Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal #20

A new issue of Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal is here and this time the authors have contributed with 19 articles on the topic of forgeries, forgers and expert philately. This issue of the FFE Journal is particularly attractive with a selection of articles in very different fields ranging from forgeries to forged letters. Several articles focus on the dangerousness of overprints. In this issue, you will find the signatures of internationally recognized experts who have been leading authorities in their field for decades now. Thus, the names of Bob Odenweller, Jean-François Brun or Eduardo Escalada, to name but a few, are known to everyone. Articles from FFE #20 Editorial by Vincent Schouberechts Foreword by the A.I.E.P. President by Thomas Mathà A Few Words From the Publisher by Claes Arnrup Paolo Vollmeier (1929-2017) a Giant in the World of Postal History has left us by Vincent Schouberechts FFE Top Eleven Authors by Claes Arnrup St. Pierre & Miquelon - the 1891 ’non-émis’ trial. The Overprints on the 1f imperforate Sage stamp by James R. Taylor, FRPSC, FRPSL Postage Stamp Forgeries in the Federal Republic of Germany by Hans-Dieter Schlegel, BPP Luxembourg’s first Pre-cancelled Stamp in 1900 Le premier timbre préoblitéré du Luxembourg de 1900 by Olivier Nosbaum The False and the Genuine in Zemstvo Philately by Vitaliy Katsman and Bernard Furnon Letters from Corfu carried by the Austrian Lloyd to Trieste by Mario Mentaschi Luxembourg 1923: Souvenir Sheet No. 1 by Lars Boettger, BPP, AIJP Surcharges and Overprints - Les Surcharges by/par Jean-François Brun, RDP The Unissued Crown Stamps of Macao by Luis Frazão, RDP, FRPSL Fürstenfeld: Ein ”neuer“ österreichischer Stempel aus dem 18. Jahrhundert A ”new” Austrian Handstamp from the 18th Century by/durch Gerald Heschl The Liannos Local Post: Post Delivery by Hany Salam, RDP Colours of Swedish Skilling Banco Stamps: an X -ray Spectroscopy based Study The Eight Skilling Banco of 1857 by Dr. Udo Groß El primer Sello Falso Postal del Mundo The World’s First Forged Postage Stamp by/par Eduardo Escalada-Goicoechea, FRPSL New Zealand: A Forged Separation Variety by Robert P. Odenweller, RDP, Hon. FRPSL Artist Muse or Deceptive Forgeries? by Ken Pugh Contrefaçons récentes des États-Unis d’Amérique/Recent Counterfeits from The United States of America par/by Richard Gratton, FRPSC Contrefaçons récentes du Brésil - Recent Counterfeits of Brazil by Richard Gratton, FRPSC et/and Marcos Boaventura The 1975 13c Liberty Bell Postal Counterfeit – Organized Crime Goes For The Easy Money by John M. Hotchner, RDP Etat Indépendant du Congo : 10 centimes bleu - Faux centre renversé The Independent State of the Congo: 10 centimes blue with forged inverted centre par/by Luc Vander Marcken A French Resistance Pétain Counterfeit on a Tourist Card by Jouni Takalo