St George & Dragon fiscals with FAKED postmarks on eBay

[Ross Ewington]

This stamp and a number of similar items were offered for sale on eBay closing on July 24th...

A poorly cleaned fiscally used 5/- green St George & Dragon with fake barred obliterator applied - some of
you may be familiar with this "canceller" ..... I've seen it before.

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I sent a message to the vendor expressing my concerns and opinion but he did not reply after 48 hrs.

....here are a few more of the items he had available for auction closing July 24th

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Please note though that I don't believe the vendor was actually aware of the "status" of these items when listing them
and insufficient knowledge about Tasmanian postal/fiscal stamps is a reasonable explanation. The seller has been
a successful trader on eBay for many years and has a blemish-free feedback record.

Footnote: following some discussion via e-mail, the vendor has now removed the items with faked postmarks from his eBay listing
which is to his credit.

It was 'caveat emptor' there for a while though!