent postmarks: Paul Larsen, “‘Greasy Dick’ Fake Colonies and Offices, Vorläufer, No. 15 (April 1975: 3-10. Chas. S. Thompson, “German Colonial Postmark Fakes …”, Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 35 (December 12, 1942): 329-31; Anon. Note, Stamps (U.S.), Vol. 38 (January 17, 1942): 102,3.
• Forged postmarks: GPS Expertizing Service, “Caveat Emptor”, The German Postal Specialist, Vol. 36 (October 1985): 426,27.
• Dieter Bahrs forged postmarks: GPS Expertizing Committee, “Caveat Emptor – Still Another Forger Exposed”, The German Postal Specialist, Vol. 26 (March 1975): 90-92.
• Pictures of forged postmarks, including those of forerunners: Anon., “Forgeries – Warning of Early Colonial Postmarks from Johannesburg” (translated by O. Winter, from Berichte Kolonialbriefmarken sammler), The German Postal Specialist, Vol.17 (April 1966): 172-76.
• Forged overprints and cancellations by Dieter K. of Sittensen: Dr. Werner M. Bohne, “Caveat Emptor … 25 Million Marks in Forgeries? : A Special Report”, The German Postal Specialist, Vol. 33 (June 1982): 246-48.
• False postmarks of various colonies made in Berlin (pictures reduced in size): Anon., “Another Forgery Establishment Put Out of Business”, Vorläufer, No. 14 (February 1975): 3,4.
• Fournier fraudulent cancellations: Fritz Billig, Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 7, p.156 and Vol.9, p.26.
• Arrival postmarks. Required on letters until March 31, 1909 (except for a few months beginning “after 1873). Required on registered and special delivery mail until termination of postal service, except for the period April 1, 1909 to December 21, 1909. Albert Friedmann, The Stamps and Cancels of the German Colonies and the German Post Offices Abroad.

• British Protectorate:
• 67b, 68. 1p and 2p, inverted Accra print of overprint, 1915. Forged inverted surcharges and Madame Joseph fraudulent postmark: Steven J. Sensibar, “The Accra Overprint On Gold Coast Stamps“, American Philatelist, Vol. 117 (October 2003): 906-11.
• 68,69. 2p and 2½p, double hyphen errors, Accra print of overprint on Gold Coast stamps, 1915. Forged overprint error and Madame Joseph fraudulent postmark: Steven J. Sensibar, “The Accra Overprint On Gold Coast Stamps“, American Philatelist, (October 2003): 906-11, at p.910.
• Genuine French cancellations: John Mayne, “Togo: The French Occupation (6 August 1914-30 September 1922)”, The Journal of the France & Colonies Philatelic Society (U.K.), Vol. 49 (March 1999): 42-50, at p.45.
• Bernhard Friedrich fraudulent postmarks. German Philatelic Society Reference Manual of Forgeries, Vol. 10 (Cancellations 1903-07).
• Madame Joseph fraudulent postmark, 22 1 15. Derek Worboys and Roger B. West, Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks, p.98.

Source: The Tedesco Index