L-R: Genuine duplex (24 rays), forgery (23 rays)
Forgery - Sideface
Forgery - Large Chalon
568 Forgery
568 Forgery
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
Sunday, February 21, 2016
568 - Forgery
Numeral 568 on a ray is a forgery. It has 23 rays rather then 24, the shape of the top of the 6 is different to the genuine issues and is usually seen on high value stamps only, with the date stamp portion missing, and often replacing a fiscal cancellation that has been "cleaned". For genuine Charters Towers 568 duplex stamps see here
Forgery - Chalon
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
568 Forgery. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore
568 Forgery. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 152
568 Forgery
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