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In some cases a genuine stamp can have a fake cancellation applied to make it appear to be a rare, and valuable postally used example. A notable example is the 90¢ U. S. stamp of 1860, withdrawn within a year, on which a genuine cancellation raises the Scott Catalogue value from US $3000 to $11,000. Scott's listing includes the caveat: "All ...
The Wall Street Journal reported on instances of counterfeit items (including mundane items such as knives and ice cube trays) offered by third-party sellers through Amazon. That’s a problem for ...
Alliance Against Counterfeit Spirits — the trade association for the worldwide spirit industry's protection against counterfeit produce; Philatelic Foundation — a major source of authentication for rare and valuable postage stamps; United States Secret Service — the agency responsible for the prevention and investigation of counterfeit U ...
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The Customs and Border Protection agency, which is in part responsible for enforcing intellectual property rights and upholding trade laws, seized $3.33 billion worth of counterfeit goods in 2021 ...
This philatelic rarity was sold at auction for € 16,000 on December 6, 2008. [1] In philately, a St. Andrew's cross is a saltire (an heraldic ordinary) or crossed x design that occurs on some philatelic items; on a few sheets of stamps, censor labels and a few British Forces air letter sheets issued during World War II.
The Philatelic Foundation maintains a reference collection of postage stamps and is a major source of authentication of rare and valuable postage stamps for stamp collectors who wish to know if the “valuable” stamp they have is authentic or counterfeit, and, if it is authentic, whether it is free of defect.
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