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Fig. 1.19: Forged Handstamp
Black color.
Serifed upper case characters.
Angle at 23.5 degrees.
Length: 15 mm. Height: 3 mm.
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Fig. 1.20: Forged Overprint
Flat black color.
Serifed upper case characters.
Angle at 32 degrees.
Length: 15.5 mm. Height: 2.75 mm.
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Fig. 1.21: Forged Handstamp
Dark black color. Serifed upper case characters.
Angle at 24 degrees. Length: 17 mm. Height: 3.1 mm.
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Fig. 1.22: Forged Double Overprint
Genuine original overprint in flat black. Serifed upper case characters.
Angle at 22 degrees. Length: 15.5. Height: 2.75
Forged double overprint in deep black. Serifed upper case characters.
Angle at 22 degrees. Length: 15.25 mm. Height: 2.75 mm.
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Fig. 1.23: Genuine Overprint
   
Fig. 1.24: Forged Overprints
The 4c brown ( Scott # U.S. 303) comes in many shades, only two shades,
those shown in Fig. 1.22, were overprinted. The stamps with forged
overprints,
in Fig 1.23 show that not much attention was paid to the color of the
stamp
and angle of the overprint by the forgers.
     
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