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A forged cancel on a 10/ Keyplate is on eBay being offered by the well-known auctioneer with seller id "Ian Perry" of Newport, UK. The seller does state that the cancel is a forgery. I think it is good for collectors to be aware of what forged cancels look like.

Another old-time forgery of the one-shilling Chalon on eBay. Listed by "postal38" of Mount Kisco, New York.

Another 1d Courier forgery on eBay from the Australian forgery gang--this time listed by one of their sellers "masterxroshi" of Punchbowl, NSW, Australia.

More OS forgeries are listed on eBay by the Australian forgery gang. The new group is listed by "Global-Stamps" of SA, Australia. Interesting, eBay shows this seller as "pebbelstamps" of SA, Australia which is another known seller id of the forgery gang. In the group shown below, the three Keyplate ...

Another example of an old-time 2d Chalon forgery. This example is listed on eBay by "marcomarkymark" of Langezwaag, Netherlands.

An OS forgery on a 2d stereo pictorial has been relisted on eBay by "masterxroshi" of Punchbowl, NSW, Australia. This seller is associated with the NSW forgery gang and all collectors should be careful buying anything from this seller.

The forgery gang, using their new seller id "moonman143" of NSW, Australia, has listed on eBay another 1d Courier forgery. More evidence that collectors should be very careful buying anything from this seller. 1d Courier forgery 29.jpg The seller "collectableswarehouse1" of Morwell, VIC, Australia h...

Two interesting items are listed on eBay by "collectableswarehouse1" of Morwell, VIC, Australia. I am hard pressed to categorically declare them forgeries, but there are some characteristics that don't appear good (not including a sideways OS on a keyplate!). I would need to take measurements to con...

Collectors Beware! A new eBay seller id has been created by the NSW forgery gang in their continuing attempts to deceive collectors. The new seller id is "moonman143" with a location of NSW, Australia. The item posted on eBay is one of their typical 4d Courier forgeries. Based on the history of the ...

The Australian forgery gang is trying to sell on eBay (again) their SPECIMEN forgery on a 1d platypus. This time the seller is "mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia. Previously, the seller was "bluewonder143" of NSW, Australia another member of the forgery gang (see TPS BB post of 24 December 2023). SP...

Two more forgeries on eBay: the first is a 2d stereo pictorial with forged OS perfin from a member of the Australian forgery gang with seller id "masterxroshi" of Punchbowl, NSW, Australia and the second is an old-time 1/ Chalon forgery listed by "stormer19 stamps" of Camas, Washington. 2d stereo OS...

For readers of my posts on forgeries (but it applies to any of my bulletin board posts), I will sometimes reference earlier posts and I have just discovered that the dates I reference may be off by a day. It turns out that when I make a post, the website dates the post to the Australian local date a...

Another 4d Courier forgery on eBay from "mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia.

Seller "scottvisnjic" of Changhua City, Taiwan has posted on eBay a set of Keyplate forgeries. The seller has listed them as reproductions, but the Tasmanian Government never reproduced these stamps. To this seller's credit, he has REPLICA on the back, but that doesn't mean that all copes are sold t...

I would like to get more eyes on this Hobart PAID marking to determine the month of usage. The marking is on a piece which also shows the postmaster endorsement of "Ouse 10,12,54". Unfortunately, the Ouse postmaster at the time, Charles Higgins, was month challenged and all of the known endorsements...

Another old-time 4d Courier forgery has been posted on eBay by a Tasmanian seller. I notified the seller that the item was a forgery and he acknowledged that he thought it may have been. The cancel is also not one used by the colonial government. As of the date of this BB post, the seller had not up...

An old-time forgery has been posted on eBay by "richmondstamps" of West Molesey, UK. I notified the seller that the item was a forgery. The seller indicated they could not change the title of the item (which I know is incorrect) but did add that the item was "possibly a well-executed forgery" in the...

After a brief pause, the NSW forgery gang is back! "mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia is selling another of their standard 1d Courier forgeries.

This item--a genuine 6d Chalon that was fiscally used--has a fake cancel in an attempt to hide the pen marks that can still be seen under the cancel. This item, currently on eBay (and has been on eBay previously), is posted here for educational purposes. Tasmania never used numerals in concentric ci...

Another example of the forged cancel with Z-Z code has been listed on eBay. See TPS BB post of 1 October 2023 for the first example that was reported. The difference between them is the town name (Launceston vs Hobart), but the date is the same! The seller is "stormer19 stamps" of Camas, Washington,...

An old-time forgery of the 2d Chalon is posted on Ebay. The seller is "stormer19 stamps" of Camas, Washington, US.

This post revisits my earlier post of 30 March 2020. That post shows an unidentified marking that I speculated was a plate number. I now believe that is a plate number 1--in an advanced form of degradation. I purchased a second 1/2d recess pair also with half a plate number that I am confident is a ...

Another type of a forged numeral cancel has been identified on a 1/ Chalon. The forged cancel has been applied over fiscally used pen marks. I am not sure if the numerals are supposed to be 66 or 99, but in either case it is the first time that I have seen this canceller. The item is on eBay under t...

"mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia is selling on eBay one of the forged OS perfins on a 10/ Keyplate. This same stamp was previously offered on eBay under another one of the forger's seller ids -- "niftystamps111 of NSW, Australia (see TPS BB post of 16 Oct 2023).

The OS forgeries shown in the TPS BB post of 14 Dec 2023 have been relisted on Ebay by another seller associated with the NSW forgery gang. This time by "mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia. All collectors should be careful buying any OS perfins--Tasmanian or any other colony--from any of the forgers'...