Friday, October 14, 2022

Brazil 1889 Postage Due

 
Genuine stamp

Forgeries
Genuine left, forgery right
In the forgery..
-1 The white network of the frame is coarser and lacking in detail.
-2 For all values except the 20r, the lower leg of the letter "Z" in BRAZIL is joined to the main stem.
-3 In the triangle section above the "B", the forgery has dots while the genuine has full lines
-3 For the 20r, there is a red dot in the oval above the "E" in CORREIO.

The forgeries exist gummed and ungummed also uncanceled and with fake cancels.
The forgeries were sold by Fournier and may have originated with Patroni



The Fournier sheets were produced with all the values on one sheet.