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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

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Neddie Seagoon from The Telegoons
14 Dec 2016
11:31:36am

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Here's the reverse side.
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Its perfed at 11 1/2 which the genuine should be.
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14 Dec 2016
02:35:34pm
re: Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

The genuine stamp is perfed 11 1/2 x 12.

A note in Scott states, "The 20c and 40c exist perf. 11 1/2. These are remainders of Sardinia with forged perforations."

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Neddie Seagoon from The Telegoons
14 Dec 2016
02:55:09pm

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re: Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

Thanks Micheal.

My SG catalogue of 1914 says it is perf 11 1/2, 12. There is obviously a typo, a comma instead of an x. They were even making mistakes in the "good old days".

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14 Dec 2016
03:38:36pm
re: Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

They may not have known in 1914 that the stamps were not genuine.

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15 Dec 2016
09:49:35am
re: Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

I have seen this stamp before. It is a forgery.

This stamp lacks the detail of the real deal.

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nl0547
15 Dec 2016
02:21:25pm
re: Is this Italian stamp real or fake?

The stamp is a Cohn forgery
The perfs are line instead of comb
You will also notice that the left & right perfs are badly out of alignment
The embossing lacks distinct features in the hair, ear & beard.
The upper right corner element is very different from the original
This particular forgery (there are at least 3 others) is only printed in the 5, 20 and 40c.

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