Tylers longtime interest in the stamps of japan and his eightyear period of service as chairman of the expertizing committee of the international society for japanese philately led him to develop an interest in the forged postage stamps of all countries. Stamp collecting blog a collectors philatelic odyssey in. Many items that have been judged not genuine subsequently have been donated to the aps reference collection of fakes and forgeries. The japanese temple stamp book, go shuin chou japan travel cafe. Peter winter and the modern german forgeries on ebay.
The ssjp library has books on how to identify forgeries or you can find more on internet. The japanese temple stamp book, go shuin chou japan. Philatelic library the history of stamp counterfeiting and. Including newlydiscovered varieties of perforations, surcharges, overprints, settings, printings, and 5 additional chapters. This also makes it difficult to trace the evolution of the different types of forgeries, as more recent forgeries are sometimes placed on older sheets.
Lithod, imperf, in red the issued colour, orange and blue the colours of the 1943 independence series, alongside similar forgeries of which, plus the 1943 state crest, this is usually found, on covers inscribed japanese special service. The goshuin, as its called, is a notebook used to collect unique hand drawn calligraphy and stamps from temples and shrines all across japan. All the contents come from generous contributions by. The imitation japanese stamps marked sanko, mozo and. As picking out stamp counterfeits, and the systematic collecting and studying of them, has become a branch of philately, this book is useful both to those who like and those who. Scb caters over 500 articles, thousand of collector opinions, stamp exchanges and much more. The cd forgeries of the dragon, cherry blossom and koban postage stamps of japan, 2nd edition, was published in 2002 the 1st in 1997 by the international society for japanese philately see the links, haddonfield nj usa. The japan temple stamp book kawasaki, kanagawa japan. Aug 04, 2008 this also makes it difficult to trace the evolution of the different types of forgeries, as more recent forgeries are sometimes placed on older sheets. I am a keen collector of early japanese stamps and as a result have. The japanese temple stamp book goshuinchou the japanese temple book is one of the best kept secrets in japan. The stamp has an exquisite design that shows an eastern dragon a symbol of heavenly gods and emperors, power and wisdom, love and life. Evansde violini the cdrom and the computer is an excellent way to publish and navigate the tremendous amount of detailed illustrations required to identify these forgeries for a reasonable price, the new cdrom.
A notorious forgery and how to recognise it in 1872 and 1873 thousands of forgeries of the british is stamp were made, and were sold over the counter by a clerk at the stock exchange postoffice in london. Forged stamps of japan learn about the forged stamps from japan. In 2004, the international society of japanese philately, published a fine monograph on this subject titled the tourist sheets and booklets of japan by ron casey. Linns stamp news, sidney, oh, 1991, and the other books and articles cited in the within. Scott stamp albums have asia covered, beginning with china albums for china, peoples republic of china and the republic of china on taiwan. Explore these monthly examples of fakes, forgeries and the genuine article to test your knowledge and to learn more about detecting the real article.
All other countries are arranged in alphabetical order in over 400 binders. Forged stamps of japan the spud papers stampforgeries of. Stampstore is an online marketplace that allows aps members to sell philatelic material worldwide. Nonmembers pay a 10% surcharge and additional shipping fees. Japan koban, dragons, mihons, cherry blossom stamps. Fakes, forgeries, and counterfeits a library subject guide 1 january 5, 2016. The magazine stamp collecting mentioned a second variety of counterfeit in 1923, a fake austrian 19161918 magenta 10 heller stamp. Some of the forgeries, but probably not all, can be attributed to dr peter winter, an opera singer from bremen in germany. New handbook on the stamps of armenia 191923 and their forgeries. At first, forgers were just trying to make money off selling the counterfeit postage. Forgeries general philatelic works philatelic books.
Wada kotaro was the most prolific japanese stamp forger of his day. Scanned from the upper left quadrant of the souvenir sheet. Home index books links articles about dedication contact ficc. A sequel to his now out of print book spurious stamps, a history of fakes made to.
Stamp collecting blog is the premiere source of philatelic information for all stamp collectors, philatelists and postage stamp lovers worldwide. Sen blue of japan 1872 a skillful forgery, the american philatelic congress book 48. Tourist sheets, containing forgeries of classic japanese stamps were sold to foreign. A guide to forgeries of common stamps, linns stamp news. The aps collection of genuine stamps and postal history was created in the early 1990s and separated into two groups. The japanese temple redstamp notebook is a small book that you can bring to the thousands of shrines and temples around japan. By 1863 forgeries were so common that the book forged stamps.
