I've occasionally come across some of the early allegory stamps (Scott 1-20) marked "Faux" on the back (ie False or Forgery)
Does anyone know who does this and why?
Is it reputable collectors who've identified a forgery and don;t want anyone else to be fooled?
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I have listed the Fournier material under "Fakes & Forgeries" because that's the place where you would expect to find it. But, in my opinion it's simply unfair to call him a forger. And that's why I prefer to use the same term Fournier used himself when it comes to his reproductions, namely "facsimiles".
BTW, (unmarked) perforated and canceled, i.e. finished "Fournier forgeries" of the 1880 issue are way more difficult to find than the original stamps. I am still missing 2c, 6c and 24c. Anyone with duplicates?
are you sure there is an "i" before the "a" of the fake cancels?