tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post166643617063430037..comments2024-03-29T07:57:55.016+00:00Comments on Norvic Philatelics Blog: Now, why would anybody forge a £1 stamp?Ian - Norvichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-59874011830476564582016-07-22T19:19:18.828+01:002016-07-22T19:19:18.828+01:00Hi Gerard,
I don't think there is any way I c...Hi Gerard,<br /><br />I don't think there is any way I can scan it or photograph it to show all the varities in one! I'll ask the Norwich owner, who you probably know, to show you some time.<br /><br />IanIan - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-79440600698145706282016-07-22T17:43:48.826+01:002016-07-22T17:43:48.826+01:00Ian, It would be great to see an image of the &quo...Ian, It would be great to see an image of the "booklet of 1st x 12 red with interesting non-phosphor bands". I have described and illustrated most modern forgeries in the Modern British Philatelic Circle Journal, there should be plenty there to assist in the identification of the different types.<br />Gerard Small.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-8505283362717682592016-06-22T10:44:41.634+01:002016-06-22T10:44:41.634+01:00I don't know about forged £1 stamps but there ...I don't know about forged £1 stamps but there are a lot of forged £1 coins in circulation. Some are so obvious. However, the last one I got in my change, I handed back and she put it back in the till. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024511273935227430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-84430053477922844452016-06-22T09:15:24.244+01:002016-06-22T09:15:24.244+01:00It is funny really, i reported Ebay listings that ...It is funny really, i reported Ebay listings that sell forgeries to Moya Green via internal communication plus locally at Mount Pleasant Revenue protection, except for a generic reply no responce from them. <br />I cannot believe no one is responding more directly to this problem by prooving they are forgeries then removing them from Ebay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-55511137433429774882016-06-21T14:05:25.476+01:002016-06-21T14:05:25.476+01:00Re the £1 value, very interesting and unusual. Tha...Re the £1 value, very interesting and unusual. Thanks for pointing this out. I looked at the 20 x booklets for sale on eBay myself it did not cross my mind that they were forgeries. Clearly the seller did not mention it.<br /><br />To sell at £105.00 (a loss of approx £47.00 on face) I presume he (and the buyer) did not know. <br /><br />As single forgeries or as complete booklets the seller would have to state not to be used for postage.<br /><br />Sold this way these would also have made a tidy profit.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375093440137792411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-75397039821134738442016-06-21T12:01:07.874+01:002016-06-21T12:01:07.874+01:00Look at the link provided in para 1. None of the ...Look at the link provided in para 1. None of the booklets has any phosphor reaction, although all have 'pretend' phosphor bands. <br /><br />On many the perforations are clearly wrong. The more recent red ones are much better, though still without phosphor.<br /><br />See also Machin Mania > http://machinmania.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=forgery&max-results=20&by-date=true<br /><br />.. which has a link to Mack Strathdee in Canada who is, unfortunately, very cryptic in his descriptions, which isn't helpful (you have to look very closely at the captions to see 'genuine' on some). But he does provide some good images, one of which on the 2nd class is very similar to the head on this £1. Not all his pictures are of forgeries, some are just positional shifts of the iridescent ink.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-11567670856132018052016-06-21T10:56:49.626+01:002016-06-21T10:56:49.626+01:00How can you tell the booklets are forged?How can you tell the booklets are forged?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-7766375289515013862016-06-21T10:25:24.110+01:002016-06-21T10:25:24.110+01:00Why forge a £1? Would have been postcard to Europ...Why forge a £1? Would have been postcard to Europe last year - so sold in corner shops in tourist areas?<br /><br />What I'm wondering is how many have to be sold on to cover the set up costs of printing a batch plus the cut for everyone in the chain? Higher values would be more profit per stamp but less demand - especially as APLs have become more common - so airmail values might be the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com