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Collection Formed By Richard Frajola
An exhibit of some of the classic frauds in the field of United States carriers and local posts. Early dealers and some collectors were not content with producing forgeries of many carriers and locals that existed genuine, they often fabricated bogus companies complete with "fantasy" stamp issues. This exhibit is arranged by the date the fantasy post was first reported in the philatelic press. The last page of each post includes a historical summary. Some purported Canada posts are included as well. Also, some genuine are noted as such. This
collection was first shown by me in the early 1990's and has since been
dispersed. The nucleus of the collection was from the reference
collection formed by George Sloane which I added to and organized. The
scans were done from color copies and are not as clear as one might hope
for.
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Frame 1 | Cole's City Post Murr's Utah Express Lee's Dispatch Hourly Express Post International Letter Express Winan's City Post |
Frame 2 | Ker's City Post Roadman's Penny Post Springside Postage (Post Office) McRobish & Co. Acapulco - S. Francisco Line C. W. Bridge Despatch Bell's Dispatch Utah (Terr.) Postage Hackett's City Post Albany Letter Express Baldwin's Railroad Postage |
Frame 3 | Hunt's Despatch Bancroft's City Express Whitteley's Express Bowery Post Office Down's Dispatch J.M. Chute Letter Despatch Le Beau City Post New Haven And N.Y. Exp. Post Langton & Co. Money Package Prince Edwards Island |
Frame 4 | E.D. Prince Letter Dispatch Warwick's City Dispatch Post Kingman's City Post Brown's City Post (Caricature) Buffalo City Despatch Hoogs & Madison Dispatch Post New Haven City Despatch Jay's (Richwood's) Dispatch Turner's Dispatch Nantucket Post Whites Dispatch Letter Penny Post |
Richard Frajola (September 21, 2006)