Sunday, September 4, 2022

J.W. Scott - Catalog Publisher & Forger

 Yes, The Scott of Scott's Catalog first published in 1868 (image below)


He put out ads requesting local stamp plates & stones.

This is the listing of the stamps on the ad
Blood's Type IV Forgery D 
Bouton's Manhattan Express Forgery A 
Boyd's Type V Forgery B 
Broadway Forgery C 
Brooklyn City Express Forgery C 
G.Carter's Forgery A 
City Despatch Post Forgery Al 
DuPuy & Schenck Forgery A 
Essex Forgery A
Hanford's Forgery E 
Pony Express Forgery J 
Swart's Forgery A 

These are the Scott forgery images of the stamps listed
Several other Scott forgeries exist