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The Kiautschou overprint is almost certainly forged. It doesn't match any of the options in Scott. IF it were legit it would be Scott 4, 5 or 6 under the country listing in Scott of Kiauchau.
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The overprints on both stamps are fake, those overprints don't exist like that.
You also can see that the overprints was applied on a used stamp, the cancellation is under the overprint
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Not to mention that the "SAMOA" seems to be on a stamp cancelled in Hamburg!!
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The Samoa "overprint" was definitely done on a typewriter!
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I have never seen "overprints" like these before, but I regularly come across all kinds of fantasy overprints on German stamps, especially World War two and aftermath items.
Sometimes it is obvious that these were done with a modern inkjet printer, but still people buy these. And that's why some creative souls keep inventing new ones.
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02:06:01pm
" ... but I regularly come across all kinds of fantasy overprints on German stamps, especially World War two and aftermath items. ..."
Some such fabrications were meant to deceive others.
But often a collector will tire of seeing an open space
on an album page and decide to create something
just to fill the space. The interesting thing is that
over time, they can completely deceive themselves
about the stamp's provenance.
This self-deception also occurs with such things as
war stories (e.g. Normandy Landings June 6th, 1944.)
and events like the number of eyewitnesses who were
in Dealey Plaza on November 22nd, 1963, or the WTC Plaza
on September 11th, 2001.
I have been intrigued by this phenomenon for many years,
often noting the sincerity that people exhibit when
telling stories that are obviously embellished,
if not completely fabricated.
A page of stamps with spaces completely filled,
may be so much more satisfying to the owner that he,
or she, could blur the origin of the slightly bogus overprint,
after all, the stamp itself is genuine.
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A friend of mine sent me his stock to sell off at auction and these two stamps were in it. The one on the right certainly looks like something created with a typewriter, and the other I can't find, though it does look familiar. Any ideas? Thanks
Greg
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re: German Colonies
The Kiautschou overprint is almost certainly forged. It doesn't match any of the options in Scott. IF it were legit it would be Scott 4, 5 or 6 under the country listing in Scott of Kiauchau.
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09:48:27am
re: German Colonies
The overprints on both stamps are fake, those overprints don't exist like that.
You also can see that the overprints was applied on a used stamp, the cancellation is under the overprint
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re: German Colonies
Not to mention that the "SAMOA" seems to be on a stamp cancelled in Hamburg!!
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07:25:57pm
re: German Colonies
The Samoa "overprint" was definitely done on a typewriter!
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re: German Colonies
I have never seen "overprints" like these before, but I regularly come across all kinds of fantasy overprints on German stamps, especially World War two and aftermath items.
Sometimes it is obvious that these were done with a modern inkjet printer, but still people buy these. And that's why some creative souls keep inventing new ones.
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26 Aug 2018
02:06:01pm
re: German Colonies
" ... but I regularly come across all kinds of fantasy overprints on German stamps, especially World War two and aftermath items. ..."
Some such fabrications were meant to deceive others.
But often a collector will tire of seeing an open space
on an album page and decide to create something
just to fill the space. The interesting thing is that
over time, they can completely deceive themselves
about the stamp's provenance.
This self-deception also occurs with such things as
war stories (e.g. Normandy Landings June 6th, 1944.)
and events like the number of eyewitnesses who were
in Dealey Plaza on November 22nd, 1963, or the WTC Plaza
on September 11th, 2001.
I have been intrigued by this phenomenon for many years,
often noting the sincerity that people exhibit when
telling stories that are obviously embellished,
if not completely fabricated.
A page of stamps with spaces completely filled,
may be so much more satisfying to the owner that he,
or she, could blur the origin of the slightly bogus overprint,
after all, the stamp itself is genuine.
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