1855 1sh yellow green Queen Victoria Chalon Head Jeffryes' Forgery. Mint no gum, the scarce hand engraved forgery by the infamous forger (member of the "London Gang", also spelt Jeffreys) with a star watermark. Very few forgers had the skill to hand engrave forgeries and even fewer sourced their own watermarked paper.  Note borders of adjoining stamps and the "fakers crook in hand", which he used on a number of his items as his trademark. A nice item for the specialist, some toning, else very fine. (Image)

Est. $ 150

Lot of One Book and over 30 Journals. Includes Collecting New Zealand Stamps by Gwynn, signed by the writer, The New Zealand Stamp Journal Numbers 1 to 12 (1913 -1914) and The N.Z. Collectors Exchange 1909/1911 starting with Number 13. Some very scarce early periodicals. Retails over $100. Some of the journals have covers separated, most are very good or better.

Est. $ 50