Lot 2267
Samoa, 1877-80 Express Issue, Forgery Collection. Mostly mounted on pages in binder; includes First type 1d forgery (only a few known with two examples in the Royal Collection) perf'd in blue and pale chalky blue and a imperf black proof, Second type forgeries in complete full sheets of 40 of all values, complete set of 8 of the Third type forgery, the only known example of the Fourth 1d forgery in brown on coffee tinted paper, includes several pages of forgery issues with an array of bogus cancellations, crude 2d blue Express issue forgery, small hoard of forgery sheets, etc., generally F.-V.F.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425