1852 Printing, Genuine #1
1.) King's hair seems to be coming out in patches
2.) Eye is small
3.) Beard hangs down to the top of the final O in Bollo
4.) C's have square shoulders
5.) Hyphen after Poste
6.) Passes without period after top C
7.) Period after bottom
8.) Pearls--top 32, bottom 32, left 36, right 36.
The corner pearls should be counted with both the horizontal and vertical rows except at the lower left, because there really is no corner pearl at the lower left
9.) Little tail of the Q is slanted slightly to the right and points
to the 19th pearl
10.) Right angle corner complete at upper left triangle
11.) Scrolls at the upper left triangle touch each other
Exp: APS certificate 93095
Notes: do
Ref: Rev. Earee, R. Lana article in Linn's November 13, 1995 |
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Genoa Forgery of #1 probably by N. Imperato per R. Lana. Earee 1st forgery
1.) King's hair looks nice and combed
2.) Line at the eye extends almost to the curve of the nose
3.) Beard hangs down to middle of the final O in Bollo
4.) Moustache is large and dark
5.) Hyphen after top C, larger hyphen after Poste, and period after 05
6.) Pearls--top 31, bottom 31, left 34, right 37
7.) Tail of Q points between 18th and 19th pearls
8.) Main feature of this forgery - O of 05 is larger and rounder than the 5
9.) There is a space between
the scrolls in the upper left triangle
10.) Rev. Earee says the portrait of the king in this forgery is a more accurate likeness than the genuine stamp
Exp: APS certificate 64690
Notes: do
Ref: Earee, R. Lana article in Linn's November 13, 1995 |
1851, Genuine #1
1.) All notes as above
2.) Except this one passes with periods after the top C and after 05
Exp: Raybaudi certificate
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Geneva Forgery of #1 probably by Fournier per R. Lana, Earee 2nd forgery
1.) Yellow paper
2.) Pearls--top 29, bottom 28, left 31, right 31
3.) Tail of the Q points to 17th pearl
4.) Right angle corner is incomplete in the upper left triangle
5.) Scrolls close but not touching at the upper left triangle
Exp: APS certificate 117913
Notes: do
Ref: Rev. Earee, R. Lana article
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Forgery of #1
1.) Pearls--top 32, bottom 33, left 36, right 36
2.) There is an extra pearl under the I of Cinque
3.) Tail of Q is straight down and points to the 20th pearl
4.) There is a line between the nose and the cheek
Exp: APS certificate 106074 |
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