FFE #20 is here!

A new issue of Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal is here and this time the authors have contributed with 19 articles on the topic of forgeries, forgers and expert philately.

This issue of the FFE Journal is particularly attractive with a selection of articles in very different fields ranging from forgeries to forged letters. Several articles focus on the dangerousness of overprints.

In this issue, you will find the signatures of internationally recognized experts who have been leading authorities in their field for decades now. Thus, the names of Bob Odenweller, Jean-François Brun or Eduardo Escalada, to name but a few, are known to everyone.

The editor of FFE, Vincent Schouberechts presented the new issue of Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal during the STOCKHOLMIA 2019 

Articles in FFE #20:

Editorial
by Vincent Schouberechts

Foreword by the A.I.E.P. President
by Thomas Mathà   

A Few Words From the Publisher
by Claes Arnrup
  
Paolo Vollmeier (1929-2017) a Giant in the World of Postal History has left us
by Vincent Schouberechts    

FFE Top Eleven Authors
by Claes Arnrup
    
St. Pierre & Miquelon - the 1891 ’non-émis’ trial. The Overprints on the 1f imperforate Sage stamp
by James R. Taylor, FRPSC, FRPSL 
  
Postage Stamp Forgeries in the Federal Republic of Germany
by Hans-Dieter Schlegel, BPP

Luxembourg’s first Pre-cancelled Stamp in 1900 Le premier timbre préoblitéré du Luxembourg de 1900
by Olivier Nosbaum 

The False and the Genuine in Zemstvo Philately
by Vitaliy Katsman and Bernard Furnon

Letters from Corfu carried by the Austrian Lloyd to Trieste
by Mario Mentaschi 

Luxembourg 1923: Souvenir Sheet No. 1
by Lars Boettger, BPP, AIJP 

Surcharges and Overprints - Les Surcharges
by/par Jean-François Brun, RDP

The Unissued Crown Stamps of Macao
by Luis Frazão, RDP, FRPSL

Fürstenfeld: Ein ”neuer“ österreichischer Stempel aus dem 18. Jahrhundert
A ”new” Austrian Handstamp from the 18th Century
by/durch Gerald Heschl

The Liannos Local Post: Post Delivery
by Hany Salam, RDP

Colours of Swedish Skilling Banco Stamps: an X -ray Spectroscopy based Study The Eight Skilling Banco of 1857
by Dr. Udo Groß 

El primer Sello Falso Postal del Mundo The World’s First Forged Postage Stamp
by/par Eduardo Escalada-Goicoechea, FRPSL

New Zealand: A Forged Separation Variety
by Robert P. Odenweller, RDP, Hon. FRPSL

Artist Muse or Deceptive Forgeries?
by Ken Pugh

Contrefaçons récentes des États-Unis d’Amérique/Recent Counterfeits from The United States of America
par/by Richard Gratton, FRPSC

Contrefaçons récentes du Brésil - Recent Counterfeits of Brazil
by Richard Gratton, FRPSC et/and Marcos Boaventura

The 1975 13c Liberty Bell Postal Counterfeit – Organized Crime Goes For The Easy Money
by John M. Hotchner, RDP

Etat Indépendant du Congo : 10 centimes bleu - Faux centre renversé
The Independent State of the Congo: 10 centimes blue with forged inverted centr
e
par/by Luc Vander Marcken

A French Resistance Pétain Counterfeit on a Tourist Card
by Jouni Takalo