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TURKS ISLANDS

Iles de Turk

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1867 Queen Victoria

  1 p red
  1 p brown
  6 p grey
  6 p green
  6 p brown
  1 Sh blue
  1 Sh green
  1 Sh violet
  1 Sh brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged

  '1/2' on 1 p red
  '1/2' on 6 p grey
  '1/2' on 1 Sh blue
  '1/2' on 1 Sh violet
  '2 1/2' on 1 p red
  '2 1/2' on 6 p grey
  '2 1/2' on 1 Sh blue
  '2 1/2' on 1 Sh violet
  '4' on 1 p red
  '4' on 6 p grey
  '4' on 1 Sh violet

For the specialist: 4 different types of the '1/2' surcharge exist, 8 different types of the '2 1/2' surcharge and 3 different types of the '4' surcharge, examples:

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Typical caneel "TI" (Turks Islands):

("TI" cancel)

Forgeries, example:

(Forgery)

Forgeries made by Oneglia, examples:

Oneglia forgeries

The front of the bust of Queen Victoria seems not to touch its containing ellipse in these forgeries. Also note the typical 'white eye'. I've seen this forgery with a 'Star' watermark. This watermark was probably made with grease or something. Apparently, not all these forgeries have this watermark. Sometimes these forgeries are also attributed to the forger Panelli.

Spiro forgeries:

Forgeries made by Spiro also exist, they can easily be recognized by their typical Spiro cancels. I have seen the 1 p red, 6 p grey and 1 Sh blue. These forgeries are also described in 'The Spud Papers XIV'. They are poorly lithographed with no watermark, the mouth has a sour expression, the point of the chin is sharp and the lettering of the labels is too short. Note that there are guidelines between these forgeries.

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It appears that this 1 Sh Turks Islands forgery was printed together with a St.Lucia stamp (a small piece of it is still visible on top).

These forgeries have a "53" numeral cancel and a large circle with lines, which also exists on forgeries of other countries.

(Other forgery of the '2 1/2' on 6 p blue, the '2 1/2' is also printed in blue)

Another rather primitive forgery of the 1 p value.

And another forgery of the 1 p value

Two forgeries of the 6 p value; next to it a 1 Sh forgery, possibly made by the same forger.

Primitive forgery

(A forged '1/2' overprint on a genuine stamp)

Printing plates with the overprints (right inverted image); I'm not sure if these were used to make forgeries?

1881 Queen Victoria

  1/2 p green
  2 1/2 p brown
  2 1/2 p blue
  4 p blue
  4 p grey
  4 p lilac and blue

These stamps have perforation 14.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged

  '1/2 d.' and bar on 4 p grey
  'one penny' on 2 1/2 p brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

('TI' cancel)

Postcards in the same design:

1894 Queen Victoria, inscription "Postage Postage"

  5 p green and red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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