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The stamps show the Austrian imperial crown and Emperor Karl. The fake postage stamps were printed on slightly more yellowish paper than the originals. Furthermore, the stamp images of the forgeries are slightly higher (¼ – ½ mm).
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic ...
Omaha Stamp Show - Omaha, Nebraska; Philatelic Show - Boston, Massachusetts; PIPEX - multiple locations in Oregon [52] Plymouth Show Detroit, Michigan; Rocky Mountain Stamp Show - Denver, Colorado (formerly ROMPEX) [52] ROPEX - Rochester, New York [52] St. Louis Stamp Expo - St. Louis, Missouri; Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition - Sarasota ...
Philatelic expertisation is the process whereby an authority is asked to give an opinion whether a philatelic item is genuine and whether it has been repaired or altered in any way. Forging and faking, regumming and reperforating of stamps is common in the philatelic marketplace, and increasingly buyers demand an expert certificate before ...
When the Brothers disbanded, some of the members joined NHPS. The New Haven Women's Philatelic Society merged with the Hew Haven Philatelic Society in the 1970s. In 1972 NHPS founded the Southern New England Stamp Exhibition (SONEX) which ran for many years. In the 1990s NHPS became co-host of a monthly stamp show, and became sole host in mid 2005.
The Cinderella Stamp Club was founded on 5 June 1959 in London, England, and is an association of philatelists, amateur and professional, whose interests lie in local stamps, telegraph stamps, railway stamps, revenue stamps, fiscals, forgeries, bogus and phantom issues, Christmas, Red Cross, TB and other charity seals, registration labels, advertisement and poster stamps and many other items ...
Today there is an extensive literature on the forgers and their work, and examples from the most accomplished forgers sometimes sell for more than the original stamp. Notorious and famous stamp forgers include: The Spiro Brothers [1] Rainer Blüm; Pêra de Satanás; Clive Feigenbaum; ex-chairman of Stanley Gibbons; Sigmund Friedl; Georges Fouré
The cover of the second edition of Madame Joseph Revisited by Brian Cartwright showing forged cancels on genuine Falkland Islands stamps of 1933.. Madame Joseph (c.1900 – after late 1940s) [1] was a stamp dealer active in London in the early part of the twentieth century and who has since been revealed to be a major supplier of stamps with forged cancels.