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Quite a bargain

PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:48 am
by albump
I just ran across this on ebay, then found a warning on the Society website about the seller.


http://lithuanianphilately.com/forums.p ... 27cb709f78" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It appears he has quite a selection of questionable material, to be kind.

Re: Quite a bargain

PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:59 am
by Prahanoaki
I would be very interested to find out if this is actually a forgery or not

Re: Quite a bargain

PostPosted:Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:49 pm
by Audrius
I would never purchase anything from this seller. Too many fakes and forgeries.

As far as Prahanoaki's question is concerned, I think this particular stamp is a very questionable item. Postmark ..ELŠ...(Telšiai?) is a red flag for me.

Re: Quite a bargain

PostPosted:Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:35 pm
by albump
While I'm just starting to collect Lithuania, I'm trying to become familiar with the Scott listings, as well as Jankauskas' catalogue. In collecting other areas for the last 10-20 years, I find that the rule: if it's too good to be true, it isn't, applies in all areas of philately, even at 25%-50% of Scott. I'm tempted to buy, if only to have a study collection of forgeries, but I'm not sure I want to encourage him.