Spain 1850 issue 12 Cuartos (Scott #2)

Genuine

Forgery A Sperati

 

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According to the BPP book "This stamp always has the cancellation in the same position and therefore no specific test is needed, the position and impression of the cancellation being sufficient to identify this reproduction with certainty." 


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

Compiled by Bill Claghorn (July 01, 2000)