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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Fake or Fortune?

 

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Brechinite

14 Sep 2022
06:03:33pm
I found the following and they do not tie-up with any catalogue:-

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14 Sep 2022
09:25:16pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

Ian, if you are on Facebook then the "Ken Pugh Stamp Forgery" group is a good place to get fast answers.

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15 Sep 2022
02:40:30am

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"any catalogue" you write, so that means that you could not find any answers in the (specialized) Michel catalogue?

What exactly is the problem, the designs look familiar, are the colours wrong? Perhaps they are proofs?

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Brechinite

15 Sep 2022
05:05:44am
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Jan-Simon,

Yes they could not be found in any catalogue that I have seen.

They could not be found on the many, many, internet sales platforms and other sites.

Yes they are recognisable but in the wrong colours and not on white paper.

I put it up here to see if anyone recognised them and furnish details.

Surely listing in the "Can you help identify this?" section means that I am looking for the identification of these stamps.

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15 Sep 2022
07:24:37am

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Ian,
I just wondered if you had the opportunity to check the Michel catalogue. If not, I could give it a try but now I know that this is not necessary.
Perhaps our valued member "Hockeynut", who has an incredible knowledge of all philatelic matters concerning Germany, can help here.

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15 Sep 2022
03:30:24pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

One of the German Auction houses printed (reprinted)
mini-sheet examples of rare, expensive or otherwise
unavailable issues of early German issues. Somewhere,
I have half dozen or more and carefully cut they could
pass for imperf copies.

Note: Schneider Auctions (???)

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Brechinite

15 Sep 2022
05:20:52pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

Charlie:-

Are your examples on white paper or coloured paper?

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15 Sep 2022
10:12:17pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

Ian, if you had put the pictures on the Facebook group I mentioned above you would have an answer by now. On the other hand it may not be the correct answer.Happy Would you like me to put the pictures up?

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Brechinite

16 Sep 2022
05:58:48am
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Hi Danny,

Thanks for the kind offer but no.

I'm not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to find out. I found these in a mixed lot and was just wondering what they were and thought I would post them here on the off chance someone knew.

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16 Sep 2022
03:25:03pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

" ....
Are your examples on white paper or coloured paper? ...."

Well, it was a search, as I'd not bothered with these
mini-sheets in years, but found five ofthem.
Unfortunately they are of no help in this case
because they are copied as if in black mounts
which gives a thin black border..

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17 Sep 2022
02:28:08pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

Well I would like to try it but give no guarantees.

Bayern from left to right :

2II, 2Ia, 4II, 10a, 5c, 12, 6, 7 and the last one no idea maybe a fake?

The images are too small so that you cannot distinguish between the various plate differences.
Furthermore, the stamps are in some cases very damaged, which naturally depresses the value a lot.

Bergedorf

5

Value about 10 euros

Oldenburg

1

It is a pity that this stamp is cut too short at the bottom otherwise the list price would be about 850 euros.
A lot less now unfortunately.....

All catalog numbers according to Michel.

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17 Sep 2022
02:53:25pm

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There is something funny about these stamps. They seem to be black ink on coloured paper whereas the "normal" ones are coloured ink on white paper.

Here are some examples of the normal ones

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Brechinite

17 Sep 2022
03:00:07pm
re: Fake or Fortune?

Yes they are black ink on coloured paper.

I have some stamps like Jan-Simons and those I scanned and listed here bear no resemblence to Jan-Simons.

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17 Sep 2022
03:38:27pm

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Well, it took me quite some time, but I now know what these are.
These are called "Instruktionsmarken" (instruction stamps). They were used on parcels with stamps which were sent to the post offices. The clerks could thus easily see which stamps were in the parcels.

The background colour of such blackprints corresponded to the colour of the stamps in the parcel. So despite their name they are not real stamps but rather illustrations cut from the wrapping paper. They seem to be known and coveted by Bavaria specialists and it is no surprise that they are, according to the book "Die Briefmarken von Altdeutschland" by K.K.Doberer some of the most forged stamps (or labels rather) of Bavaria. Go figure, there was only 1 of these for every 4500 stamps that were packed in such a wrapper and most of these wrappers were thrown away because it was packing paper. Whether yours are the real thing or forgeries, they are very interesting items.

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17 Sep 2022
03:51:40pm

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By the way, after finding an article about these instruction stamps, I read that they are mentioned in Michel. It took me quite some time, but I found it as some sort of foot note in the specialized catalogue. I am not surprised you were not able to find it.

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Brechinite

17 Sep 2022
07:12:33pm
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Thank you Jan-Simon for the information.

Aye it was easy to miss these two lines in Michel.

Especially as I have very limited German.

Where did you find the scans of the wrappers?

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18 Sep 2022
02:09:52am

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On a German site when I knew that I had to search for instruktionsmarken

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Brechinite

14 Sep 2022
06:03:33pm

I found the following and they do not tie-up with any catalogue:-

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DannyS

14 Sep 2022
09:25:16pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

Ian, if you are on Facebook then the "Ken Pugh Stamp Forgery" group is a good place to get fast answers.

