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Réunion
Return To Catalogue - Reunion 1884-1893 - Reunion 1894-1920 - Reunion miscellaneous
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Stamp once belonging to the famous stamp collector Ferrari
15 c black on blue 30 c black on blue
Four types exist of both stamps.
In the 15 c the halfmoon inside the circles in the corners are
different for the different types (oriented in different ways).
For more information about the different types see:
http://iledelareunion.fr.st/. These stamps were used for the
internal postage of the island. They are extremely rare; from
both values only a total value of 8 Francs was sold. The rest was
destroyed in 1860. They were valid from 10 December 1851 to 31
December 1859. They were printed in blocks of 8 stamps; 4 stamps
of 15 c on top and 4 stamps of 30 c below. They have extremely
large margins all around.
The 4 types of the 15 c; differing in the orientation of the
'moon's in the corners.
Type 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the 15 c
Distinguishing
characteristics of the 4 types of the 30 c:
Type 1: The 'x' pattern directly below the 'd' of 'de' is broken
(more than in the other types).
Type 2: The upper left central 'x' is rotated 90 degrees.
Type 3: The oval below the 'n' of 'Reunion' is broken (more than
in the other types).
Type 4: The two central 'x's are squeezed together.
(Used copy, genuine type 2)
(Ttype 2; the easiest type of the 30 c to distinguish, the upper
left center part is rotated)
Type 3 and 4 of the 30 c
Reprints exist (I presume some of the above stamps are reprints), the reprint of the 15 c can easily be detected by the fact that the borders were newly set: there are only 2 frame lines in the reprints (one thick and one thin) instead of 3 frame lines in the original (though the outer two lines are often badly distinguishable).
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 15 c | RRR | RRR | Reprint: RR |
| 30 c | RRR | RRR | Reprint: RR |
Most stamps are pen cancelled. But I have also seen the French numeral cancels '2221' of Saint-André and '1896' of Saint-Paul.
Note the dot on top of the first "n" in
"Reunion" in the last 30 c stamp
Fournier forgeries:
Fournier forgeries of the 30 c, the second one is from a Fournier
Album of Philatelic Forgeries.
Parts from a Fournier Album with Fournier forgeries.
The same forgery as shown on the above Fournier Album
(Fournier forgeries?)
I think the above forgeries are Fournier forgeries also; note the cancel "REUNION 23 SEPT. 51 St BENOIT" which can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'.
Fournier forgery with cancel "REUNION 23 SEPT. 51 St
BENOIT"?
It appears that these forgeries were modelled after an
illustration in the Moens catalogue (Les
Timbres-Poste Illustres' by J.-B.Moens 1864, Plate 23). In
between "Timb" and "Poste", the dot is placed
under the hyphen ("-"), instead of being in front of
it. Also the accent on the "e" of 'Reunion" is
placed too high.
In the genuine stamps, there is a dot and a hyphen before the word 'Poste'. The dot is considerably to the left of the hyphen (source Album Weeds).
Outer framelines too far apart from each other and "R"
of "Reunion" touches the circle below it. The design of
this forgery is identical to the image given in "The
illustrated catalogue of postage stamps" by J.E.Gray (1870,
page 94, see third image). A similar image appears in the
catalogue of Placido Ramon de Torres
"Album Illustrado para Sellos de Correo" of 1879
(information passed to me thanks to Gerhard Lang, 2016, fourth
image). So either this forgery was inspired by the de Torres
catalogue, or de Torres copied an image of a forgery into his
catalogue.
Accent on 'e' straight up, letters all badly done.
Top inscription to close to the inner ornaments. Red bogus
cancels.
Forgeries of the 30 c made by the same forger. Note the
inconsistent design of the upper central part.
Forgeries with a small squarish cancel.
Although not exactly the same, these forgeries do seem to
originate from the same source. It looks like a cut from some old
stamp album to me.
(Possibly Peter Winter forgeries)
Based on the cancel (bars with "1" cancel) I think this
is an Oneglia forgery (it also appears
on many other Oneglia forgeries). Next to it a forgery with a
circle consisting of tiny spheres cancel, this cancel also exists
on the Oneglia forgeries of Nevis.
Other forgeries:
Bogus values 15 c red and green.
It looks like the above forgeries were based on an illustration
in a Maury catalogue (or perhaps even
made by Maury? images of the Maury catalogue obtained thanks to
Gerhard Lang, January 2018). There are some slight differences
though.
Other forgeries in red and blue color.
(Reduced sizes)
These bogus stamps have the inscription "REUNION JSLE", besides the values 15 and 30 c (which are supposed to represent the first issue of Reunion, it is described in Album Weeds as the 4th forgery of the first Reunion stamps), also the values 1 c grey on grey, 5 c green on yellow, 10 c brown, 15 c black on grey, 20 c blue, 40 c red on yellow and 80 c red on yellow (see picture above) exist. According to Album Weeds they are always cancelled with a diamond with lines (see above, like the Papal States) or a square with horizontal lines. But I have also seen a cancel resembling a New South Wales cancel, a cancel consisting of dots and even uncancelled forgeries. These forgeries were apparently already known in 1868 (made in Germany?).
For more stamps of Reunion click here.
http://iledelareunion.fr.st/, very good with lots of information! Made by Benoit Chandanson.
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