May be a scan of the reverse might help or not help!
Maybe it's a postal forgery?
It reminds me of the later Nigerian postal forgeries in terms of quality.
The perforation is wrong and the left side appears to be distorted.
The OP said " It does not look like it should but then again, why create a forgery of a worthless stamp?", practice!
Nigel, I think you are right.
@nigelc
I think you are correct, perhaps a reverse scan could add more information maybe!
On the left is a stamp I found in an accumulation of Indonesian stamps. It does not look like it should but then again, why create a forgery of a worthless stamp?
re: Indonesia Scott #692: a forgery of a very common stamp?
May be a scan of the reverse might help or not help!
re: Indonesia Scott #692: a forgery of a very common stamp?
Maybe it's a postal forgery?
It reminds me of the later Nigerian postal forgeries in terms of quality.
The perforation is wrong and the left side appears to be distorted.
re: Indonesia Scott #692: a forgery of a very common stamp?
The OP said " It does not look like it should but then again, why create a forgery of a worthless stamp?", practice!
re: Indonesia Scott #692: a forgery of a very common stamp?
Nigel, I think you are right.
re: Indonesia Scott #692: a forgery of a very common stamp?
@nigelc
I think you are correct, perhaps a reverse scan could add more information maybe!