Queen Isabella II
5-Cuartos
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Gooding #10F1 Framed single variety. The ornaments in the vertical side labels
do not match those of any of the genuine stamps. The background of circles is
very coarse, even to the extent of having horizontal wavy lines in the bottom
right corner. Margins around the stamp are large. Exists in unused and used
condition. Issued in shades of deep dull red. (Same die as Gooding #11F2)
Gooding #10F2 Forgery resembles Stamp Position 4, (bottom right of block).
Only the bottom lip is outlined, and this by means of a straight line, close
to the mouth line, which gives the portrait a very thin bottom lip, compared
to the genuine stamp which has the top and bottom lips outlined in slanting,
curved lines. The neck under the jaw-line is only 1¼mm long compared to the
genuine which is 2¼mm long.
Gooding #10F3 A crude forgery and easily identifiable. There is no period between
'CORREOS' and 'INTERIOR'. The circle of dots are large and spaced a distance
apart from each other. The background in the top left corner comprises of
wavy vertical lines instead of circles. The '5' of '5Cs' has a very short top
horizontal line and the 'C' is wide and very open. Known used with a bogus
'CORREOS' cancellation.
Gooding #10F4 A rather crude forgery. The second ‘O’ in ‘CORROES’ is very
rounded. The ‘F’ in ‘FRANCO’ is lower than the other letters. Known with
bogus Baeza circular date cancellations. This forgery is also known to exist
with the ‘Habilitado Por La Nacion’ Overprint. (Same die as Gooding #11F3)
(Carl Walske Collection) |
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