Spain 1866

 Genuine Issues

Ed 81-82

Ed 82-83

Ed 84-85

Ed 86

Ed 80 Forgeries

Segui Forgery

Printed by typography on medium white paper. Normally it is without perfs although we can find it in line perf as below. It is recognized by:
1 The lion’s head is small and the crown almost priceless.
2 The front area of the queen’s crown protrudes slightly.
3 The lining of the chin is a continuous line.
4 The back of the neck is drawn with a straight line.
5 The ear is small.

Segui used

Forgery Type I

Printed on medium white paper. Overall very poor design
1 Legs of the lion top right right touch the frame.
2 Numeral “2” inclined to the right.
3 Letters “C” and “T” of QUARTOS touch the top frame.

Forgery Type II
1. Heavy eyebrow
2. Tall O & S in CUARTOS
3. Blunt nose
4. Heavy wide spaced horizontal lines

Ed 81 Forgeries

Forgery Type I
Printed on medium white paper. Overall very poor design
1 Legs of the lion top right right touch the frame.
2 Numeral “4” touches the frame.
3 Thick bottom letters that touch the top frame.
4. Many details missing

Forgery Type II
1. Letters uneven
2. Narrow slit eye
3. Uneven right frame line

Forgery Graus 107 – good forgery
1. Large top E
2. Heavy shading on nose, eyebrow
3. Top O is slanted

Forgery Graus 107 unused

Ed 82 Forgeries

Forgery Type I
1. Wide space between top E & O
2. Bottom S is higher than other letters
3. Heavy overall shading

Segui forgery – excellent forgery
Printed by typography on medium white paper. It is known in orange and yellow.
1 The lion’s head is small and the crown almost imperceptible.
2 The front area of the queen’s crown projects slightly.
3 The chin line is a continuous line.
4 The rear area of the neck is traced with a continuous line.
5 The ear is small.

Segui Block

Postal Forgery Type I

Large lips

White space in the hair

Broken lines in background

Postal forgery Type II

Uneven letters

Floral design in lower corners very different

Large space between E & O

Thick numeral 1

Ed 83 Forgeries

Fournier forgery – very good forgery
Printed by typography on medium white paper.
1 The first horizontal line is short.
2 The ear is small.
3 The lines under the eyebrows are incomplete.
4. Overall heavy lines & shading

Full sheet sold by Fournier

Segui forgery
Printed on medium white paper.
1. Small ear.
2. Forehead has slight bulge
3. 1 & 9 are inclined
4. Neck lines are heavy
5. Tip of crown protrudes slightly

Segui Block

Forgery type I
Printed on medium white paper.\
Printed on medium white paper. Overall very poor design
1 Legs of the lion top right right touch the frame.
2 Numeral 1 & 9 very close together.
3 Letters “C” and “T” of QUARTOS touch the top frame.
4 Eyebrow of the queen without shadows.
5. Bottom O is slanted

Forgery Type II – poor design
1. Short forehead
2. Heavy long eyebrow
3. Large eye
4. Heavy shading lines

Sperati Forgery

1 There is a dot at the right between the ends of the sixth and seventh lines of shading from the top

2 The right chimney does not join the tower in the top left corner

3 The top left serif is broken off the R of CUARTOS, and there are defects at 3 and 7 o'clock in the O

4 There is a break in the lower curve of the floral ornament in the bottom right corner

Ed 84 Forgeries

Segui forgery – decent forgery
Printed by typography on medium white paper.
1 The lion’s head is small
2 The front area of the queen’s crown protrudes slightly.
3 Chin is a continuous line.
4 The back of the neck is drawn with a continuous line.
5 The ear is small.
6. Background lines are broken & uneven

Segui Block

Forgery Type I – poor design
Printed on medium white paper. Overall very poor design
1 Legs of the lion top right right touch the frame.
2 Numeral “4” touches the frame.
3 Thick bottom letters that touch the top frame.
4. Many details missing

Forgery Graus 110
1. Bottom letters uneven & slanted
2. Thick lips
3. Eyebrow set too far back
4. Neck and background lines are broken

Forgery Type II – good forgery
1. Very heavy lines & shading

Ed 85 Forgeries

Segui Forgery
Printed on medium white paper.
1. Small ear.
2. Forehead has slight bulge
3. Neck lines have no white space
4. Tip of crown protrudes slightly

Ed 86 Forgeries

Segui Forgery
1. No white space in neck lines
2. Bottom dot close to the C
3. eyebrow is thinner
4. Shading on nose is different

Type I Forgery – very crude
1. Large top & bottom letter and numerals
2. Thin pointed nose
3. Eye very different
4. Chain around oval broken and misshapen