Fakes and Forgeries of Liberia

Clicking on a stamp opens a new window showing forgery and genuine issue side by side. Please note that color and brightness should not be taken into account when comparing the fake with the original because scans come from many sources and/or were produced using different scanning software; the difference in design is what matters!

  • Hialeah Forgeries

    these crude modern “forgeries” on thick paper were probably made with a laser printer using low-resolution scans.

    • Third Pictorials 1909

      • O64_invert_no_OS_Hialeah
        1909, May/June

    • Birds & Planes 1938 ovpt “First Flight LIBERIA - U.S. 1941”

      • C23_Hialeah
        1941, Feb. 3