Forgeries

 

The most deceptive forgery is printed in an intense dull black ink.

The forgeries are slightly larger than the genuine overprints.

 

 

The Type II forgery mimics the Type IIa overprint, but the block at left is not divided.

 

For both overprint types, the base of the ‘9’ lacks the upward recurve.

 

The forgeries were printed in se-tenant pairs with Type II over Type I, an impossible combination.

Because of this, many of the pairs were later broken up.