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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Werner Salentin, post: 39492, member: 2120&quot;]This text is not mine,but from a collector who writes the best articles,</p><p>better than most books,about forgeries,I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scariest words that describe a collection on common auctions are <i><b>&quot;From an old collection&quot;</b></i></p><p>This is supposed to somehow reassure one that this collection is the real thing.</p><p>Actually it is quite the opposite, grandfather/father lived during the heyday of packet sales that were full of forgeries.</p><p>They did not have forums, wiki or the availability of books on forgeries. Many of these books were very limited and in the language of the issuing country.</p><p>So everyone who collects world wide 1840 - 1940 is also collecting forgeries and like it or not, they are part of the hobby and have their own place in the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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