Queen Isabella II
January 1863
1-Real
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Gooding #16F1 The 'C' of 'CORREOS' is too near to the left frame and too tall
and the second 'R' is too large. The second 'R' of 'INTERIOR' is too wide at
the bottom. The circle almost touches the line at the top and bottom, with
only one row of the fish-scale network above the top of the central circle
and two below the bottom of it. There are nine-two pearls round the central
circle, and they are all distinctly separate from each other, except two near
the chignon; whereas in the genuine, some of them run together. The Queen's
lip is pointed somewhat upwards. The bust is too much pointed. Known unused
or cancelled. (Similar plate to Gooding #14F3, #15F1 and #17F1). No picture available Gooding #16F2 Senf Brothers Forgery. Believed to be of German origin.
Typographed on stout, extremely wove paper. The letters of 'CORREOS' get
larger from 'C' to the end, so that the 'S' almost twice as large as the 'C'.
This is a great exaggeration of the genuine. The letters 'NT' of 'INTERIOR'
are considerably larger than the rest. There is no period after 'Rl'. Some stamps
exist with the word 'FALSCH' printed in blue just above the lower label.
Known to exist unused and used with parallel bars in an oval.
Gooding #16F3 Jean de Sperati forgery. The shading on the nose, under the
chin and on the neck, have lost a certain amount of detail and cover a
smaller area than they do in the genuine. There are a number of major flaws
in the top inscription. The upright of the second 'R' in 'CORREOS' is broken
away from the loop and the tail. The head of the 'S' is broken, there are two
white spots, one in the belly and one in the lower serif and there are two
indentations under the diagonal stroke. The upper right serif is broken off
the 'T' in 'INTERIOR' and the bottom left serif is cut away. The second 'I'
is cut away and there is a break at
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