List of stamp forgers

List of stamp forgers

Soon after their introduction in 1840, postage stamps became philatelic objects, and philatelic fakes and forgeries to the detriment of the collector became a problem. The first book about the topic was written by Jean-Baptiste Moens from Belgium "De la falsifications des timbres-poste" in 1862. Shortly thereafter Edward Loines Pemberton published "Forged Stamps: How to detect them" and Robert Brisco Earée "Album Weeds". Stamps produced by notable forgers have become collectibles, as well.

Notorious and famous stamp forgers include:

* Rainer Blüm
* Sigmund Friedl
* Georges Fouré
* François Fournier
* David Alan "Georgie" Gee
* The London Gang: Benjamin, Sarpys, and Jeffryes
* Erasmus Oneglia
* Jean de Sperati
* The Spiro brothers
* Samuel Allen Taylor
* Glen Stephens
* Raoul de Thuin
* Peter Winter
* Georg Zechmeyer

References and sources

* James A. Mackay "The Guinness Book of Stamps" Guinness Publishing, Ltd, England (1982), p 150
* Gustav Schenk "The Romance of the Postage Stamp" Doubleday and Co., Garden City, NY (1959), pp. 184ff

ee also

* Philatelic fakes and forgeries

External links

* [http://web.telia.com/~u31115401/Falskt1.htm Examples]


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