King Amadeo
May 8, 1872
16-Centimos de Peseta
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Gooding #44F1 Jean de Sperati
Forgery. A dangerous forgery. There is a weakness in the background
caused by a broken horizontal frame line to the right of the beard and
opposite the final ‘A’ of ‘PESETA’. In the second "R" of "CORREOS"
there are three white spots in the head and one in the tail and in the
"S" there are three white spots in the belly. In the "P"
of "FILIPINAS" there is a white spot at the top of the loop and
another where the loop joins the upright, there is a white spot in the head
of the "A" and a white spot in the bottomr right of the
"S" in which there are two indentations at foot. There are flaws in
the lower frame line below the second and third ‘I’ and the ‘N’ of
‘FILIPINAS’.
Gooding #44F2 Forgery issued in
Grey. Stamp exists with Perforation 10 compared to Perforation 14 in the
genuine stamp. The bottom curve of the 'C' in 'CORREOS' ends in a point
differing from the top curve. The second 'R' in 'CORREOS' is larger and the
downward stoke is less curved than the genuine. The dashes around the borders
are crude and wider spaced. The value is single-lined compared to being
double-lined in the genuine. The horizontal line in 'A' of 'FILIPINAS' is
broken and does not touch the vertical stroke on the left side.
Gooding #44F3 Issued in Blue with no
margins, appearing to be imperforated. There are no values in the value
vertical tablets. The bottom curve of the 'C' in 'CORREOS' ends in a point
differing from the top curve. The dashes around the borders are crude and
wider spaced. Exists with cork cancellation.
Gooding #44F4 The vertical inner
border lines extend to the top of the outer border. There are horizontal
lines in the upper corners. The ‘1’ of ‘16’ has no vertical staff and there
is no period after ‘CENTS’. Forged ‘Correos Union’ cancel postmarked January
21, 1872 (over three months before stamps were placed on sale).
Gooding #44F5 A crude imperforate
forgery in black. First ‘R’ in ‘CORREOS’ is close to the ‘O’ and lower than
the other letters. Over shading below left eye. Borders are crooked and
letters are slanted and of poor quality. Erratic, non-uniformed lines in each
corner.
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