(trial page) Tasmania (#1)

1897 issue, £1, grey-green & yellow-orange

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Genuine

genuine original (RAS)
 

Sperati Original "Touched" Negative Films
ex Robson Lowe who wrote: For the main design a genuine 2½ d. purple was photographed and the duty panel painted over to make
the keyplate. Sperati photographed a genuine £1 to obtain the duty plate. The forgery first appeared in the thirties.

the above backlit and imaged

Sperati Forgery Type A

original low denomination with design washed out
original cancel retained, not signed on reverse

two white dotes below Greek key design to left of value tablet
break in circle at 3 o'clock

Sperati Forgery Type B

original low denomination with design washed out
original cancel retained, signed on reverse (with note "purchased from Sperati June 4, 1956")

no dots below Greek key design to left of value tablet
break in inner circle at 3 o'clock