Los Nr. 3046
FÄLSCHUNGEN / FORGERIES, worldwide collection of XIX century classic forgeries of over 500 stamps mostly varied, including FOURNIER and over 150 SPIRO reproductions as well as from other forgers, also false overprints and cancellations. Philip Spiro was one of the earliest forgers of postage stamps. He was the head of the German printing firm of Spiro Brothers of Hamburg who from 1864 to about 1880 produced around 500 different lithographed reproductions of postage stamps. Countries included in this collection amongst others, British commonwealth such as British Honduras, Hong Kong, Ionian Islands, St. Helena, Western Australia, Victoria, Samoa, Turks Islands, Newfoundland, New South wales, Queensland, Nova Scotia, Ceylon, Canada amongst others, further to European countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Romania, France, Netherlands, Italian States, Finland, Spain, greece, Portugal, Austria etc. and other countries such as Bolivia, Egypt, USA, Argentina, Uruguay, Hawaii, Japan, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico to name a few. A RARE ACCUMULATION OF CLASSIC FORGERIES, IDEAL FOR COMPARISON AND RESEARCH. (A2)
