{"id":238,"date":"2010-08-29T17:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2010-09-01T21:29:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T21:29:34","slug":"ugliest-forgery-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Ugliest Forgery Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now on ebay. That just looks so very wrong.<\/p>\n

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There are 3 types of forgeries.<\/p>\n

Crude forgeries. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Just like the example above. Once you have seen the genuine thing, you will never be fooled by this. Still a problem with rare overprints\/items or at the beginning, when you have not yet a large collection.<\/p>\n

Typical forgeries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That are forgeries that can be classified by a certain attribute. There are a couple of forgeries in the framed and unframed “Z” section that belong to this type. The “Z”s on the example above are an example.<\/p>\n

Dangerous forgeries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some forgeries are very well executed. Ink and shape is very similar to the genuine ones. The good news here is: you have already left 80% of the fake stamps on the market behind you. The bad news is: you will need a lot of comparison material and literature now.<\/p>\n

I will show some of the typical forgeries in the next weeks. That should help along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Right now on ebay. That just looks so very wrong. There are 3 types of forgeries. Crude forgeries. Just like the example above. Once you have seen the genuine thing, you will never be fooled by this. Still a problem … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11E12-3Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stampsofarmenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}