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Do
It Yourself Expertisation
Some simple steps you
can take to help determine if a cover has been faked or altered.
1782
Philadelphia Usage To France
A letter originally suspected of being a fake turns out to be genuine.
A
Great Salt Lake City Forged Cover
A cover
believed to have been manufactured by Mark Hofmann.
Opinion
Service
In November, 2000 I listed an "opinion
service" lot on eBay. This was written up favorably by Les Winick in
Linn's and I have received several additional requests. The service is
outlined here.
Opinion
Service On Altered Cover
Sample of my opinion service report on a cover from the Siegel "Sevenoaks"
Auction.
Expertising
The Consul Klep Cover
An analysis I did of the Consul
Klep cover before it was offered by Siegel's in their sale of the Zoellner
collection showing why it was fake.
Linn's
Article About Klep Cover
The Linn's Stamp News article
written after the auction and after the cover received a bad Philatelic
Foundation certificate.
Linn's Article - Fake C.S.A. #8 Cover on Ebay which I exposed.
Fake
"Billy The Kid" Cover On Ebay & History Channel
An article that exposed a fake and resulted in the item being withdrawn.
Bogus
Western Express Cover
A bogus "Hoogs & Madison" cover that appeared in a recent Siegel
auction.
A
Mexico - U.S. Combination Cover
An analysis of
a cover that is illustrated in Ashbrook as genuine and has a clean MEPSI
certificate showing why I believe it is a fake.
Richard
C. Frajola, P.O. Box 2679, Ranchos De Taos, NM 87557
email: covers@rfrajola.com