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Jansimon

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15 Sep 2022
02:40:30am

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re: Fake or Fortune?

"any catalogue" you write, so that means that you could not find any answers in the (specialized) Michel catalogue?

What exactly is the problem, the designs look familiar, are the colours wrong? Perhaps they are proofs?

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Brechinite

15 Sep 2022
05:05:44am

re: Fake or Fortune?

Jan-Simon,

Yes they could not be found in any catalogue that I have seen.

They could not be found on the many, many, internet sales platforms and other sites.

Yes they are recognisable but in the wrong colours and not on white paper.

I put it up here to see if anyone recognised them and furnish details.

Surely listing in the "Can you help identify this?" section means that I am looking for the identification of these stamps.

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Jansimon

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15 Sep 2022
07:24:37am

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re: Fake or Fortune?

Ian,
I just wondered if you had the opportunity to check the Michel catalogue. If not, I could give it a try but now I know that this is not necessary.
Perhaps our valued member "Hockeynut", who has an incredible knowledge of all philatelic matters concerning Germany, can help here.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
15 Sep 2022
03:30:24pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

One of the German Auction houses printed (reprinted)
mini-sheet examples of rare, expensive or otherwise
unavailable issues of early German issues. Somewhere,
I have half dozen or more and carefully cut they could
pass for imperf copies.

Note: Schneider Auctions (???)

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
Brechinite

15 Sep 2022
05:20:52pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

Charlie:-

Are your examples on white paper or coloured paper?

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DannyS

15 Sep 2022
10:12:17pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

Ian, if you had put the pictures on the Facebook group I mentioned above you would have an answer by now. On the other hand it may not be the correct answer.Happy Would you like me to put the pictures up?

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Brechinite

16 Sep 2022
05:58:48am

re: Fake or Fortune?

Hi Danny,

Thanks for the kind offer but no.

I'm not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to find out. I found these in a mixed lot and was just wondering what they were and thought I would post them here on the off chance someone knew.

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16 Sep 2022
03:25:03pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

" ....
Are your examples on white paper or coloured paper? ...."

Well, it was a search, as I'd not bothered with these
mini-sheets in years, but found five ofthem.
Unfortunately they are of no help in this case
because they are copied as if in black mounts
which gives a thin black border..

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HockeyNut

17 Sep 2022
02:28:08pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

Well I would like to try it but give no guarantees.

Bayern from left to right :

2II, 2Ia, 4II, 10a, 5c, 12, 6, 7 and the last one no idea maybe a fake?

The images are too small so that you cannot distinguish between the various plate differences.
Furthermore, the stamps are in some cases very damaged, which naturally depresses the value a lot.

Bergedorf

5

Value about 10 euros

Oldenburg

1

It is a pity that this stamp is cut too short at the bottom otherwise the list price would be about 850 euros.
A lot less now unfortunately.....

All catalog numbers according to Michel.

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Jansimon

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17 Sep 2022
02:53:25pm

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re: Fake or Fortune?

There is something funny about these stamps. They seem to be black ink on coloured paper whereas the "normal" ones are coloured ink on white paper.

Here are some examples of the normal ones

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Brechinite

17 Sep 2022
03:00:07pm

re: Fake or Fortune?

Yes they are black ink on coloured paper.

I have some stamps like Jan-Simons and those I scanned and listed here bear no resemblence to Jan-Simons.

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Jansimon

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17 Sep 2022
03:38:27pm

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re: Fake or Fortune?

Well, it took me quite some time, but I now know what these are.
These are called "Instruktionsmarken" (instruction stamps). They were used on parcels with stamps which were sent to the post offices. The clerks could thus easily see which stamps were in the parcels.

The background colour of such blackprints corresponded to the colour of the stamps in the parcel. So despite their name they are not real stamps but rather illustrations cut from the wrapping paper. They seem to be known and coveted by Bavaria specialists and it is no surprise that they are, according to the book "Die Briefmarken von Altdeutschland" by K.K.Doberer some of the most forged stamps (or labels rather) of Bavaria. Go figure, there was only 1 of these for every 4500 stamps that were packed in such a wrapper and most of these wrappers were thrown away because it was packing paper. Whether yours are the real thing or forgeries, they are very interesting items.

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17 Sep 2022
03:51:40pm

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re: Fake or Fortune?

By the way, after finding an article about these instruction stamps, I read that they are mentioned in Michel. It took me quite some time, but I found it as some sort of foot note in the specialized catalogue. I am not surprised you were not able to find it.

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Brechinite

17 Sep 2022
07:12:33pm

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Thank you Jan-Simon for the information.

Aye it was easy to miss these two lines in Michel.

Especially as I have very limited German.

Where did you find the scans of the wrappers?

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18 Sep 2022
02:09:52am

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On a German site when I knew that I had to search for instruktionsmarken

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