Apparently, there is a high number of forged Lithuania stamps on the market, much more than one might believe. Some of the classic forgeries of Lithuania stamps (1918-1940) are well documented, others are not. Our goal of this website is not only to collect images of forged stamps, but also to provide information to help collectors and dealers to recognize counterfeit stamps. The work is in progress. Please visit us soon for new updates.
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- Articles:stamp forgeries (6)
- Forgeries flood eBay marketplace
by Audrius Brazdeikis|February 3rd, 2012
Update 2/3/2012
"filatelia_de_la_habana" changed his ebay id to “filateliadelahabana-punto-com” and continues selling his remaining fake Lithuania covers.
Update 9/2/2011
"filatelia_habana" changed his ebay id to “filatelia_de_la_habana” and continues selling fake covers.
Update 8/5/2011
“filatelia_habana” continues selling fake covers.
Update 7/5/2011
Vitaly Geyfman…
- Forgeries and Fakes Exposed
by Audrius Brazdeikis|December 15th, 2011
Every week we compile list of stamp and cover forgeries found on eBay and other online auctions. Please help us to maintain this page by sending your thoughts, ideas, suggestions and also posting links to websites and online auctions that sell such stamps and covers.
Fake stamps are sometimes knowingly purchased so that experienced collectors can study the stamps and learn valuable…
- The 1932 Airmail Forgeries
by Audrius Brazdeikis|December 28th, 2009Forgeries of these stamps (Scott C59, Michel 344) were made for packet trade. Both the originals and forgeries are lithographed but forgeries are more crudely re-produced. Forgeries exist both in perforated and imperforate. There are a number of distinguishing characteristics of these forged stamps. The key characteristics of Lithuania Mi 344 of the Michel 344 (Scott C59) genuine and forged…
- The 1924 Airmail Forgery
by Audrius Brazdeikis|August 29th, 2009A complete forgery of the 60 centas value stamp of definitive issue of 1924 exists on unwatermarked paper (Scott C34 unwmk; Michel 222Y; Yvert A36). Upon close inspection of recent stamp auctions (eBay, Aug 2009), we found this forged stamp of Lithuania Air Post issue of 1924 which has a backstamp SANABRIA. The usage of the expert mark “SANABRIA” on forged Lithuania Mi 222Y has not been…
- Forgeries of Airmails
by Audrius Brazdeikis|August 29th, 2009New Currency Air Post Issue (1924)
A complete forgery of the 60 centas value stamp of definitive issue of 1924 exists on unwatermarked paper (Scott C34 unwmk; Michel 222Y; Yvert A36). Upon close inspection of recent stamp auctions (eBay, Aug 2009), we found this forged stamp of Lithuania Air Post issue of 1924 which has a backstamp SANABRIA. The usage of the expert mark "SANABRIA" on forged…
- Forgeries of Vilnius Issues
by Audrius Brazdeikis|July 16th, 2009Technically, each stamp of Vilnius I and II issue is "one-of-a-kind" and is so collected. Genuine full sheets of 20 stamps (5x4) can be viewed to show stamp positions.
View complete sheet of Vilnius I issue 10 sk stamp (Scott, 1 Michel 1) and 15 sk stamp (Scott 2, Michel 2).
The First Vilnius Issue (1918) Scott 1-2 (Michel 1-2)
Letterpress printing (relief printing) technique was used…
