Greece 1861-76 Part 2

 Fournier Forgeries
As mentioned in Part 1, Alisaffi sold the dies & stock to Fournier who probably printed many of his own.

The fact that Fournier had the dies is evident by the proofs he sold.

1L trial 1876 Athens

5L trial 1876 Athens

20L trial 1876 Athens

30L trial 1875 Athens

40L trial 1876 Athens

60L trial 1876 Athens

80L  trial 1869 Athens

An assortment of singles, some with Fournier's fake cancels

1861 20l

1861 80l with typical break in top left margin

1876 Athens with control number

1876 Athens 10l

1876 Athens 10l Tete-beche

1876 Athens 10 with control #

1876 Athens 20l

1876 30 break frame top left corner

1876 60l small extension to frame top right

1876 Paris 30l

1876 Paris 60  block

1876 Paris 60 strip

Oneglia Forgeries

These are all engraved

The background is the key feature as Oneglia used a mesh  background visible on some of them.

1861 1l. deep brown on thin paper

1861 2l

1861 5l with fake postmark

1861 10l with control #

1861 20l

1861 40l

1861 80l

1876 30l

1876 60l

Modern Forgeries

These are very poor  rasterized copies

Very dull in appearance

Unidentified Forgeries

Most of these are very primitive

Probably a cut out from a postcard