Felix Cohen Unauthorized

These hand stamps were unauthorized but some were actually used.

Forgeries

Genuine hand stamp Type 1.
ILLE ROUAD about 19 1/2 mm wide
ROUAD 11 3/4 mm wide
R is broken top left, U is rounded, Vertical downstroke of D is broken

Genuine hand stamp Type 2 made for collectors
ROUAD 11 1/2 mm wide
no breaks or cracks in the letters

Genuine

Genuine have thin sharp impression of overprint

Bibliography

The Work of Jean De Sperati by the British Philatelic Association 1955

Album Weeds by Rev. R. B. Earee

The Serrane Guide by Fernand Serrane

The Forged Stamps of all Countries by J. Dorn