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Return To Catalogue - Bremen forgeries of the 2 G and 10 G stamps - Bremen forgeries of the 7 G and 5 Sgr stamps - Bremen - Bremen forgeries made by Peter Winter - Bremen miscellaneous
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ATTENTION: many forgeries exist! I will essentially follow the book 'the forged stamps of all countries' by J.Dorn in describing the characteristics of the genuine stamps. The stamps of Bremen were reprinted from new plates (and can thus be considered as forgeries) by the same firm that printed the genuine stamps: G.Hunckel. They were then offered by the dealer E.W.C Bredemeyer as 'reprints' or 'remainders'. Other forgeries also exist (even some modern 'proofs' made by Peter Winter; click here for more examples of these Bremen forgeries).
1. In the genuine stamps there should be a small dot above the crown
2. The shade line outside the shield is straight at the top
(Left genuine, right forgery)
3. There are two white circles in the large figures '3' at both sides of the shield.
Note also, that in the genuine stamps, the top of the key does not touch the frame of the shield. In the following stamps, there is no dot above the crown, so these stamps must be forgeries!
Two different forgeries, in the left hand side forgery, the key
does not touch the upper part of the shield.
Here another type of forgeries with no dot on the crown and with
the bottom tip of the shield touching the pearl below it. The
letters in 'STADT POST AMT' are different from the genuine
stamps. I've only seen it with a 'BREMEN' box cancel.
(This forgery was probably sold by Fournier, the cancel
"BREMEN 20 6 * 3-4" in a rectangle can be found in 'The
Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'). The top left
"3" is too thin in this Fournier forgery. This forgery
does have a dot on top of the crown. Next to it a Fournier
forgery from a Fournier Album (with "FAC-SIMILE"
printed at the back).
The "B" of "BREMEN" touches the line above it
in these forgeries. Also the corner "3"s are quite
thin. The margins of these forgeries are quite large. The
"S" of "POST" is taller than the other
letters. I have seen it cancelled with a "BREMEN" box
cancel.
In this forgery, the "M" and "T" of
"AMT" are touching. The "3" in the upper
right corner does not slant as in the genuine stamps. The
"B" of "BREMEN" almost touches the line below
it.
The shade line outside the shield is not straight at the top as
mentioned in point 2 above.
Fournier forgeries, here with "FAC-SIMILE" printed at
the back.
(Reduced view)
(A forgery with inscription 'FALSCH', = forgery in German, and
red 'FALSCH' overprint)
A 'proof' made by the forger Sperati
Sperati forgery of the 3 g stamp. This forgery is very deceptive,
there is a small white dot in the upper left part of the 'A' of
'STADT' and a black dot under the right part of the crown.
A very blur 3 g stamp, probably a forgery as well.
1. There should be black dots in each of the corners, outside the frame lines.
Forgeries, examples, no dots in the corners:
Bredemeyer forgery of Type I with no dots in the corners and the
'G' of 'Grote' too small.
Bredemeyer forgery of Type II with no dots in the corners and the
'G' of 'Grote' too small and too thin.
Forgeries with the wavy background not 'wavy' enough and no dots
in the corners. I have seen this forgery with a 'FRANCO' cancel
with no containing box, also with a 'BREMEN' box cancel. This
forgery also exists perforated. The wavy lines continue across
the upper right border in this forgery.
In the genuine stamps, the keyhandle has a hole through which the
vertical background lines can be seen. This forgery however, has
a flower-like pattern in the center of the keyhandle.
The lettering is badly done in this forgery. The top end of the
key (pointing towards the 'a' of 'Franco') is too long and almost
touches the upper frameline of the shield.
Forgery with 'FALSCH' written at the bottom and a red 'FALSCH'
overprint (which someone has tried to erase). This is possibly a Senf forgery.
Even forged letters exist, example:
I suspect the above forged letter to have been made by Peter Winter, note that a similar 'ST.P.A. 29 7 BREMEN' cancel can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries' (even though the value 5 g does not appear in his 1914 pricelist).
(a Peter Winter forgery; click here for
more Bremen forgeries made by Peter Winter
)
The above stamp is a Peter Winter forgery, it can easily be detected by the rouletted perforation.
A very primitive forgery with a bogus cancel.
(Non issued stamps with inscription 'Marken')
A non-issued (initially believed to be a misprint) exist with inscription 'Marken' (with 'n'). This stamp was prepared, but refused by the postal authorities. The printer then sold these non-issued stamps (220 sheets) to a stamp dealer. These non-issued stamps are not very rare. I have also seen this stamp in cancelled condition (which is of course forged). At least two types seem to exist of these non-issued stamps (compare the wavy pattern in the lower part of the above two stamps).
Sperati forgery, type A; I have seen
this forgery with a box cancel 'BREMEN 15 4 * ...'. The 't' of
'Grote' has a loop at the top
Sperati 'Proof'
The forger Francois Fournier also made forgeries of the stamps of Bremen. The following forged cancels were used by him:
Fournier's forged cancels, reduced sizes
'BREMEN 5 8 5-6' in a double circle
'ST.P.A. BREMEN 29 7' in a double circle
'BREMEN-BAHNF. 84 67 11-12 V' in a single circle
'BREMERHAVEN 7 ?' in a double circle
'BREMEN 20 6 * 3-4' in a rectangle
'BREMEN 20 10 * 7-6' in a rectangle
If anybody has pictures of these forgeries, please contact me!
A nice website on Bremen can be found on: http://people.freenet.de/jfeldhusen/Bremenmarken.htm (in German).
