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<p>[QUOTE="James-2489, post: 39380, member: 2317"]I am not an expert in forged stamps, but the higher the value the more profit for the forgers. I would have thought that the chance of finding genuine stamps of those values today is quite slim, but not impossible, it has happened before. When I was buying stamps back in the 50s I believe that the vast majority were genuine. You bought from reputable dealers. Now with the advance in technology fakes are much easier to produce, it is quite easy to produce the paper and add watermarks or bleach old low value stamps and overprint with fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at some of the "fake stamps" websites, there are several on line.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards, James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James-2489, post: 39380, member: 2317"]I am not an expert in forged stamps, but the higher the value the more profit for the forgers. I would have thought that the chance of finding genuine stamps of those values today is quite slim, but not impossible, it has happened before. When I was buying stamps back in the 50s I believe that the vast majority were genuine. You bought from reputable dealers. Now with the advance in technology fakes are much easier to produce, it is quite easy to produce the paper and add watermarks or bleach old low value stamps and overprint with fakes. Look at some of the "fake stamps" websites, there are several on line. Regards, James[/QUOTE]
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