Most of the postage due forgeries of Brazil were sold by Fournier.
1-1-1890 Issue
All in carmine red
Source: American Bank Note Company
Release: 1889
Printing: Typographed, rouletted, smooth white gum
Paper: White, medium-thick
Fournier Forgery
Release: Europe, circa 1905-1910
Printing: Lithographed, rouletted, ungummed
Paper: Indistinguishable from genuine paper
Printing: Lithographed, rouletted, ungummed
Paper: Indistinguishable from genuine paper
The only easily noted difference is in the shape of the letter "Z"
Second Issue
Source: American Bank Note Company
Release: January 1890
Printing: Typographed, rouletted, smooth white gum
Paper: White, medium thick (80 microns)
Note: This issue used the same plates as the first postage due series.
The red issue was intended for use in the capital of Rio de Janeiro,
while the multi-colored stamps went to the provinces.
Release: January 1890
Printing: Typographed, rouletted, smooth white gum
Paper: White, medium thick (80 microns)
Note: This issue used the same plates as the first postage due series.
The red issue was intended for use in the capital of Rio de Janeiro,
while the multi-colored stamps went to the provinces.
Fournier forgery
These forgeries were printed with the same plates as the first forgery and therefore exhibit the same flaws.Here is a rare full sheet of the Fournier forgeries
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