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You are here: Home / Stamp Collecting / The 1933 Airmail Stamp Forgeries

The 1933 Airmail Stamp Forgeries

November 7, 2013 By Audrius Brazdeikis

Forgeries of these stamps 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. Below is side-by-side comparison of genuine (left) and forged (right) stamps of the Child Third Air Post Issue (1932) Sc C63-C70, Mi 348-355. 

Other examples of stamps fabricated for packet trade and widely distributed include Fourth Air Post Issue (Scott C18-C20, Michel 121-123. ) and Child Second Air Post Issue (Scott C55-C62, Michel 340-347).

The key identifying characteristics

  • more crudely re-produced
  • unwatermarked, yellowish paper
  • visible grease watermark patterns on some stamps

Lithuania 1933 Child-3rd Airpost Issue forgery

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Lithuania 1933 Child-3rd Airpost Issue forgery

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Lithuania 1933 Child-3rd Airpost Issue forgery

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Lithuania 1933 Child-3rd Airpost Issue forgery

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Filed Under: Stamp Collecting, Stamp Forgeries

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