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EGYPT Postage Due Stamps of 1888, forgeries, part 1

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1888 Inscription 'A percevoir postes egyptiennes', currency changed, I presume the next stamps are genuine:

Note the double cancel including a 'T' in a rectangle

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. Click here to see these Egypt Postage due stamps of 1888 types.

 

Forgeries:


According to 'Focus on Forgeries' by V.E.Tyler, genuine stamps have a small vertical line connecting the thick and thin inner framelines as shown above.

Many forgeries exist.The first dangerous forgeries appeared in 1898 of the Piaster values and were marketed as 'reprints'. The next forgeries have perforation 14.


Besides the perforation being totally wrong, in my view the Arabic text in the bottom right part ends too soon in the 1 Pi, 2 Pi and 5 Pi values.


The same forgery as above, but with correct perforation?

Might be a forgery Might be a forgery
Might be forgeries?


1 Pi stamp with "PIASTR" on the right, error or forgery? Besides it, the same error with a 'normal' stamp. Also a block of four with the same error and another error with the "P" of the right hand side "PIASTRE" missing.


A different 2 m forgery (note for example the accent on the left 'E' and the position of the bottom Arabic '2') It looks like these forgeries have the cancel 'POSTE EGIZIANE PORT SAID 3 GEN 78 T1' as also appears on other forgeries. Next to it a 5 Pi forgery with the same cancel.

Other forgeries:


Forgery of the 5 Pi stamp; note the missing perforation hole at the top, which seems to be missing in all forgeries of this type. In my opinion, both "P"s of "PIASTRES" are too rounded in the 5 Pi? The word "PIASTRES" on the left is not exactly vertical but slants to the right. Next to it a 2 Pi forgery, also with missing upper left and right perforation holes.


All forgeries, probably made by the same forger.


The same forgeries of the 2 m value, however here with almost missing "S" of the left "MILLIEMES" and a smudged "S" in EGYPTIENNES".


Large block of 5 Pi forgeries.

For more forgeries of the 1888 postage due issue, click here.

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