Spain 1873

 Genuine Issues

Ed 130

Ed 130 ec Color error

Ed 131 & 132

Ed 133 & test

Ed 134 & 134a

Ed 134 trial colors

Ed 135 & 136

Ed 137 & 138

Ed 139 & 140

Forgeries

Ed 130

These are very well done nd probably the work of Segui

Ed 133

Forgeries are always on the right, genuine left

Type I
Top letters are too short
Bottom letters are too low

Type II
Tall lower letters
Side letters too large
Face very different

Type III
Thin letters
Some bottom letters too tall
Branch in the hand is not curved at the top

Type V
Top letters are oddly shaped
Bottom letters not even
Lot of details around on on the shield are wrong

Type VI
Head and hair very different
Top letters are tall and uneven
Side frames are indistinct

Type VII
Top letters tall and uneven
Shading lines in the skirt are different
Lot of breaks in horizontal lines

Type VIII
Top letters very uneven
Very different facial features
Bottom D is squarish

Type X
Extremely poor forgery
Letters are all awkward
Heavy frame lines around the skirt
Lines uneven and broken

Ed 134

Segui forgery

Printed by lithography on medium white paper.  

1 Perfs 13 3/4 line the original 14 comb. 

2 Lacks all marks of authenticity. 

3 Ball of the scepter moved to the right. 

4 Chest nipple drawn with a line and a dot. 

5 The letter "M" of COMMUNICATIONS higher on the left. 

6 Right upright of the "N" of short COMMUNICATIONS. 

Ed 137

Large thick top letters
50 is larger
Left side letters are slanted

Overall shading and background too heavy

Ed 138

Type I
Very uneven top letters
Short left side of U
E & T shaped differently

Ed 139

Shadow around the skirt
P & E are less inclined
Slope of nose is different

Same forgery as above fakes as a Barrados cancel

Sperati Forgery – very deceptive but rare
Letters are thicker
Outer frame lines are thicker
Lower P is not inclined

Ed 140

Type I forgery

Shadows on dress much heavier

P is slightly inclined

Last S top is smaller

Hair id different

Type II forgery possibly used as telegraph stamp

Long serif on 1

E's of PESETAS have shorter bottom legs

Overall quite good - perhaps a Segui

A set of postal forgeries with same features

References
Introduccion al estudio y relacion de los sellos falsos postales de Espana – Francisco Graus
Michel Europe West 2012
Spain & Dependencies – Edifil.2009
Focus on Forgeries – Varro Tyler
Spain Specialized Vol.1 1850-1931 Edifil Tome 1
Catalogo dos Sellos De Espana – Antonio Duro
Seranne Guide to Forgeries
Torres Catalog 1879
Las falsificaciones del Sello Espanol – A. Monne 1965
SPAIN FORGERIES 1850 to 1925 by De Haene
FFE #7 FORGERIES SPAIN
Timbrex – H. Schloss
Forged Stamps of all Countries – Dorn
HANDBUCH DER BRIEFMARKENKUNDE HEFT 6: CARLISTISCHE POST – H. NEUES
Album Weeds – Earree
Tedesco Forgery Index
Handbok Fer Filatelister – S. Tullberg
Guia del coleccionista de sellos de Correos de España, 1850-54 – Tort
Members of Spanish forums
Forgeries of Europe - Bynof