L-R: Genuine duplex (24 rays), forgery (23 rays)
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
568 Forgery
568 Forgery
568 Forgery
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
568 Forgery. Courtesy of Dave Elsmore
568 Forgery. Seen at Prestige Philately auction no 152
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
568 Forgery. Seen on Ebay
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