tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post1270897825876709946..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: New GuineaJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-48874393659771574842021-09-10T18:59:36.656-07:002021-09-10T18:59:36.656-07:00Alan - I put a note about this above in the post, ...Alan - I put a note about this above in the post, and provided a link to the forgery. Thanks!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-29928486949747315142021-09-10T18:51:32.300-07:002021-09-10T18:51:32.300-07:00A note from Alan...
here's something you might...A note from Alan...<br />here's something you might add to the article noted above. It's been already noted in Stamp Forgeries but as often, goes unexplained.<br /><br />The pound values of the Bulolo goldfields airs have been forged. They can be misleading since they have been engraved like the originals. These are attributed to Angelo Panelli, also responsible for other engraved forgeries like that of the US $2.60 Zeppelin.<br /><br />Compare the forged one pound value design here with the genuine 5d value. Overall, it is a rougher sketch-like version of the original. Note the slightly uneven horizontal shading lines including those in the bottom tablet, the roughly executed shading on the mountains and also the differences in the figures at right and their surrounding foliage. The sketchy (pun intended) quality of Panelli forgeries have been used to pass off the forgeries as proofs. In fact, some of Panelli's creation were originally presented as imperf die proofs. This may have been the case here, as the perfs are clearly faked, being too cleanly cut and uneven. Other Bulolo goldfields forgeries show normal-looking perfs. So here, we might have a faked die proof that perhaps another forger then manipulated to fob off as a real stamp!<br /><br />The forged designs for each pound stamp are somewhat different from each other besides the indicated value. The colors are different as well compared to the originals. Note that the forgeries, like the originals, were engraved the same size as printed. Therefore, there was a lot of effort and real skill put in to fool collectors. Still, it should only take a little effort and skill to avoid buying these forgeries as genuine.<br /><br />Regards,<br />steamghost<br />Alan<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.com