... Serbian Forgeries ...

1904
 100 years anniversary of the anti-Turkish uprising in Orashatz


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According to my sources [1, 2] Fournier did not make forgeries of this set. Still, Billig characterizes these forgeries as "Type II". They might have been printed from the same cliche as the previous Kara-George dynasty set, as they show many of the same design errors as those issues. Both the original stamps and the forgeries are line perforated 11 1/2.

Unfortunately, I don't yet have original issues of this set to show for comparison (all my issues turned out to be forgeries!). Please go back to the previous gallery for a peek at the original designs.


Mi #81

Forgery

Genuine

To identify forgeries of this issue, the following design characteristics of the text are:

  1. The lower end of the Cyrillic "A" is blunt.
  2. The foot of the Cyrillic "F" is missing.
  3. The lower part of the Cyrillic "B" is rounded.
Forgery

Furthermore:
  1. The triangle in the right ornament is asymmetric, and the end of the vertical bar is blurred.
  2. The "drop" or petals hanging from the vertical ornaments are separate ovals.
  3. The tiny appendix inside the left ornament is almost non-existent.
  4. Note also the different shapes and sizes of the numbers "1804", especially the poor head and foot of the "1".
  5. Shading between figures and ornaments is almost completely coloured.
  6. The shape and symmetry of the letters in "DINAR" is rather poor.

Forgery
Genuine
Forgery
Forgery


Mi #82

Forgery

Genuine

The green ink of this issue seems to have been floating a little, resulting in very poor letter contours. The main design characteristics of the text are the same as the previous issue:

  1. The lower end of the Cyrillic "A" is blunt.
  2. The foot of the Cyrillic "F" is missing.
  3. The lower part of the Cyrillic "B" is rounded.
Forgery


Furthermore:
  1. The triangle in the right ornament is asymmetric, and the end of the vertical bar is blurred.
  2. The "drop" or petals hanging from the vertical ornaments are separate ovals.
  3. The tiny appendix inside the left ornament is almost non-existent.
  4. Note also the different shapes and sizes of the numbers "1804", especially the poor head and foot of the "1".
  5. Shading between figures and ornaments is almost completely coloured.
  6. The shape and symmetry of the letters in "DINAR" is rather poor.

Forgery
Genuine
Forgery
Forgery



Mi #83

Forgery

Genuine

This time the colouring and finish of the letters are a little better. The main design characteristics of the text, however, are the same as for the previous issues:

  1. The lower end of the Cyrillic "A" is blunt.
  2. The foot of the Cyrillic "F" is missing.
  3. The lower part of the Cyrillic "B" is rounded.
Forgery


Furthermore:
  1. The triangle in the right ornament is asymmetric, and the end of the vertical bar is blurred.
  2. The "drop" or petals hanging from the vertical ornaments are separate ovals.
  3. The tiny appendix inside the left ornament is almost non-existent.
  4. Note also the different shapes and sizes of the numbers "1804", especially the poor head and foot of the "1".
  5. Shading between figures and ornaments is almost completely coloured.
  6. The shape and symmetry of the letters in "DINAR" is rather poor.

Forgery
Genuine
Forgery
Forgery



Sources:
  1. Expert: Billig's Grosses Handbuch der Faelschungen, Lieferung Nr. 30: Serbien, O. Stiedl, F. Billig, 1936
  2. Fournier's 1914 Price-list of Philatelic Forgeries, Introduced by L. Ragatz, 1958