Forgeries and Facsimiles seen on Online Auction Sites, etc

[BJs]

another 1/- Chalon looks double print no Wmk. found

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[Jerry Weirich]

"Pioneer Stamps" of QLD, Australia has listed more 1d and 4d Courier forgeries on eBay. Both items are shown with genuine Chalons. It appears that the Australian forgery gang sellers are beginning to list their forgeries more frequently with genuine stamps, probably as an enticement to sell. Continue to be vigilant!

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In addition, "one-stop-stamp-shop" of Sydney, NSW, Australia has listed on eBay a forged 1d Chalon with a forged cancel. Genuine unwatermarked 1d Chalons exist, but not in this shade, and not with oval Tasmania cancels which came into use many years after the genuine no watermark Chalons were used. The cancel does resemble a genuine duplex, but this one is a forgery.

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"maumack-59" of Portree, UK has listed two postal-fiscal stamps with forged cancels. One forgery is Launceston with a code of A14. The second forgery is Hobart with what appears to be a code of 8 and probably another character. The 8 is off center from Hobart making me believe there is another character in the forged cancel. Genuine code 8 has been seen on some CDS cancels, but not with other characters. See TPS BB post of 8 Feb 2024 for more postal-fiscal cancel forgeries.

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[Jerry Weirich]

Two sellers associated with the Australian forgery gang -- "pioneerstamps" of QLD, Australia and "moonman143" of NSW, Australia -- have listed more bad items on eBay. "pioneerstamps" listed the used group below with two forged 4d Couriers, a forged 2d Chalon, and a forged 29 cancel on the perforated 1/ Chalon (most likely indicating fiscal usage). The other four items appear genuine, but all have faults. "moonman143" listed the unused group below with three forged Specimen overprints and what appears to be a cleaned perforated 1/ Chalon.

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[Jerry Weirich]

"pioneerstamps" of QLD, Australia--an eBay seller associated with the Australian forgery gang--has listed a forged 1d Courier on eBay for at least the second time. The first time that I saw the forgery was in a group with two stamps listed on Ebay in May. See TPS BB post of 20 May 2024 for the earlier reporting. I am glad the item did not sell, and let's try to keep it that way.

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