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You are here: Home / Stamp Collecting / The 1932 Airmail Stamp Forgeries

The 1932 Airmail Stamp Forgeries

December 28, 2009 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. There are a number of distinguishing characteristics of these forged stamps.

The key characteristics of Lithuania Scott C59, Michel 344 genuine and forged stamp are illustrated below. The first three letters of the inscription “D.L.K. Gediminas” are deformed. Some of these forgeries have grease (varnish) watermarks as shown below.

The key identifying characteristics

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

Forgery characteristics Mi-344

Filed Under: Stamp Collecting, Stamp Forgeries Tagged With: airmail forgeries, stamps forgeries

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