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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Need some help. - Albania

 

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Dakota
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27 Aug 2016
11:27:22am
I know I have seen this before but I need help identifying it. I think it might be Germanic. Thanks in advance.Image Not Found

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michael78651

27 Aug 2016
11:42:42am
re: Need some help. - Albania

It's Albania issued in 1946, Scott #379-383.

Yours may be a counterfeit as it looks rather rugged.

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Guthrum
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27 Aug 2016
05:09:07pm
re: Need some help. - Albania

The first issue of the newly-inaugurated RPSh (People's Republic of Albania), commemorating an 'International Women's Congress' (sic Stanley Gibbons). This might be the 10th Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Congress (if I have the right organisation) held in 1946 in Luxembourg.

It's an unusual choice for the first issue of the new communist state, and produced very crudely. This is the top value, but it's not a highly-priced set (7.50 euros on Delcampe) - I'm not sure why it would be worth making a counterfeit of it.

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michael78651

27 Aug 2016
05:31:34pm
re: Need some help. - Albania

Varro E. Tyler includes this stamp in his book on forgeries. I had a chance to look it up.

The stamp in the image is indeed a forgery. The clue is in the stars in the top-left corner. There are five stars in the star field. The star directly above the bottom star is the key. In the genuine stamps, this star has four points, with the point on the right side longer than the other three. The counterfeit has this star with only three points. There is no point extending from the right side of the star, as seen in the stamp in the image.

This stamp comes both perf and imperf. Counterfeit perfed stamps are perf 11.

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Dakota
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27 Aug 2016
09:16:10pm
re: Need some help. - Albania

Thanks for the help. I knew I saw them someplace. I found 2 of these in a small kiloware lot. It looks like the other is also counterfeit.

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Dakota

27 Aug 2016
11:27:22am

I know I have seen this before but I need help identifying it. I think it might be Germanic. Thanks in advance.Image Not Found

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michael78651

27 Aug 2016
11:42:42am

re: Need some help. - Albania

It's Albania issued in 1946, Scott #379-383.

Yours may be a counterfeit as it looks rather rugged.

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Guthrum

27 Aug 2016
05:09:07pm

re: Need some help. - Albania

The first issue of the newly-inaugurated RPSh (People's Republic of Albania), commemorating an 'International Women's Congress' (sic Stanley Gibbons). This might be the 10th Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Congress (if I have the right organisation) held in 1946 in Luxembourg.

It's an unusual choice for the first issue of the new communist state, and produced very crudely. This is the top value, but it's not a highly-priced set (7.50 euros on Delcampe) - I'm not sure why it would be worth making a counterfeit of it.

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michael78651

27 Aug 2016
05:31:34pm

re: Need some help. - Albania

Varro E. Tyler includes this stamp in his book on forgeries. I had a chance to look it up.

The stamp in the image is indeed a forgery. The clue is in the stars in the top-left corner. There are five stars in the star field. The star directly above the bottom star is the key. In the genuine stamps, this star has four points, with the point on the right side longer than the other three. The counterfeit has this star with only three points. There is no point extending from the right side of the star, as seen in the stamp in the image.

This stamp comes both perf and imperf. Counterfeit perfed stamps are perf 11.

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Dakota

27 Aug 2016
09:16:10pm

re: Need some help. - Albania

Thanks for the help. I knew I saw them someplace. I found 2 of these in a small kiloware lot. It looks like the other is also counterfeit.

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