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ONEGLIA FORGERIES, 1906 catalogue, "Majunga" to "Malacca"

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Erasmo Oneglia was an Italian forger in the late 19th century from Turin. He is famous for his engraved forgeries, but he also made photo-lithographed forgeries. Many of his forgeries were previously attributed to the forger Angelo Panelli. The engraved Oneglia forgeries are usually 'overinked'. When Oneglia applied a watermark on his forgeries, it is very clearly visible. His watermarks are impressed instead of being real watermarks. Oneglia also collaborated closely with A.Venturini and E.Spiotti. The exact relationships that these forgers had is not clear up to this day.

Oneglia forgeries, 1906 catalogue, "Luxembourg" to "Mauritius"

I have not been able to find an Oneglia forgery of Mecklenburg Schwerin.

Since these Mexico forgeries are marked "N", they were not made by Oneglia, but by another forger (as mentioned in the foreword of his catalogue).

Modéne (Duché). *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1852 - Aigle noir sur couleur:
1	1852	5 cent., vert...................................................................................................................................	Fr. -.10
2		10 cent., rose	Fr. -.10
3		10 cent., lilas	Fr. -.10
4		15 cent., jaune	Fr. -.10
5		25 cent., chamois clair	Fr. -.10
6		40 cent., bleu	Fr. -.10
7		1 lira blanc	Fr. -.30
1853-54 - Taxe fiscale - Même type:
8		9 cent., B. G. violet	Fr. -.10
9		9 cent., G. B. violet	Fr. -.10
1859 - Idem - Aigle dans un cercle:
10	1859	10 cent., noir sur blanc	Fr. -.10
Gouvernement Provisoire. 1859 - Croix de Savoie, couleur sur blanc:
11	1859	5 cent., vert	Fr. -.10
12		15 cent., brun	Fr. -.10
13		20 cent., lilas	Fr. -.10
14		40 cent., carmin	Fr. -.10
15		80 cent., jaune	Fr. -.10

In the book 'Philatelic forgers, their Lives and Works' by V.Tyler, a copied page of the 'Philatelisten Zeitung 18 page 100, 1905' is reproduced with a forged Oneglia "P.D" cancel exactly similar to the one shown on the 5 c 1859 forgery shown above. Also this forgery has unusually large margins (as in many other Oneglia forgeries).

I believe the above stamps are the forgeries described in Album Weeds. The perforation is 11 1/2. Before the "P" of "PRINCIPAUTE" there is a "2" alike ornament which is quite unlike the genuine stamps. The names "DUPUIS" and "MOUCHON" just below the lowest line of the stamp are absent. These forgeries are (always?) cancelled with "MONACO PRINCIPAUTE 2E/22 JANV 87". If my information is correct, this forgery is known as the 'Turin forgery' (most likely referring to the forger Oneglia). The Serrane guide mentions Geneva forgeries by M. (Mercier?) which were subsequently improved in Turin. I presume these are the above ones.
The numbers 1 to 4 were already present in the 1898 pricelist.

Malte. *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1860 - Dent. 14, papier blanc grav. en cuivre:
Note the impressed watermark which can be seen from the front of the stamp.
1		1/2 p bistre ......................................................................................................................................	Fr. 2.50
2		1/2 p bistre papier bleuté	Fr. 4.--
1863 - Fil. C. C. dent. 12 1/2:
3		1/2 p bistre	Fr. 1.--
4		1/2 p jaune	Fr. 2.--
1875 - Id. dent.14:
5		1/2 p bistre	Fr. 0.25
6		1/2 p jaune	Fr. 1.25
1882 - Fil. C.A.
Unfinished imperforate forgery, found in a large collection of mostly Oneglia forgeries.
7		1/2 p bistre	Fr. 0.25
8		1/2 p bistre papier bleuté non dent.	Fr. 5.--
		La série de 8 pièces	Fr. 15.--

Malacca. * (Straits Settlements)
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1	1880	Timbre vrai de 30 cent. carminé, avec 10 en surcharge, imitations, 10 sur 30 carmin ......	Fr. 1.50
2	1880	Timbre vrai de 8 cent. jaune, avec five cent. en surcharge, imitations	Fr. 1.50
3	1881	Timbre vrai de 10 cent. carminé, avec 10 cent. en surcharge, imitations	Fr. 1.50
4	1883	Timbre vrai de 8 cent. jaune, avec two cent. vertical en surcharge, imitations	Fr. 1.50
5	1884	Timbre vrai de 5 cent. bleu, avec two cent. vertical en surcharge, imitations	Fr. 1.50
6	1887	Timbre vrai de 8 cent. orange, avec 2 cent. en surcharge, imitations	Fr. 1.50
1868-82 - Fil. C. C. dent. 14, grav. en cuivre
6bis		2 cent., brun	Fr. -.20
7		4 cent., rose	Fr. -.30
8		5 cent., violet-brun	Fr. -.50
9		6 cent., violet	Fr. -.60
10		8 cent., orange	Fr. -.20
11		10 cent., ardoise	Fr. -.50
12		12 cent., bleu	Fr . -.20
13		24 cent., vert	Fr. -.20
14		20 cent., carminé	Fr. -.30
15		32 cent., rouge	Fr. -.50
16		96 cent. gris	Fr. -.40
Dent. 12 1/2
17		96 cent., gris	Fr. 1.--
1879-82 - Id. surchargé:
18		3 cent. sur 5	Fr. 2.50
19		5 cent. sur 4	Fr. 2.50
20		Five cents sur 8	Fr. 1.--
21		5 cents sur 8	Fr. 2.--
21bis		Seven cents sur 32	Fr. 1.--
22		10 cent. sur 30	Fr. 1.--
23		10 cent. sur 30	Fr. 1.50
1882-91 - Fil. C. A. dent. 14:
24		2 cent., brun	Fr. -.60
25		12 cent., violet-brun	Fr. -.60
26		96 cent., gris	Fr. 1.--
1883-94 - Surchargé two cents vertical:
27		2 cent., sur 5 bleu	Fr. -.80
28		2 cent., sur 8 jaune	Fr. -.80
29		2 cent., sur 32 orange	Fr. 1.50
Surcharges diverses:
30		2 cent., sur 12 bleu	Fr. 2.50
31		3 cent., sur 5 bleu	Fr. 1.50
32		4 cent., sur 5 bleu (rouge)	Fr. -.60
32bis		4 cent., sur 5 bleu (noir)	Fr. 2.50
33		8 cent., sur 12 bleu	Fr. 1.75
34		8 cent., sur 12 violet-brun	Fr. 1.50
35		8 cent., sur 8 violet-brun (rouge)	Fr. 2.--
36		32 cent., erreur, très rare, carmin	Fr. 10.--
		Les derniers 31	Fr. 35.--

These forgeries were further used to make forgeries of Bangkok, Perak, Pahang, Selangor and Sungei Ujong.

32 c Oneglia forgery with forged impressed CC watermark.

The following 8 c Oneglia forgery has a bars with "G" cancel (as used on many other Oneglia forgeries) and a forged "SINGAPORE" cancel:

Madeire * (voir à pag. 43).

Oneglia forgeries, 1906 catalogue, "Naples et Sicile" to "Orange"

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