Painted by water color artist, Edward Henry Corbould
Engraver, Charles Henry Jeens
Printer Perkins Bacon, Recess Printed
Sheet size 110 (11 x 10) and
240 (10x24) for 1s sheets in 1859
Genuine stamps
Items to note
Position of the foot relative to the letter below
Shape and height of spear point
5 pointed star on cap (rarely visible on forgeries)
Shape of side ornaments
White dot in corner elements
Shape and size of letters
Provisional Issues
Demand from shortage of stamps over the period 1852 – 1860
Produced by local French descendent, Charles Petit from a stone plate
Sheet of 54 (9x6)
Imperforate 1d value only
1853 First printing
1855 2nd printing
1856 3rd printing
1858 4th printing
1860 5th printing
The printing degraded noticeably with each issue
These are not noted in most catalogs and can be expensive for good quality ones
They are often listed as "forgeries"
Forgeries
These were forged by several known forgers and by many unknown. This is but a sampling of the most comment types found.
Panelli/Oneglia Forgeries
They both worked together at some point so these is no solid opinion as to who made them but here is an interesting point.
First the best known forgeries..
However I came across the following sold by Fournier who may have obtained them from either of them.
Hat is tilted
Shading in dress is different
These may be from Spiro.
This set was part of the Fournier Geneva Collection
Unknown forger
These are very common and appear the most often in auction sales.
The head is too tilted
No 5 point star on the cap
The spear tip is not wide or high enough
The foot is too high above the N
The above letters are too low
The other features are the same as the previous.
Torres forgeries
These match his 1876 catalog image shown in the first image on the left.
Primitive forgeries
Unknown
The side ornaments are faulty
No white ring around the head
Spear tip is too small
Modern Forgery
Paper is just too new and no gum
