Lot 21
German States: Bergedorf Reference Collection. Over 250 items mostly mounted on album pages; genuine issues in duplication including used (cancels doubtful), section of Moens reprints ordered by the various printings, official reprints and so-called essays, interesting study of forgeries including a few sheets.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,700
Lot 22
German States: Hamburg Reference Collection. Well over 700 items mostly mounted on album pages in binder; 1859 issues with genuine mint and used with duplication, section of color proofs, postmark section including forged postmark, forgeries including Spiro Bros works and Fournier album items, various 1864 reprints showing color and shade varieties, paper types with sections of forged cancellations, study of 1866-67 issues including various reprints, postal stationery including genuine entires mint and used with a selection of forgery cuts.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $3,500
Lot 23
German States: Helgoland Heligoland Reference Collection. Approximately 400 items mounted on album pages in binder; 1867-68 issues with genuine mint ½sch types and a used first type, followed by the Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig reprints, 1sch with similar reprints and Patton A forgeries with various cancel types, 2sch with genuine including complete sheet, reprints and forgeries, similar 6sch issues including genuine used, 1869-72 issues including genuine of many of the various printing and reprint types, 1873 issues with genuine including some of the various printings identified, the various reprints and forgeries including cancel types, similar 1875 issues including 1pf issues with a Berlin reprint invert, 3pf & 10pf values with various identified printings including a 10pf sheet from the 5th printing and 25pf complete sheet, 1876 Coat of Arms issues with genuine including many of the various printings and reprints including some sheets, 1879 issue with printing including 3rd posthumous and 5m Senf forgery, section of postal stationery including wrappers.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $7,250
Lot 24
German States: Oldenburg Reference Collection. Over 250 items mostly mounted on album pages in binder; 1852 first issue with genuine including 1/30th types and 1/3sgr high value used followed by the various forgeries, 1859 and 1861 issues with various genuine issue mint and used including the scarce 1859 ½g on cover (repaired), unused 1861 1/3g bluish green (RPS cert.) and a scarce used moss green variety (faults, RPS cert.), etc., strong showing of forgery types including Fournier cancel types, Spiro creations, full sheets, hand drawn and a few Sperati items.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $2,800
Lot 25
Great Britain 1872, 1sh Green Stock Exchange Forgery Collection. Remarkable assembly of 43 1sh green postal forgeries arranged by date of usage in stockbook, with dates ranging from June 3 to Oct 31, 1872; includes 42 examples from plate 5 and one example of the rare plate 6, plate 5 examples with 30 normal and 12 "impossible" letterings, many on piece with 17 in combination with genuine stamps of other denominations of similar issuance including 3d rose, plates 7 and 8, a 6d chestnut, plate 11, 9d buff, plate 4 and a 2sh blue, plate 1, the plate 6 single forgery is from the normal lettering (LE), collection additionally contains numerous genuine 1871, 1sh green examples from plates 5 & 6 including lettering matching forgeries, 11 genuine singles with Stock Exchange postmarks, multiples including block of 6, on cover including usages to India, Italy and Vera Cruz, Mexico and an additional portion of a rare plate 6 forgery on piece of a telegram form (not counted); 4 singles from plate 5 (two "impossible" letterings) with noticeable defects, collection accompanied by numerous manuscripts, articles, notes and correspondences regarding this fascinating forgery. 2001 SG £20,700 for forgeries ($32,499).Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
In 1898, quantities of used 1871, 1sh green issues from old telegraph forms originally used at the Stock Exchange Telegraph Office in London, E. C. came on to the market. A portion of these stamps where the forgeries and where first to be discovered by the well known philatelist, Mr. Charles Nissen some 26 years after the use of these fraudulent stamps. Although no culprit was ever identified, It is believed that one of the counter clerks must have been using these forged stamps on telegram transactions and pocketing the money from his genuine stock of stamps.
Realized: $16,000
Lot 26
Great Britain Reference Collection. Assembly of approximately 480 items mostly mounted on album pages in binder;starting with four stampless covers including 1702 forged "B" Bristol Bishop Mark, a forged Royal Bank of Scotland One Guinea banknote with original 1831 folded letter from the Collector of Customs at Grangemouth to the cashier of the bank pleading for the money for the recognized forgery, a 1795 letter with "Beare" straight line handstamp to Earl Paulette at Bridgewater accompanies a 1848 letter from New York to London bearing a straight line Beer Ship Letter straight line handstamp (both handstamps forged), caricature envelopes with unused Deraedemaker imitations including Ocean Postage designs, two different Fores's Comic Envelopes (No. 3 & 5) with substituted 1d blacks, two 1d and a 2d Mulready Envelope with fraudulently added stamps and postmarks, 1840, 1d black issue including fake "first day" on piece, genuine 1841 usage with painted in guideline through value tablet, numeral "7" and "8" in Maltese cross cancel forged on stamps tying to genuine covers, forged Chard date stamp tying 1d on piece as well as other on cover creations including 1840 May Sunday dates, stamps including repaired, forged cancels with 7 different Maltese cross numeral cancels, 1840-41, 2d blue issues including forged numeral in Maltese cross cancels with cover, 1841, variety of 1841, 2d blue issues with white lines painted in to resemble the 1840 issue, a counterfeit, etc., later QV issues with repaired, painted in plate numbers, cancels removes, fake cancellations, 8 surface print singles reperfed to remove wing margin (ex-Burrus), fake bluish paper varieties, 1892 1sh Stock Exchange postal forgery used, 1880, 2sh "BH" postal forgery, 1883 9d green forgeries and other later high value forgeries, a used abroad section of 10 covers, with covers including 1873 Brazil franked cover to Paris with added 3½d, British stamp removed and U. S. 1869 2¢ brown added in combination with Peru 1868, 1d green on cover, genuine 1866 Jacmel, Haiti and 1868 La Guayra, Venezuela stampless covers with 1865, 4d vermilion added, used in Jamaica including 1d block of 6 on piece, genuine 1868 Panama cover with 2sh added and tied by fake C35 barred oval, etc., KEVII £1 with genuine used and Lowden forgery on piece, stamps including forged Turkey and M.E.F. overprints, other items with 1935 1d-2d KEVII German propaganda forgeries, 1991 24d Machin postal forgery including 4 on piece items and mint block and a diverse section of forged Official overprints; a rare assembly of material with little duplication throughout.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $18,000
Lot 27
Greece Reference Collection. Over 300 items mostly mounted on pages and on stockpages in binder; starting with a section of large Hermes heads with a few enhanced mixed frankings covers, selection of proofs including many pairs and blocks, various genuine and forgeries by types with some moderate duplication at times, 20l blue postal forgery, 1876 30l & 60l "Faux de Genes" Paris print sheets, section of 1896 Olympic Games issues with genuine and forgeries including surcharged issues, some provisional and occupational material.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $5,750