My thanks to reader BB who sent me a surprise package of assorted forgeries before the weekend.
The dog from the 2001 1st class self-adhesive Cats & Dogs set (and booklet) looks very good - until you compare it with a genuine one.
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| 2001 Cats & Dogs (part set) - and forgery above. |
The forgery has a totally different appearance and even has pseudo-phosphor bands, which are much wider than the originals, and much more pronounced. That was used by a 'proud member of the PTS' who I shall not name.
BB also sent this sheet of the more recent Cats 1st class stamps from 2022. There are no phosphor bands on these which have ordinary gum, but otherwise they are very passable copies of the originals.
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| 1st class Cats sheet 2022 - forgery with no phosphor bands. |
These were sent by the eBay seller by special delivery - in this envelope. The postage is paid with 4 x 1st class Large Christmas stamps, with a total face value £8.40 - well above the postage rate of £7.95. And of course the seller didn't worry about overpayment because all these are forgeries as well!
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| Four forged 1st class Christmas stamps (3 different) overpaying the Special Delivery postage rate. |
So if you collect forgeries, there are still plenty available and you can usually find them at good prices because they are sold for postage.
But if you want genuine stamps at low prices then you need to buy from a reliable dealer. We still have plenty of stock in our shop - 1st class, or airmail.
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