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Three old-time forgeries listed on eBay out of Ukraine.

A new eBay seller id for which we all need to be wary: "moomstamps-24" of QLD, Australia. The seller has posted on eBay one of the NSW forger's 4d creations (scan attached). I visited the seller's home page and noticed many forged items particularly forged OS punctures and overprinted material on ot...

An old-time forgery of the 1/ Chalon was posted on eBay from a U.S. seller. After being notified of the item's status, the seller promptly removed the item, but I have posted the image here for educational purposes.

More forgeries on eBay from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. The first two Chalons are cleaned fiscals with fake cancels applied. Both stamps have a washed-out appearance and portions of the pen markings can still be seen in the background. Both the 62 and 52 are the same fake cancels often seen ...

Can anyone tell me what the text is on this manuscript? I purchased this based on a low-resolution scan on eBay thinking it was dated 1860 and hoping it was postally used but it now appears to be 1864.

Another forgery from "Iohel-64" of SA, Australia.

More Chalon forgeries from Taiwan. The seller lists these as reproductions and at least some of them are marked as such on the back. Although not in favor of these creations, the seller had the integrity of selling his creations as reproductions rather than trying to pawn them off as genuine like th...

More forgeries on eBay. Two forgeries from "sunstamps-24" of QLD, Australia and another SPECIMEN forgery from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. On the pictorials, the OS punctures are both forgeries and the monogram on the 2 1/2d is a forgery. I am unsure of the monogram on the 2d pictorial. I wou...

I recently purchased a Second Allocation Bishopsbourne manuscript "No 4" marking on eBay. I was surprised that I was the only bidder. Sure, the stamp does not look very good and has essentially no margins but how often do you see this particular postal manuscript. The seller did offer it as a fiscal...

More forgeries from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia.

"Iohel-0" with a location of SA, Australia is back selling forgeries on eBay. This time a SPECIMEN forgery on halfpenny pictorial.

More forgeries on eBay from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia.

After a slight reprieve from seeing them on eBay, forged OS perfins are back! eBay seller "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia has listed four Keyplate stamps of his forged creations.

More forgeries on eBay from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. The 1d Courier forgery is well known by now. Proofs of the unissued Commonwealth stamps are known in green and black, but the ones offered here do not appear to be printed correctly. And given the seller's track history of selling forge...

And another forgery from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia.

More forgeries on eBay from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. It has been a while since we've seen the monogram forgeries, but these are also creations of the NSW forger. Monograms were never used on the recess-printed pictorials from London. Forged CA monogram on pictorial.jpg 6d stamp Duty SPECI...

Another forgery on eBay from "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. This 4d forgery is another creation of the NSW forger. I now believe there is sufficient evidence to recommend that all collectors should be careful buying anything from this seller.

Five more forgeries on eBay from two different sellers. The first is another 4d Courier forgery from the new seller "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. The next four are forgeries from another new seller with the id "sunstamps-24" of QLD, Australia. All five of the forgeries are the work of the NSW ...

Looks like we have another eBay seller that we need to worry about and scrutinize. The seller id is "niftystamps111" with a location of NSW, Australia. The item is a Specimen forgery on a 1/2d electrotype pictorial. This exact same item was offered on eBay several times by "stampswunder" of NSW, Aus...

Another 1d Courier forgery from "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia.

More forgeries on eBay. The first forgery is of the 1d Chalon by the prolific forgery seller "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia. The forgery appears to be produced by the same method as the 2d Chalon forgery shown in the 5 September 2023 post. The second forgery is of the 4d Courier being sold by "mar...

The pollution of Australia's cultural heritage continues! Two more forgeries on eBay from seller "Iohel-0" with a location of SA, Australia. This seller is or is associated with the NSW forger.

Another 1d Courier forgery on eBay from "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia. I hope by now nobody is fooled by these creations. Continue to be vigilant.

Another SPECIMEN forgery from "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia. This time on a halfpenny electrotype pictorial.

More forgeries from "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia.