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<\/a><\/p>\nThe first impression: very clean, perfect cancel impression. The practiced eye sees more, but lets do this step by step.<\/p>\n I browsed my collection and reference items for this cancellation and found the following items.<\/p>\n A stamps with this cancel with the date 11.08.1922. And a cover with cancel bearing the date 16.10.1924. When comparing the reference impression with the item in question, there can be no doubt, the cancel is forged.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A few of the most obvious differences.<\/p>\n If you check the cancels from this time you will find the ink, while sometimes more watered down and sometimes oily, always has a certain impression on the paper which can be seen quite good if you enlarge a high resolution scan. With time you can see this with good light just with the eyes. I know that auction houses employ specialist who are checking stamps for years. I would expect an experienced dealer to at least be able to see that this cancel is fishy and need in detail check. You can do better Cherrystone. I know it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PS: I checked the Zakyian book and found this picture: <\/p>\n This looks exactly like the cover in the auction and is probably the same item. If you take a closer look you can see the remains of red or lilac writing. Just like with the scan from Cherrystone. This is one of the few errors in the book from Zakyian. He still is one of the serous source and generally a very good expert. To this day the work of Tchilinghirian stands out as one of the most trustworthy and solid sources and I still admire the effort and diligence he took to only present as genuine what he really could prove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cherrystone is one of the larger auction houses in the stamps business and specialized in material from Russia including former territories. This includes Armenia and often nice lots are offered. The March 2014 auction includes lot number 196. The first … Continue reading ![\"196small\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stampsofarmenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/196small.jpg?resize=640%2C527\")
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<\/a>This cover is very useful because it is from the Soviet times. There are no forgeries of items of this time known – probably because there is and was no market for such things. Also, the cancel impression is perfect. Which made this item a candidate for my collection of reference items.<\/p>\n![\"allaverdi](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stampsofarmenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/allaverdi-tiflis-compare-small.jpg?resize=640%2C298\")
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\nThe characters are distorted. There is a dent in the “P” character.<\/li>\n
\nThe first digit is to small, you can check the “1” on the stamp cancel and while the real first “1” is distorted it\u00a0has a different shape. The “2” is too thick and also distorted.<\/li>\n
\nThe dot is too large.<\/li>\n
\nThe horizontal line is not thick enough and the inner circle way to thick.![\"196](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stampsofarmenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/196-detail-arrows.jpg?resize=471%2C405\")
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