Since the first volume was published in england in 1977, 46 books have. A collection of mostly mint kangaroos does not readily fit the profile of a column largely devoted to stamp usage. Evansde violini, forgeries of the dragon, cherry blossom and koban postage stamps of japan, i. Tylers longtime interest in the stamps of japan and his eightyear period of service as chairman of the expertizing committee of the international society for japanese philately led him to develop an interest in. Stamp forgeries of japan stampforgeries of the world. A forgery made for the latter purpose is sometimes called a postal forgery. Tylers, forgeries and imitations of the dragon stamps of japan, published in 1971 is most useful. Established and managed by the late james beal in the. Tylers, forgeries and imitations of the dragon stamps of. A forgery is an imitation of a postage stamp intended to fool a collector or to cheat a government of revenue. Philatelic library the history of stamp counterfeiting. The lozenges at the bottom are like the genuine, except that the last on the left is smaller than the rest.
Index of literature in the english language that describes postal stamp forgeries, fakes, reprints, fraudulent postal markings and other obliterations, and, bibliography electronic. A useful guide to identifying forgeries of classic japanese stamps. Page added 19 may 2017, last updated 19sep201719sep2017. Examine them and see if you can tell the differences.
Stamps ssjp scandinavian society for japanese philately. Therefore the world forgery catalogue gives you a good idea of what stamp forgeries philatelists may encounter, although many of the works cited are preworld war 2. Frank collie, who had stated at a stamp club meeting that the stamp had been counterfeited by the british for propaganda. Ten perfect greek keys on all four sides form the outer. Lafrenz spiro forgeries, the stars at both sides are much too larger, compared to the genuine stamps the 1 sch and 2 sch forgeries of w. The collection and study of japanese stamps and the philately of related countries can be very intimidating.
T he forgeries of the early issues of japanese stamps are so common that many collectors find the problem almost unmanageable. For further help with the cherry blossom forgeries, isjp monograph number two by milton t montgomery, a guide to the cherry blossoms issues, published in 1969 is a must. Forgeries general philatelic works philatelic books hh sales. All stamp discussions that do not fit in other more specific forums are welcome here. Main stamp collecting forum this is the place to discuss general topics. She was a japanese empress who ruled beginning in the year 201. These two are from the first series of japanese stamps from 1871 the. On this page you will see genuine stamps and forgeries side by side.
The forged stamps are identified by year of issue, denomination and scott and michel catalogue numbers. Stamp collecting blog a collectors philatelic odyssey. Chans colourillustrated stamp catalogue of china 18781949 2 volumes, 898 pages, 2010 revised englishchinese edition. It is a part of a famous dragon senstamps that was introduced by a postal service after so called dragon monstamps.
Location of sanko, mozo, and mihon marks on imitations. The japan temple stamp book kawasaki, kanagawa japan travel. Trust neither the scott 1 5k green image a type i forgery or the scott 5k green british occupation overprint image a type ii forgery until they are replaced. Peter winter and the modern german forgeries on ebay article. The japanese temple red stamp notebook is a small book that you can bring to the thousands of shrines and temples around japan. While the stamps are some of the most beautiful in the world, the early stamps of japan are unique and challenging in many ways. The tongues of both dragons touch the lozenges above them. There are forgeries, overprints, surcharges, perforation varieties, color varieties. Tracey woodward 1928 this is one of the most important books in japanese philately, but with printed copies always being in very short supply and examples of the first edition worth several thousand pounds, few have had the privilege of reading it. The best tests for these forgeries are the wove paper, and the small pinpricked perforations, instead of the unmistakably laid paper and large machineperforations of the genuine.
Kock, is the past secretary of helsingfors frimarkssamlare forening, who owns finlands largest stamp forgery collection. The society maintains two reference collections of philatelic material one for fakes and forgeries and one for genuine stamps and postal history. Trust neither the scott 1 5k green image a type i forgery or the scott 5k green british occupation overprint image. Japan nippon stamps selling price list for japan buying. Its literal translation is the honorable red stamp notebook. Lithod, imperf, in red the issued colour, orange and blue the colours of the 1943 independence series, alongside similar forgeries of which, plus the 1943 state crest, this is usually found, on. British forgeries of the stamps and banknotes of the. Come and join us for a great exchange of philatelic information. How these stamps are engraved i am unable to say, but they have all the appearance of tailledouce impressions.
