A. Alisaffi
A genuine Large Hermes Head stamp of Greece (Paris printing).
A. Alisaffi was a stamp forger from Istanbul known for his forgeries of the Small and Large Hermes Head stamps of Greece. Operating originally in Paris, his attempts to sell the forgeries in Athens were reported to the police by a stamp dealer, but he subsequently received a permit to sell the stamps as they were no longer the current issues of Greece. Over 30 different types are known, including imitations of both the Paris and Athens prints.[1]
The forgeries are well known to specialists in Greek philately and were amongst those discussed in the work of Walter Dorning Beckton.
See also
References
- ↑ Tyler, Varro E. (1991) Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works. Revised edn. Sidney, Ohio: Linn's Stamp News, Amos Press, pp. 2-3.
Further reading
- "Greece: The Alisaffi forgeries of the first type of head" by W.D. Beckton in Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, Vol. 35, 1925, p. 66.
- "Alisaffi forgeries" by N.C. Ure in H.P.S. Bulletin, Hellenic Philatelic Society of Great Britain, No. 54, 1984, p. 22.
- Ure, Bill. (2010) Forgeries of Greek Stamps of the 19th Century. Athens: Collectio for the Hellenic Philatelic Society of Great Britain. ISBN 978-960-88597-1-5
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