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Return To Catalogue - Great Britain Overview - Great Britain Penny Black and similar types - Great Britain Penny Black forgeries, part 2
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
(Non issued official stamp, 'VR' in the upper corners)
I've been told that this is a photographic forgery
Another photographic forgery
Forgeries of the "VR" stamp, they have no dot behind
"PENNY". I've seen it with the bottom corner letters
"OA", "MO" and "LS". The face is
quite 'white'. A similar forgery of the ordinary stamp is shown
as well (with corner letters JD).
Forgery with "T P" corner letters.
Forgery with letters on top as well
Another Facsimile made from a photograph, 'FACSIMILE' written on
the back of the stamp
A forgery with a red "Facsimile" printed on it, it is
cut from a Tobler Chocolate label (see next scan)
Tobler Chocolate labels.
Other forgery with very large 'I G' in the corners, no dots in
the background and the side ornaments too perfectly done. I've
seen it with cancel. This forgery appears to have been cut from a
commemorative sheet for the "ESPOSIZIONE MONDIALE DI
FILATELIA" in Rome of 1985. It also contained an image of
the first 5 c stamp of Sardinia.
Forged envelope with orange "ORMSKIRK AP23 1843" cancel
and blue Maltese cross cancels containing two penny-blacks
There exists at least three stamps with similar design with inscription 'LUNDY'; 'ONE PUFFIN' in black or brown and 'TWO PUFFINS' in blue, they were issued for the island of Lundy (bogus issues). The letters 'J' and 'A' are in the left and right lower corners respectively.
(Lundy bogus stamps)
I have seen a forgery of the 2 p blue stamp, made from the next issue (with white lines) by colouring the white lines blue, see pictures above.
('VR' forgery, made from a genuine stamp by adding the letters
'V' and 'R'?)
It appears that it is possible to chemically alter the red color of the next 1 p issue to black.
(London Exhibition Sheet, 'reproduced by the collotype process
printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited')
In 1950 a souvenir sheet was issued in London for 'The London International Stamp Exhibtion'. On this souvenir sheet there is a 1 Sh Nova Scotia 1852 violet stamp, a Penny Black (corner letters GB) , a New South Wales 1 p red 1850, a Ceylon 4 p 1859 and a 4 p Cape triangle of 1853, it was reproduced by the collotype process and printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited. I have seen all the cuts from this sheet offered as forgeries.
Cut from this 1950 souvenir sheet.
Facsimiles of the Castle Museum York, I've also seen one with a
red Maltese cross cancel on a piece of paper. Note the white dot
below the 'O' of 'POSTAGE'. I've also seen the words "CASTLE
MUSEUM YORK" being blackened out, the resulting stamp
pretending to be a 'reprint'.
I presume this is also the above reproduction, with "CASTLE
MUSEUM YORK" painted over.
Philympia set of stamps of 1970 on cover.
Cuts from 1970 Philympia stamps. Any uncancelled 1 p black stamps
with 'PL' corner letters (or with 'modern' cancels) most likely
come from these commemorative stamps.
With corner letters 'SW' (impossible?). A reproduction cut from
the the minisheet of 1990 shown next to it?
Royal reprint, with an inverted watermark
In 1864 a so-called 'Royal reprint' was made on paper with watermark 'Large Crown' (always inverted?). This was done by making prints of the plate nr 66 of the 1 p red. They were apparently ordered by members of the Royal family, but considerable confusion exists about this subject. It is not known how many reprints were actually made. More information can be found at: http://www.members.tripod.com/~pennyreds/royalreprint.html.
I've seen reprints of the 1 p black (General & VR issues) in unissued colours (green, orange, violet, red and brown). They are also known as 'Rainbow-reprints', due to the these many colours. Apparently these reprints were authorised by the Lord Mayor of London to raise funds for the British Red Cross during World War II. They were sold at Lancaster House London between 6th & 11th May 1940 (printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd). All the reprints I have seen have the letter 'D' in the lower left corner and 'K' in the lower right corner:
(Reprints in fancy colours of the "VR" issue and the
normal stamp)
By the way, I suspect that the above items are actually cut from a much larger 'reprint' stamp as shown below:
Perforated 'reprint' with attached label at the left, inscription
"STAMP CENTENARY EXHIBITION LONDON 6th - 11th MAY,
1940." These were included in a larger sheetlet with other
labels. On top of the sheetlet is written "Sold in aid of
the Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St.John Fund Stamp Centenary
Exhibition, Lancaster House, 6th-11th May 1940" and at the
bottom twice "Souvenir Rotaglio Print by Waterlow & Sons
Ltd. London".
