Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Acapulco San Francisco Line Mc Robish Co Bogus

This bogus issue riginally showed up in 1865 (probably S.A. Taylor). As with other bogus period stamps it was listed as a "new" issue in philatelic news. Being rare, collectors were eager to obtain them resulting in many forgeries that barely resembled the originals. The colors were green, blue & red with a 1 real value

 
With dot in wheel

With dot but slightly different design

With no dot

Crude design

With a sailing ship design

A totally different design