Retired Ap. Book Mod, Pres Golden Gate Stamp Club, Hi Tech Consultant 15 Oct 2013 01:25:44pm
For some time I have been intrigued by a number of Lebanon stamps of the late 1940s, that exist on two distinct varieties of paper, but also in two varieties of impressions. I had always assumed that some are counterfeit, but I now wonder if it is not more complex than that. Paper shortages, and thus paper varieties at the end of World war II, which may also account for the impression differences.
Wonder if any one has studied the matter, or has an opinion, or a reference in the literature.
Here are two sets of photos: Lebanon SC # 177-180 and Lebanon SC # 229-233
Y&T # 51-55 and also ?? (Y&T seems incomplete)
Incidentally, there are more recent and similar variations, in particular for Lebanon SC # 238-242, 251-255, 310-312 and again for Lebanon SC # C200-C206, C233-C235 where the same brown paper with more ill-defined printing occurs. Did the Post Office just use left over paper stock to print the stamps? But the difference is much more visible in the first two series (photos). I am particularly curious about the impression quality differences.
Help!
Please excuse the typo...counterfeit with an e..need to redo the pages!
rrr
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re: Lebanon: Paper variation or counterfeit?
Hello Ralph,
I was now able to check in an older Michel catalog. For Lebanon SC # 177-180 = Michel 291-295, Michel (2004) notes "exist on white and gray paper." For Lebanon SC # 229-233 = Michel 416 - 420, there is no such note.
Overall Michel catalogs for the European areas are more detailed than for most of the rest of the world, so the missing note for the second part of the set may not mean much.
Arno
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