Sperati got busted in Australia, he was taking the common 1913 1 Penny Red Kangaroo stamp and converting them to the very valuable 1913 2 Pounds Rose and Black. The Paper checked out, the Watermark and Perforations checked out. He was busted because he left the 1 Penny stamp cancellation on his 2 Pounds forgery. Impossible to explain how a Two Pounds stamp received a Machine Cancel, parcels don't fit in the Machine, only Letters did. This caused the Investigation in the first place. He was a master forger, but still made mistakes. He faded back designs and reprinted them.
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Sperati got busted in Australia, he was taking the common 1913 1 Penny Red Kangaroo stamp and converting them to the very valuable 1913 2 Pounds Rose and Black. The Paper checked out, the Watermark and Perforations checked out. He was busted because he left the 1 Penny stamp cancellation on his 2 Pounds forgery. Impossible to explain how a Two Pounds stamp received a Machine Cancel, parcels don't fit in the Machine, only Letters did. This caused the Investigation in the first place. He was a master forger, but still made mistakes. He faded back designs and reprinted them.
who has now taken jean de sperati 's place as stamp forger in 2023
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Terrible. Why on earth don’t you just tell the story, without all the time wasting interjections and faffing around?