Philatelic fakes and forgeries
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philatelic-fakes-and-forgeries-303-7981783
title:
Philatelic fakes and forgeries
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In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries are labels that look like postage stamps but have been produced to deceive or defraud. Learning to identify these can be a challenging branch of philately. To a large extent the definitions below are consistent with those given in the introduction to various recent editions of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. "We use the term "forgery" to indicate stamps produced to defraud collectors and to defraud stamp-issuing governments. "Fake" is used t
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description:
Fraudulently manufactured imitation postage stamps
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philatelic_fakes_and_forgeries
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2024-03-10T06:03:58Z
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