Leather Folder SPECIMEN stamp - How to MAKE forgery or BOGUS stamps philatelic material.

Today I saw 1948 Gandhi SPECIMEN stamp from India which are FORGERY (copy or facsimile).

If seller don't mention it that following is a high quality copy (forgery) then someone will really get cheated.!! 

To me this is a BOGUS specimen stamp (never issued), but someone with extra creative mind decided to overprint and call it a genuine SPECIMEN stamp and it is published in lot of philatelic material.!!

Following is forgery stamp of that BOGUS stamp.!!!

Following is SPECIMEN stamp from leather folder which is BOGUS.!!

As per philatelic material (never trust them) this SPECIMEN stamp were issued in leather velvet folder with stamps with EMBLEM of India.

But while looking some of the rare stamps of Mahatma Gandhi and while researching I was surprised to see  two types of leather folder with specimen stamp.(there might be more).

Not sure there was it's an error folder or wide varieties issued by Swiss printer as per philatelic material such as stamp exhibit, handbooks, yearbooks etc with SPECIMEN stamp of 1948 Gandhi.

I don't think it will ERROR leather folder because as per philatelic material it was issued by Swiss printer Courvosier and they were one of the world's best printer.!!

So it's forgery or BOGUS (never exist) but it made it through various philatelic sources such as stamp Handbook, stamp exhibition, online stamp exhibition, auction houses, website, philatelic journal etc.

BTW : Emblem of India was official declared in 1951 were as this folder were issued in 1948.!! 

So it looks like nothing but BOGUS.!!

But also this is ILLEGAL use of Government of India Emblem.!! 

So Beware what you are buying it or collecting it or exhibiting it.!!

To me it looks like only 1948 Gandhi stamps has various folders.

There are record # of folders with 1948 Gandhi stamps which you can read by clicking following link.

What's going in Rare stamps folder brochures?

COURVOISIER STAMPS FOLDER : 1948 Gandhi Stamps from India

Rare Million Rupees Gandhi stamps leather folder

There are lot of ILLEGAL use of Emblem of India with Gandhi stamps in order to make it more authenticate or genuine, but they forgot that it was not issued till 1951.!!

Used in Brazil  with 1948 Gandhi stamps :  http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/01/emblem-of-india-on-1948-gandhi-special.html

Used on leather folder by SWISS printer with SPECIMEN stamp:
http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/12/emblem-of-india-gandhi-stamps.html

Wide varities of swiss printer Courvoisier folders:
http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2014/02/rare-stamps-are-really-rare-stamps.html

Don't you think it's easy to make money by buying some kind of unique folder with Emblem of India and make it a rare folder with SPECIMEN stamp.!!

You can make lot of money by buying following FORGERY stamp with SPECIMEN overprint on it with serial number also and put in any folder and call it a RARE stamp with rare folder.!!

In past this rare specimen stamp in folder was for sale on eBay for one million rupees.!

Yes 1,000,000.!!  It's Ten lakhs rupees.!!

This is made for stamp INVESTMENT!!

So what do you think about this SPECIMEN stamp ?

What do you think about leather folder issued in 1948 with Emblem of India ?

BEWARE.!!

Please look at the following screenshot of expensive Gandhi Philatelic material sold  and you will think, Is Gandhi Stamps are for only RICH people or Is this a real transaction or a way to inflate the price so you will buy same or similar philatelic material it at half price or less thinking you got a great discount.!!

Collectors (Buyer) stay in this hobby if you have following kind of buying power  like ebay buyer "hitlerandgandhi", "blue_guy_1234", "philapragya24" , "echobangla" etc otherwise run away from this hobby and Think Different hobby(it's a game).!!!

Do you really think eBay got commission from this transaction ?

It will be more than $2500 only from eBay + PayPal fees will be extra.!!

Or eBay is also CHEATED by seller not paying commission as they did not get money from buyer.!!

Click above image to see enlarge copy of it so you can see details.

What do you think about this all expensive Gandhi Philatelic material purchase.?

Collectors (Seller) stay in this hobby only if you have above kind of philatelic material such as from drpokiri(aka stampsniper), akhtarkk, barrydavid2005 etc. 

If you don't have this then learn how to sell it at high price and stay in this hobby(it's a game).!!

Study all buyers and sellers activity and then you can play this game of hobby too.!!

Ebay buyer "hitlerandgandhi" from India bought more than 25000 US Dollars worth of Philatelic material mostly Gandhi in less than 30 days.!!

Also in August 2011 he bought some expensive 1948 FDC. Click following link to see what he purchased.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/08/believe-it-or-not-price-of-india-1948.html

I am not sure who is "hitlerandgandhi" but to me he looks like a very rich person!! who is spending this kind of  offical white money openly in public auction market without any fear of goverment because all this transactions are recorded on ebay and paypal and they keeps this kind of information for 7-15 years or more depending on finiancial transaction for any future inquiry.

Do you think "hitlerandgandhi" is really paying for this item?

After looking all the above sold Gandhi Philatelic material,  Do you think 1948 India Gandhi Stamps are false hope of RICHES? I think so.!!

If you like this blog post you may also like following 1948 Gandhi stamp blog post.

1948 Indian Gandhi stamps used in Tibet 
Nepal Indian Embassy Cancellation on 1948 Gandhi Stamps
Early usage of 1948 Gandhi stamps
FAKE 1948 Gandhi stamp FDC from India.
Gandhi SERVICE stamp is it REAL or FAKE?
Shill Bidding on Gandhi Stamps

Again thanks for reading and  please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Also there are lot of cheating such as Forgery stamps, Shill bidding, BOGUS philatelic material  involved in stamps collection.

Want to know more about FAKE and FORGERY stamps then checkout other blog post click one of the following link and you will be surprised.!!!

1) Philatelic FAKE and FORGERIES.
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3) Stamp collection CHEATING.
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6) China stamp collection value.
7) First AirMail Post
8) World First Flight Cover
9) Greatest Stamp Collection Scandal 
10) Biggest stamp collection SCAM
11) SCANDAL in stamp collection 
12) How to increase stamp collection value

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