Lot 1696
Confederacy, Confederate Fake & Counterfeit Reference Collection, several thousand stamps mostly on albums and stock pages; starting with the array of Postmasters' Provisional with creations from all the notable facsimile makers including Taylor, Upham, Scott, Petrie, Moens, etc., including the Brewster Kenyon 5¢ Lynchburg reprint sheet of 4 with 1927 signed letter to E. Knapp and 1929 Knapp notes, additional Kenyon reprint proof signed Carter Glass, Marion posthumous reprints and bogus types, well represented Mobile and Nashville facsimiles, Richmond including bogus City Post issues with very early types, bogus including 4 St. Elmo, Tenn. strips of 6 (one signed MacBride as fake), Florida Express types, section of 6 forgeries on cards each sign "Cft." by August Dietz, etc., Regular issues including a interesting section on the 10¢ Jefferson altered plate including a pane of 30 signed by H.A. Diamont to E. Knapp and endorsed "From the original plate", also a complete sheet of the 5¢ N.Y. fake, 2¢ altered plate reprints, extensive showing of each issue with various forgeries with many scarce items, "proofs", section of the 1863 2¢ red brown with fake cancels including Sperati N.Y. cancels, section of Perforated including a 10¢ plate block of 12, etc.; a wonderful collection and certainly an excellent basis for continuation.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $2,900