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Working with the ARTAR Catalog – Odds and Errors : Part 5

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Stefan

The 35 kopek on 20.000 rubles overprint. This overprint is actually quite rare. 99% of all items on ebay and co are fake. The most common fake also made it in the catalog. The overprints on Artar Stamp Type I … Continue reading →

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Working with the ARTAR Catalog – Odds and Errors : Part 4

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Stefan

Lets discuss the “Specimen” overprints. Well described and documented are the basic, not italic, overprints in the lower values of 1 to 15 rubles. New is the overprint on the higher values and the additional types – italic, serifed and  … Continue reading →

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Working with the ARTAR Catalog – Odds and Errors : Part 3

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Stefan

Forged overprints on page 24. And a super ugly one on page 28. On page 33 you will find two forged overprints where both overprints are forged: Please meet a k.60.k F2 forgery together with a forged framed Z and … Continue reading →

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Working with the ARTAR Catalog – Odds and Errors : Part 2

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Stefan

On page 20 the different types and sizes of the Framed Monograms are listed. I am asking myself: How come there are two formerly not described small types a and a1 (7mm diameter)? Why is the small type described by … Continue reading →

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Working with the ARTAR Catalog – Odds and Errors : Part 1

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Stefan

While working with the Artar catalog I encountered many odd things, that made me stop and thinking and also – sic – a lot of outright errors. While no work of this complexity is without faults the sheer quantity of … Continue reading →

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Variations of the 10 Ruble Dashnak Overprint

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Stefan

For those who are interested, there is much more to discover than what the catalogs suggest. This is especially true for the 10 ruble HH overprint. Not only is there a second type – which is described by Tchilinghirian and … Continue reading →

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More crude forgeries of the framed “Z” type

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Stefan

I already showed and discussed the contorted type found on the 1 kopek stamps. Now lets have a look at the forged overprint on the 5 and 7 rubles 50 kopek stamps. This too is spots a typical form thats … Continue reading →

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Nice collection of overprint forgeries

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Stefan

All stamps – with the exception of the 500 rubles – are reprints. And so it is no surprise, that the overprints are fake. Some are warped and twisted, like the 15 and 20. They cannot stand in comparison the … Continue reading →

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Selling Forgeries as Proofs

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Stefan

The stamps of this pictorial set come in three types: original printings, reprints (with weaker colors) and forgeries. In this case the forgeries are easy to detect. The imprint is much cruder then on the originals. Also the secret marks … Continue reading →

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New addition to the site – The Book of Proofs

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Stefan

I just finished adding a new page dealing with the Chassepot Issue of Paris. You can find this when navigation the menu on top of the site. It is a subpage of “stamp issues”. As special treat, I have added … Continue reading →

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