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Many "Essays" and "Test prints" are MODERN FAKES!!

by: benddragon( 1797Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) Top 10000 Reviewer
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Guide viewed: 3251 times Tags: Essays | Proofs | Test prints | Fakes


Nothing but Wallpaper!

You see a lot of these so called essays, test prints, proofs, etc, of the WW 2 German Reich stamps offered on eBay and other internet sites.  These look like the souvenir sheets from the WW 2 era and feature many of the German Reich stamps, some with colored perforations around the stamps.  They are usually in the s/sheet format and the sellers, (mostly from Germany), call them everything but what they really are:  modern day Cinderellas, not proofs or essays.  They are also being offered cancelled on covers or fronts of covers but these too are fakes.  Don't be fooled by these!  Mostly these are offered on the German eBay, (which apparently has some different rules), and are now showing up on our US eBay site. 

THESE ARE WORTHLESS WALLPAPER!

 


Guide ID: 10000000001008330Guide created: 05/29/06 (updated 06/08/08)

 
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