Thursday, March 5, 2026

New Caledonia 1859 10c black

 1500 were issued. 
This stamp was seldom used and some specialists question if it was used.
Many forgeries exist. Genuine stamps were printed with black separating lines, and thus only the outside borders can have white margins. 
There are 50 different types of this stamp, so it can easily be identified on the full sheet.

Genuine
This is the original sheet

Position 6

Postion 43

Forgeries
Forgeries have too many white margins







Moens Forgeries
Moens 1864 catalog impressions
Many forgeries were paterned after Moens.






Reprints
Note the title in English instead of French

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