Forgery An imitation of a stamp intended to deceive.
Foxing - A type of mildew which appears as brown spots or concentric circles on the surface of old paper.
Forgery. A fraudulent reproduction of a postage stamp or cover.
Frame. The outside area of a stamp's design.
Freak. An abnormal stamp that has some kind of printing flaw---from overinking to perforation mistakes.
Forgery: A completely fraudulent reproduction of a postage stamp. There are two general types of forgeries: those intended to defraud the postal authorities (see also Counterfeit), and those intended to defraud the collectors (see also Bogus).
Forgery - A completely fraudulent reproduction of a postage stamp meant either to defraud postal authorities or collectors.
Foxing - Tan or brown appearing on stamps or covers.
Forgery
A forgery is an unmarked reproduction or fabrication of a real stamp (usually scarce) that is intended to defraud collectors. Numerous common forgeries also exist.
FORGERY- [1] Postal item fraudulently manufactured with intent to deceive either the post office (postal forgery) or collectors (fake). [2] A fraudulently produced or altered philatelic item intended to deceive the collector.
A forgery is a completely fraudulent reproduction of a postage stamp. There are generally two types of stamp forgeries: those intended to defraud collectors and those intended to defraud a postal system.
Friedl forgery of the Red Mercury.
In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like postage stamps but are not. Most have been produced to deceive or defraud.
Packet Forgery: a reproduction of genuine stamp that is intended to fool beginning stamp collectors.
Packet letter: mail carried by a ship under contract by a post office to carry mail, started 1840s.
An Adelaide philatelist detected the forgery and notified police, who arrested all three men and seized 60,000 forged stamps.
The Australian Commonwealth issued postage due stamps in July 1902 - eleven years before it issued ordinary stamps.
A forgery of a contemporary postage stamp produced to defraud a postal administration of the postage used for mailing; very often considered a collectable item for the specialist. 2. Fälschung Postalisch [Germany]. 3.
WATERMARKS - A design on the stamp paper visible when held against light. This is usually used to prevent forgery and produced during the making of the paper itself.
The Y&T catalog includes the section whose starting pages are reproduced above, on cancellations, which are another factor that can influence the value of stamps, especially earlier issues. And yes, forgery of valuable cancellations is all too common, ...
Design or pattern in paper formed during the manufacturing process, valuable as a security precaution against forgery.
Watermark Detector ...
Granite Paper -- A paper with small colored fibers added when the paper is made. This paper is used as a deterrent against forgery.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Catalog, Cover, Printing
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