The british forgeries of the 5, 10, and 25heller stamps of austria. Empress jingo 10 yen stamp, 1914 1914 empress jingo 10 yen is a rare japanese stamp that shows a portrait of empress jingo. With the advent of the internet the isjp felt it worthwhile to put some of the most basic information about these forgeries where the world could see it. Krantz sitting queen stamps made by spiro are different from each other in several aspects. The first postage stamp was issued in great britain in 1840, and by the early 1860s or earlier the first postage stamp forgery in the sense of a stamp created to fool philatelists into thinking that it is a genuine one appeared on the market. Forged or genuine is a monthly feature testing your ability to identify stamps that are faked versus their genuine counterpart. With the assistance of kss members and referring to the bradleytyler handbook of philatelic forgeries korean empire 1962, i will post, on a regular basis, examples of korean empire genuine stamps and forgeries of those stamps, along with images of the key elements for easy comparison.
Forged stamps of japan the spud papers stampforgeries. Japanese tourist sheets are often not what they seem to be the header and top two rows of stamps photographically cropped from a tourist sheet. Nov 15, 2012 originally correct, when scott added color stamp images in 2003 to the classic specialized 18401940 catalogue, the images were forgeries. Plate i solid dots in the diamond shaped links at the top and bottom, and in the half links at the sides of the inner border.
Although this stamp has the secret mark in the lower left key, there is a third dot to the left of the two vertical dots, and a short vertical line below the two vertical dots, which is not seen on the original. The three bird stamps, of this emission were issued for use on foreign mails as the result of the americanjapanese postal convention. Andre gely, the forged classic stamps of japan and their expertication 18711875, 1958, translated from the original french by varro e. Japan philatelic group limited, 3 hamilton way, farnham common, buckinghamshire, sl2 3tt phone. He is most famous for discovering a possible second british guiana 1c magenta, which was eventually declared an altered example of a damaged 4c magenta following expert examination by the royal philatelic. Index for postage stamps forgeries, fakes, reprints and. Reprints, geneva forgeries of the 48m, 500m and 5s, and other forgeries and fraudulent postmarks. Its literal translation is the honorable redstamp notebook. The serrane guide stamp forgeries of the world to 1926, p. The history of stamp counterfeiting and how to spot a fake the first postage stamp was issued in great britain in 1840, and it didnt take long for the first fake postage stamp to appear as well. Krantz messenger stamps, they also exist in bogus colours th. This is the first woman whose portrait was placed on the postage stamp of japan. Forgeries of the dragon, cherry blossom and koban postage stamps of japan, second edition by thomas l. Tourist sheets, containing forgeries of classic japanese stamps were sold to foreign tourists in souvenir shops in japanese port cities.
Originally correct, when scott added color stamp images in 2003 to the classic specialized 18401940 catalogue, the images were forgeries. Forgeries general philatelic works philatelic books hh. Stamp forgery guide about 150 selected postage stamp forgery links, together with recommended philatelic forgery literature. Useful bibliography of books and magazine articles on locals, revenues and fiscals, railway letter stamps, proofs, essays, reprints, forgeries, and all other back. Return to catalogue japan 18761899 japan 19001920 forgeries of 1871 issue forgeries of the 1872 issue forgeries of the 1874 issue and later issues miscellaneous. Tyler is the worlds reigning expert on stamp forgeries. Of all the set, this 12 sen is the most difficult to describe, as the chief differences consist of variations in the forms of the japanese letters. Japanese tourist sheets are often not what they seem to be. Coster, had accumulated 1,200 different varieties of forgeries.
Watch for new additions here and in the monthly members newsletter, aps stamp sense. Paperback, 104 pages, a few small marks to the covers and slight dusty marks to upper pageedges, internally clean, in good condition. Comprehensive treatment of imitations with a mark and also those without a mark. Through the years the society has published many articles on forgeries to try and help. All items come with a 30day moneyback guarantee and ship within one business day.