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Another 4d Courier forgery is posted to eBay. The seller is "soci31" of Nairn, UK. The forgery appears to be very similar to the ones produced by the Australian forgery gang.

I just acquired a cover from the Barwis sale in New York that appears to be a new type of the GPO Hobart Town marking. The marking is 34 mm in diameter and fits the description of the type 3 marking (Green book, part I, figure 9, pages 10-11). This example is without the VDL inscription which is men...

The Australian forgery gang has relisted a group of forged Specimen overprints on eBay. These forgeries are listed by "stamps_collectables1" of NSW, Australia. Each forgery was previously listed in 2024 under different sellers known to be associated with the forgery gang. The 1/2d and 2d were previo...

"PhilaCollectables" of Hobart, Tas has listed on eBay four forged OS punctures on various pictorial issues. These same duds were previously offered on eBay under "philacollectables" of Newtown, NSW (see TPS BB post of 25 Sept 2024). These are the same seller despite different locations. Glad to see ...

The exact same OS forgeries shown in the 27 Sep 2024 post above are now being offered on eBay by another member of the forgery gang -- "moonman143" of NSW, Australia. This continues the pattern of changing the seller ids if an item doesn't sell under another seller id. OS forgeries 15 (same as 12).j...

The same group of tablet forgeries (with the exact same scans) shown in the TPS BB post of 14 Jan 2025 are now being offered on eBay by "j.j.raison" of Kingscliff, NSW, Australia and in a second separate eBay listing by "diggercollectormike" of Kingscliff, NSW, Australia. These must be the same sell...

Another group of tablet forgeries are offered on eBay by "NUTBROOK STAMPS" of Ilkeston, UK. This seller is also listed on eBay as "mswitho". The seller states these are reprints, unwatermarked, and mint no gum. They appear to be the same forgeries produced in Taiwan and sold as reproductions (see TP...

Thanks John.

Need help identifying this manuscript. It is a First Allocation manuscript dated 23 April 1857 on a 4d Chalon watermarked star. I'm confident it is postally used, but I can't figure out which town. The name could be a partial because I see a tiny black speck in the left margin that may possibly be a...

Forgery gang member "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia continues to post forgeries of the 4d Courier. This time a forged pair on piece with forged BN60 marks. An interesting item on this dud is the fake expertizing mark on the back. Appears to be a script of BP in a circle. Good to recognize th...

Forgery gang member "moonman143" of NSW, Australia continued to be active over the past few months with forged Couriers. The current forgery listed on eBay is shown below and is being hawked as unused. Another item that caught my attention was a forged cancel on a 1d Chalon. This item was in a group...

"YHStamps2020" of London, UK has listed more forgeries on eBay. This is the first time I have seen forged Couriers and perforated Chalon forgeries from this seller. The Courier forgeries appear very similar to the NSW forgery gang's material, and the Chalon forgeries appear very similar to the forge...

Excellent. Thanks for the confirmation.

I purchased a cover that I think is from the Agents-General for Tasmania's office in London. It would be an early cover (dated 1887) for this office. It certainly appears Tasmanian, and it was mailed in London to London. Looking for others' thoughts and if anyone has other postal history from this T...

Forgery gang member "classic-stamps" has listed on eBay another 1d Courier forgery. This time the forger has listed their location as NSW, Australia, rather than the last time they listed their duds as QLD, Australia.

Forgery gang member "moonman143" of NSW, Australia has relisted on eBay another 1d Courier forgery. This is the same dud that the forger tried to sell earlier this year (see TPS BB post of 2 March 2024).

Forgery gang member "classic-stamps" of QLD, Australia has listed another 1d Courier forgery on eBay.

More forgeries from the Australian forgery gang. A relisted CA monogram forgery on a 2.5d recess-printed pictorial on eBay by "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia. This item was previously offered last year by another member of the gang "niftystamps111" of NSW, Australia. (See TPS BB post of 11 O...

A 1d Chalon that was fiscally used and with a forged South Australian barred numeral 37 cancel is listed on eBay by seller "hedgepig2000" of Cambridge, UK. You can see the fiscal pen marks below the forged cancel. The forged cancel is similar a genuine SA barred numeral 37 but there are a few items ...

A member of the Australian forgery gang --"moonman143" of NSW, Australia -- has relisted on eBay the 6d purple Chalon block of 4 REPRINT forgeries. (See TPS BB post of 5 September 2024 for scan.) Remember both the stamps and overprint are forged. Be careful buying anything from this seller!

More forged OS punctures on eBay from a member of the forgery gang. "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia has previously listed unused forged OS material, and these all appear different from the earlier material. Such a shame that good collectable stamps are being ruined by these forgers. OS forge...

"philacollectables" of Newtown, NSW, Australia has listed on eBay more forged OS perfins. This seller has previously offered forged OS material on eBay. I am now recommending everyone be careful buying any perfins or overprinted material from this seller.

An eBay seller -- "j.j.raison" of Kingscliff, NSW, Australia -- has relisted some of the REPRINT forgeries in blocks of four. He has relisted the 2d, 6d gray, and 1/ pink Chalons. (See TPS BB of 5 September 2024 for scans of these items.) I did not have this seller listed as a member of the forgery ...

Two old-time forgeries are listed on eBay--a 1/ Chalon and a 2d Chalon. The 1/ forgery is from seller "tr.pet" of Adeliade, Australia and scanned below. The 2d forgery is a relisted item from seller "LEROUGEBARON" of Namur, Belgium and can be seen on TPS BB post of 5 April 2024 (page 10). 1s Chalon ...

"moonman143" of NSW, Australia has re-listed on eBay two forgeries--a 4d Courier and 2d Chalon--both products of the Australian forgery gang. The last time we saw these particular duds was on 24 August 2024. I'm happy that collectors are not buying this trash. Continue to be vigilant. forgeries 2.jpg