Confederate
Blockade Postage #4 (Bogus)
$1 to Europe
Forgery Type 1 (Blockade #4B1)
Typographed on white bond paper, believed to have been produced in England or Europe. Pin perforated along faint dotted line or imperforate. This has only been reported cancelled. Cancels on similar stamps from same manufacturer include boxed Charleston, boxed Galveston, boxed Wilmington, boxed Savannah and encircled Mobile.
Type 1 Forgery characteristics: | Type 1 Forgery colors seen: |
a. checkerboard
top right corner has a filled square |
a. 50c blue |
Richard Frajola (September 28, 2001)