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"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

A new type of fake cancel on a 1d Chalon (probably fiscally used but I'm hard pressed to find any obvious pen marks, might be one through queen's eye in line with the black ink marks but not positive). The item is scanned here to show the fake cancel. The eBay seller is "Royal Coin and Stamp" of Ama...

The Australian forgery gang is active! "moonman143" of NSW, Australia has listed on eBay five blocks of forged Chalons with forged REPRINT overprints. In addition, "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia has re-listed on eBay the unaddressed envelope with forged 4d Courier with forged cancel and a f...

And even more forgeries from "tobatec" of Boutencourt, France. This time the Chalons in different shades. Looks like he will be forging all the classics.

More forgeries from "tobaktec" of Boutencourt, France. See also previous post.

There is a new type of 1£ Keyplate forgery listed on eBay from seller "tobaktec" of Boutencourt, France. The seller does describe it and everything he sells (from his website) as reproductions, but these items could end up eventually being offered as genuine. Good to know what they look like now. 1£...

Below is a 1/ Chalon that was fiscally used, cleaned, and a fake cancel applied. I can just see portions of the remaining pen marks. However, the fake cancel is a dead giveaway. I have posted this to specifically show another type of fake cancel. The seller is Albion Stamps of Dallas, Texas, US. The...

There is now another seller for which we need to be wary--"prestigestamps" of SA, Australia. This seller has listed on eBay a group of the forged Chalons with forged REPRINT overprints. These dubs are the same ones sold by the Australian forgery gang under numerous seller names (see TPS BB post of 6...

Another OS forgery on eBay from "kojo170694" of Wemeldinge, Netherlands. This time on a 1d electro. This forgery tries to replicate the smaller-size Commonwealth OS perfin that was never used on Tasmanian stamps. Tasmania only used the larger-size OS. This stamp is also dated April 1903, and the fir...

Forgery gang member "moonman143" of NSW, Australia is selling on eBay more forged items. This time one of their typical forgeries of the 4d Courier and a forgery of the 2d Chalon. The 2d Chalon forgery was previously offered by another forgery gang member "pioneerstamps" of QLD, Australia (see TPS B...

More OS forgeries on eBay. This time from "kojo170694" of Wemeldinge, Netherlands. This seller listed another OS forgery on a 5/ Keyplate for sale last month (see 24 July 2024 post under the Forgeries and Facsimiles section of Tasmania Stamps category). OS forgery on 2d pictorial.jpg OS forgery on 3...

Forgery gang member "moonman143" of NSW, Australia is selling on eBay more forged SPECIMEN overprints on Sideface issues. Don't fall victim to the alleged double overprint on the 9d.