BlueCollarWrench

In 1882, Iran produced three stamps:
5c- blue
10c pink
25c green
All engraved boarder-

How do I tell if its real or not. All I hear and read is 'Forgeries abound'. I made this cheat sheet for all to use-please when you find a fake one throw it away or mark it as a fake.


see http://www.persi.com/ for more info if needed-

not sure drop me a note, ALWAYS glad to help-

lee

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rrraphy

Retired Consultant APS#186030
16 Sep 2017
02:11:00pm

re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

Great information...so my 5 an 10 are genuine (I also have a fake 5)...but my 25 is not genuine (for 1881 and 1882 )...but I noticed that every 25 seem to have the vertical lines on the RHS well defined, so I wonder if they are all counterfeits?

Does the same rule applies to the 1882-84 stamps (scott 53-53a)? And the 1885-87 surcharged officials?

Thanks
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BlueCollarWrench

re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

And please don't take me wrong, I love this kind of exchange and learning--
These are the common-ebay, hipstamp, oh gosh, stampworld, Iran stamps that are offered for sale all the time-

In one of the article's coming I give descriptive examples of how to tell-especially those two in the middle, scott#53, pictured above--with picture and arrows, circles and a paragraph on the back of each one-WAIT! That's a song, I digress. but seriously. Wait for the article you will love it. Easy to check and easy to tell--

The best thing I go by-#1 RHS INNER FRAME LINE-bottom line, if its strong game over, move on. Don't even blink. just click onto the next stamp-trust me. Condition will throw your maybe stamp down to the dollar range every time-

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re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

I probably would not buy those two. On each, the groundworks look right, but that could be a light inking. The vertical lines on the right side look too strong to me. Even though they tend to be a bit light, could also be due to a light inking. Cancellations are known to be forged on these stamps as well. It is a common practice for forgers to apply a fake cancel over their forgeries at the locations where verification between fake and original is paramount to make a determination.

With fakes of Iranian stamps outnumbering genuine stamps by factors of 20 or more to 1, anything that makes me even remotely suspicious is enough to make me stay away from buying such a stamp.

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rrraphy

Retired Consultant APS#186030
16 Sep 2017
03:37:09pm

re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

Well here is the page from my album..and thanks to you Lee, I see I am batting around 50% on genuine vs counterfeits (now noted with "c")
Great information. Iran counterfeits are discouraging most of us to collect them!
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BlueCollarWrench

re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

Love the scan!! Awesome!!

1. you got the years all mixed up--

scott# 47, #51, #52

Scott# 47, $51,

2. I just posted a quick thread on type of printing method, check the picture I offered and then look at your page=Look for those white lines-

3. Oh and I'll find the two dot error you need, Just seen it--

 
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rrraphy

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16 Sep 2017
09:48:34pm

re: Fake Vs. Real On Iran Scott# 50, 51, and 52-Easy and quick for you to save money.

Awsome..I always had my doubts about these. Now I see where my mistake is.
So I have to look in my duplicates, and see what else I may have mislabeled.
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