Genuine Issues
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| Ed 81-82 |
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| Ed 82-83 |
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| Ed 84-85 |
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| Ed 86 |
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.
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.
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
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
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Forgery Graus 107 – good forgery
1. Large top E
2. Heavy shading on nose, eyebrow
3. Top O is slanted
Forgery Graus 107 unused
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
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Postal forgery Type II
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
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.
1. Heavy eyebrow
2. Tall O & S in CUARTOS
3. Blunt nose
4. Heavy wide spaced horizontal lines
Ed 81 Forgeries
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
1. Letters uneven
2. Narrow slit eye
3. Uneven right frame line
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1. Large top E
2. Heavy shading on nose, eyebrow
3. Top O is slanted
Ed 82 Forgeries
1. Wide space between top E & O
2. Bottom S is higher than other letters
3. Heavy overall shading
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.
Large lips
White space in the hair
Broken lines in background
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Uneven letters
Floral design in lower corners very different
Large space between E & O
Thick numeral 1
Ed 83 Forgeries
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
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
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
1. Short forehead
2. Heavy long eyebrow
3. Large eye
4. Heavy shading lines
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
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
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
1. Bottom letters uneven & slanted
2. Thick lips
3. Eyebrow set too far back
4. Neck and background lines are broken
1. Very heavy lines & shading
Ed 85 Forgeries
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
1. No white space in neck lines
2. Bottom dot close to the C
3. eyebrow is thinner
4. Shading on nose is different
1. Large top & bottom letter and numerals
2. Thin pointed nose
3. Eye very different
4. Chain around oval broken and misshapen
