FORGERY METHODS
November 10, 2010 by admin
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With so many stamp collectors around, it’s no wonder some find forging stamps to be a profitable business. Some stamps are in high demand and if a successful forger were to be able to reproduce it in such a way that it couldn’t be detectable, then he’s in for a cash windfall. Many of your [...]
PHILATELIC FORGERIES
November 10, 2010 by admin
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One of the most difficult areas of philately is learning how to detect fakes or fraudulent stamps. The first forged stamp emerged twenty years after the very first stamp was issued by Great Britain in 1840. This was a stamp that was put out on the market with the intent to defraud collectors and philatelists [...]
ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING
November 10, 2010 by admin
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Stamp collecting is considered among one of the most popular hobbies taken up by people around the world. Many collect postage stamps while others will pick up covers, which would be any envelope or package with stamps. There are a reported number of around twenty million stamp collectors just in the United States. Imagine how [...]
