Thema: Marken bestimmen: Straits Settlements
Harald Zierock Am: 25.11.2009 12:44:32 Gelesen: 32028# 9@  
Endlich habe ich eine Antwort von Stanley-Gibbons erhalten, und die lautet so:

Dear Mr. Zierock,

Many thanks for your enquiry.

We do note in our catalogue that the corner ornaments on these stamps vary from value to value. The top two stamps are either SG 12 and 13 or 51 and 66, depending on the watermarks, and the bottom one is 63a.

The two in the middle are both forgeries, probably the work of the Spiro brothers, who produced a lot of such imitations at the time. The ‘cancellations’ are typical of their work.

I hope this is of some help.

Yours sincerely,
Hugh Jefferies

 
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