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CRETE (KPHTH), Russian post offices

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1899 Double headed eagle

  1 m green
  1 m blue
  1 m blue (slightly different design)
  1 m violet
  2 m black
  2 m red
  2 m grey
  2 m blue
  2 m violet
  2 m brown

These stamps have a blue or violet circular control overprint (at the corners of four stamps, see above for examples).

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

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

I've been told that the next stamp is a forgery (by the way, I'm not sure if the above stamps are genuine):

(Reduced size)

Fournier forgeries, as taken from a Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries, reduced sizes. The Fournier forgeries with Latin inscription have a "V" instead of a "Y" in "RETYMNO". The Fournier forgeries with Greec inscription have "O"s instead of "Q"s

Forgeries taken from a Fournier Album.

1899 New design, trident

(Genuine stamps)

(With stars, reduced size)

(With stars, reduced size)

Without stars between inscriptions in the ellipse
  1 m red
  1 m blue
  1 m green
  1 m orange
  1 m lilac
  1 m yellow
  1 m black
  2 m red
  2 m blue
  2 m green
  2 m orange
  2 m lilac
  2 m yellow
  2 m black
  1 g red
  1 g blue
  1 g green
  1 g orange
  1 g lilac
  1 g yellow
  1 g black

With stars between inscriptions:
  1 m blue
  1 m green
  1 m red
  1 m lilac
  2 m blue
  2 m green
  2 m red
  2 m lilac
  1 g blue
  1 g green
  1 g red
  1 g lilac

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2. They have a small control overprint in blue or violet.

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

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

Forgeries exist, examples:

If my information is correct, the forgeries can be detected by the leaf ornaments at the right hand side (just above the lower right circle with value); in the forgeries, the most upper leaf is much fatter than in the genuine stamps.

(Without stars, reduced sizes, probably forgeries)

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