Saturday, February 25, 2023

Spain 1870

 Genuine Stamps
Ed.107

Ed. 108

Ed. 109

Ed. 110

Ed. 111

Ed.112

Ed. 113

Ed.114

Ed. NE3 - not issued

Features of the original stamps
1. White area & line break in top left
2. & 3. Line breaks in the outer oval
4. Line break
5. Line break
6. V Notch in the end of the C


Forgeries

Ed. 107
Forgery Type I
Very crude and rough
Letters are awkward and uneven
Coarse shading throughout


Forgery Type II
Crude forgery
Eyes are narrow
Top letters are short
Wide spacing in background waves


Type II Block

Forgery Type III
Decent forgery
Top letters are short and not well aligned
The eyes are not properly shaped


Forgery Type IV
Decent forgery
Top letters are thin
Face and neck shading is short and lacking


Forgery Type V
Good forgery
Shading in eyebrows and chin is different
Eyes are slightly different


Forgery Type VI
Crude forgery
Background waves are shallow
Tired droopy eyes
Heavy shading


Forgery Type VII
Pupils too dark
Bottom letters are thinner
Very dark background
Chin & neck shading wrong


Forgery Type VIII
Good forgery similar to the Type V
Background in the oval irregular
Letters are thinner
Eyes are slightly different


Forgery Type X – many genuine traits visible
Very good forgery – probably Segui
Shading around contour of face and neck is lacking
Shading on chin and neck is heavier


Type X block


Forgery Type XI
Excellent forgery – possibly Sperati
Almost identical to Type X but more breaks in the lines



Forgery Type XII
Possibly a Type XI with fake cancels


Ed. 108
Type I
Very good forgery
Very heavy shading lines throughout
White space in neck is different



Type II
Somewhat crude
Details lacking
Eyes are wrong



Type III
fair forgery
Very heavy shading on chin
Eyes and shading are different
Small s below is misshapen



Type IV
Very thick letters
Heavy shading throughout


Ed. 109
Sperati forgery
Almost perfect forgery as it was taken from an original
Minor differences in the shading especially the hair
Shading around the eyelid is more pronounced



Type I
Very good forgery – possibly Fournier
Breaks around outer oval frame missing
L in MIL is too short



Type II Segui
Many minor details are missing
Eyes are too narrow


Type II block


Type III
2nd top C is distorted
Heavy chin shading
Shading around eyes too heavy
Has what looks like an "a" in the mid left frame

Ed. 111
Sperati Forgery
The loss of white space between the horizontal lines of shading is very noticeable
The curved frameline at top is broken twice, at left and near center
The thick inner curved frame lines do not meet at the top left corner and there is another break to the right in the top line


Fournier Forgery
Lacks genuine features
Eyes are different
Shading lines different



Segui forgery
Genuine traits lacking
Second 0 of 600 not as inclined
Eyes are very different



Ed. 112
Sperati forgery
The loss of white space between the horizontal lines of shading is very noticeable
The curved frameline at top is broken twice, at left and near center
The thick inner curved frame lines do not meet at the top left corner and there is another break to the right in the top line


Segui Forgery
Genuine traits are missing
Eyes are very different
Face looks wider

The star of the matron's crown has its lower tip twisted to the right.

Segui Barrado


Fournier Forgery
Genuine traits missing
Heavy shading throughout
Lower U is too high

Ed. 114
Sperati Forgery
The paper, perforation and cancel are genuine on the above forgeries. The design of a lower valued stamp of the same series was removed by Sperati, he then printed the design on it. He made this forgery look like as if the cancel was on top. 
 Flaw in the "S" of ROOMS at the top.
In the middle of the right leg of the top "A" there is a spiky color.
In the top left corner the inside frame lines do not meet


Segui Forgery
The star of the crown is shaped and inclined differently
Eyes are very different

Segui Block

Segui Barrado