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Return To Catalogue - Egypt Postage due stamps of 1888, forgeries, part 2 - Egypt - Egypt Postage due and Official stamps - Egypt Postage due stamps of 1884, forgeries
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These stamps have perforation 11 1/2. Imperforate proofs exist (but imperforate forgeries as well!). Genuine stamps sometimes have guidelines outside the design (this is not always visible though). As in the previous issue, there are four subtypes of these stamps.
Block of four proofs of the 2 m in black and green.
Most likely a genuine type(?). The first "I" of the
left "MILLIEMES" has a large blob on it.
Most likely genuine stamps, the bottom one has a broken 'I' of
'PERCEVOIR'.
A genuine block of four 5 m stamps? In my view, they have the
following distinguishing characteristics:
Top left stamp: very small dot in white part of upper part of the
"5". Small break in thin frameline left of the second
"I" of left "MILLIEMES". Top right stamp: dot
in front of "VOIR"; Bottom right stamp, bottom part of
"I" of "VOIR" missing.
In my view, this type (type I?) of the 1 Pi has a dot attached to
the "P" of "PERCEVOIR".
According to me, this type (type II?) has a dot between
"A" and "PERCEVOIR".
Type III of the 1 Pi? There is a dent in the thick frameline
above the "C" of "PERCEVOIR".
Type IV of the 1 Pi value? In my view, it has a dot connecting
the thin and thick framelines just below the "E" of the
right hand side "PIASTRE" and some smudges on the right
hand side and bottom of the "C" of
"PERCEVOIR".
Block of 8 proofs of the 5 Pi value, showing all four types.
In my view, the four types have the following
distinguishing characteristics:
Type 1: a break in the outer frameline above the first
"E" of "PERCEVOIR"
Type 2: a scratch in the inner frame just above the lower right
Arabic inscription
Type 3: a dot behind "PIASTRES"
Type 4: a dot connecting the inner frame lines just to the right
of the "A" of the right "PIASTRES".
Type I of the 5 Pi stamp? This type has a break in the upper
frameline above the first "E" of "PERCEVOIR".
Type III of the 5 Pi stamp with a dot behind the left
"PIASTRES".
For more forgeries of the 1888 postage due issue, click here.
