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We obtained ours directly from the St. Vincent Postal Authority

Be careful of Forgeries

 

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE!! 

The Michael Jackson Story …

Of Fake (Forged / Unofficial) St Vincent Stamps and Minisheets

 

 

Top Sheet (Genuine): 144mm x 109mm (as per Stanley Gibbons)

Bottom Sheet (Forgery): 142mm x 103mm (as per CopyShop ‘R Us)

 

Differences:

Forgery has cropped top (Jacko has lost his fingers; Blue Light is cut)

Forgery has cropped left hand side (more of the blue and red lights are cut)

Forgery has slightly cropped bottom.

Forgery uses a Pinker font on the St Vincent text, denomination, and parallel bars.

Forgery denomination value (45c) floats higher towards the perforations.

Forgery “ST. VINCENT” and framing parallel bars are in the wrong position (too high)

Forgery framing parallel bars around St Vincent are much narrower.

Forgery has a slightly darker shade of “Leaders of the World” in the white stamp background.

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Top Sheet (Genuine): 144mm x 109mm (as per Stanley Gibbons)

Bottom Sheet (Forgery): 146mm x 104mm (as per CopyShop ‘R Us)

 

Differences:

Forgery has cropped right hand side (less yellow banner after the “N”)

Forgery uses a much darker shade for the “LEADERS OF THE WORLD” text.

Forgery white text box for Leaders of the World is 50mm (only 46mm on Genuine)

Forgery stamps intersect the “R” in Leaders (before the “R” on Genuine)

Forgery has 3 instances of “Leaders of the World” above the stamps (4 on Genuine)

Forgery stamps have 26 occurrences of “LEADERS OF THE WORLD” (27 on Genuine)

Forgery has a narrower / less bold typeface for “ST. VINCENT”

Forgery uses a Pinker font on the St Vincent text, denomination, and parallel bars.

Forgery denomination value (90c) floats higher towards the perforations.

Forgery “ST. VINCENT” and framing parallel bars are in the wrong position (too high)

Forgery framing parallel bars around St Vincent are much narrower.

Forgery has a slightly darker shade of “Leaders of the World” in the white stamp background.

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Top Sheet (Genuine): 144mm x 109mm (as per Stanley Gibbons)

Bottom Sheet (Forgery): 145mm x 104mm (as per CopyShop ‘R Us)

 

Differences:

Forgery has cropped left hand side (metal microphone stand is cut out)

Forgery has cropped top and bottom

Forgery uses a much darker shade for the “LEADERS OF THE WORLD” text

Forgery white text box for Leaders of the World is 51mm (only 47mm on Genuine)

Forgery has 2 instances of “Leaders of the World” and 2 partial above the stamps (4 on Genuine)

Forgery stamps have 25½  occurrences of “LEADERS OF THE WORLD” (27 on Genuine)

Forgery has a narrower / less bold typeface for “ST. VINCENT”

Forgery uses a lighter green font on the St Vincent text, denomination, and parallel bars.

Forgery denomination value ($1.50) floats higher into the perforations.

Forgery “ST. VINCENT” and framing parallel bars are in the wrong position (too high)

Forgery framing parallel bars around St Vincent are much narrower – almost invisible.

Forgery has a slightly darker shade of “Leaders of the World” in the white stamp background.

 

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Top Sheet (Genuine): 144mm x 109mm (as per Stanley Gibbons)

Bottom Sheet (Forgery): 142mm x 109mm (as per CopyShop ‘R Us)

 

Differences:

Forgery has cropped bottom (no space under the Michael Jackson red banner)

Forgery has cropped left hand side

Forgery has cropped right hand side

Forgery has cropped top (intersect the red and blue lights).

Forgery stamps are 6mm below the red and blue lights (should intersect as per genuine)

Forgery stamps often exhibit bad perforations (as witnessed on this scan)

Forgery has a narrower / less bold typeface for “ST. VINCENT”

Forgery uses a lighter brown  font on the St Vincent text, denomination, and parallel bars.

Forgery “ST. VINCENT” and framing parallel bars are slightly higher.

Forgery framing parallel bars around St Vincent are almost invisible.

Forgery has a slightly darker shade of “Leaders of the World” in the white stamp background.

Forgery “Micha” part of signature can’t be read, due to brightness of his white jacket.