Forgeries and Facsimiles seen on Online Auction Sites, etc
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another 1/- Chalon looks double print no Wmk. found
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Re: Forgeries and Facsimiles seen on Online Auction Sites, etc
"Pioneer Stamps" of QLD, Australia has listed more 1d and 4d Courier forgeries on eBay. Both items are shown with genuine Chalons. It appears that the Australian forgery gang sellers are beginning to list their forgeries more frequently with genuine stamps, probably as an enticement to sell. Continue to be vigilant!
In addition, "one-stop-stamp-shop" of Sydney, NSW, Australia has listed on eBay a forged 1d Chalon with a forged cancel. Genuine unwatermarked 1d Chalons exist, but not in this shade, and not with oval Tasmania cancels which came into use many years after the genuine no watermark Chalons were used. The cancel does resemble a genuine duplex, but this one is a forgery.
"maumack-59" of Portree, UK has listed two postal-fiscal stamps with forged cancels. One forgery is Launceston with a code of A14. The second forgery is Hobart with what appears to be a code of 8 and probably another character. The 8 is off center from Hobart making me believe there is another character in the forged cancel. Genuine code 8 has been seen on some CDS cancels, but not with other characters. See TPS BB post of 8 Feb 2024 for more postal-fiscal cancel forgeries.
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Two sellers associated with the Australian forgery gang -- "pioneerstamps" of QLD, Australia and "moonman143" of NSW, Australia -- have listed more bad items on eBay. "pioneerstamps" listed the used group below with two forged 4d Couriers, a forged 2d Chalon, and a forged 29 cancel on the perforated 1/ Chalon (most likely indicating fiscal usage). The other four items appear genuine, but all have faults. "moonman143" listed the unused group below with three forged Specimen overprints and what appears to be a cleaned perforated 1/ Chalon.
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"pioneerstamps" of QLD, Australia--an eBay seller associated with the Australian forgery gang--has listed a forged 1d Courier on eBay for at least the second time. The first time that I saw the forgery was in a group with two stamps listed on Ebay in May. See TPS BB post of 20 May 2024 for the earlier reporting. I am glad the item did not sell, and let's try to keep it that way.
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A forged SPECIMEN overprint on a 5-shilling postal fiscal. The eBay seller is "one-stop-stamp-shop" of NSW, Australia.
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More Specimen forgeries on eBay from the NSW forgers. These items are listed by "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia. The 3d was previously listed on eBay by "moonman143" of NSW. Australia (see TPS BB post of 30 May 2024). Both of these sellers are associated with the forgery gang.
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We have another eBay seller that appears to be associated with the NSW forgery gang. The seller id is "classic-stamps" of QLD, Australia. The item in question is a genuine 1d electro pictorial that is damaged but being othered as a plate flaw. This same item was previously offered by "seela-64" (see TPS BB post of 5 June 2023) and by "moomstamps-24" (see TPS BB post of 16 November 2023). Both of these sellers are associated with the forgery gang. I also visited this new seller's website and saw many stamps that I thought were forgeries from other Australian colonies and Commonwealth issues, particularly perfins and overprinted items. I recommend being very careful buying any items from these sellers.
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Two new forgeries on eBay from Europe. The first is an old-time 2d Chalon forgery. Similar forgeries have been reported here on the TPS in the past. The seller is "LEBARONROUGE" of Namur, Belgium. The second forgery is more interesting because it appears to be a genuine SPECIMEN overprint on a 5-shilling Keyplate but with a forged OS perfin. It appears that someone tried to remove the SPECIMEN overprint. The seller of this forgery is "kojo170694" of Wemeldinge, Netherlands.
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Another forgery of the 1d Courier is listed on eBay by a seller associated with the Australian forgery gang. The forgery is now being listed by "collectablestamps_9" of NSW, Australia. The same forgery was previously listed by "masterxroshi' of Punchbowl, NSW, Australia (see TPS BB post of 15 May 2024) who is also an eBay seller associated with the forgery gang. The poor-quality scan is a typical ploy to hide details of the item.
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Forgery gang member "collectablestamps_9" has listed another 4d Courier forgery on eBay. This time on an alleged unaddressed cover. The cancel is also a forgery made by the same forgery gang.
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More REPRINT forgeries (stamps and overprints) have been listed on eBay by "moonman143" of NSW, Australia. This seller is associated with the forgery gang and similar REPRINT forgeries have been offered previously by other sellers associated with the same forgery gang including "bluewonder143", "niftystamps111", and "collectablestamps_9" all with listed locations of NSW, Australia. Be careful buying anything from these sellers.
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Forgery gang member "moonman143" of NSW, Australia has listed on eBay a 1d Chalon forgery. This same forgery was previously listed by other forgery gang sellers "mightystamps-1" of NSW, Australia (see TPS BB post of 23 Jan 2024) and before that by "stampswunder" of NSW, Australia (see TPS BB post of 1 Oct 2023). This continues the practice of moving their forgeries around different seller names in an attempt to snare an unsuspecting collector.
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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.
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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 BB post of 30 May 2024).
In addition, "moonman143" has relisted on eBay two Sideface stamps with forged SPECIMEN overprints (see TPS BB post of 18 August 2024). Not rescanned here.
In addition, "moonman143" has relisted on eBay two Sideface stamps with forged SPECIMEN overprints (see TPS BB post of 18 August 2024). Not rescanned here.
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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 August 2024 for one of the posts). I visited the seller's website which showed a number of genuine stamps but also dubious OS perfins on Commonwealth material. I am not yet declaring this seller a member of the gang, but I do recommend that everyone be careful buying from this seller since he is selling the gang's forgeries.
In addition, "YHStamps2020" of London, UK continues to post his forgeries. The seller has posted more Chalon forgeries (shown here) and another 1£ Keyplate (not reshown here). If you want genuine stamps, do not buy from this seller. Everything appears to be forgeries (what the seller calls reproductions).
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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 seller listed this item on eBay with several other genuine items, so I suspect this seller doesn't know the actual situation with this item.
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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.
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More forgeries from "tobaktec" of Boutencourt, France. See also previous post.
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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.
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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 forged 1d Courier also with forged cancel (these duds not rescanned here but see TPS BB posts of 24 July and 1 August 2024 for scans of these items).
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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 Amarillo, Texas.
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"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.
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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).
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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 gang, but the items are identical, and it appears that the same scans were used when the items were relisted. Recommend caution buying material from this seller.
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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!