Forgeries       Descriptions and Genuine below     (scroll down)

Koban forgeries have either circular printed cancels
or San-Ko (shown by arrows) or both.
A certificate is essential, but anything with the circular cancel is suspect.
Examples of the cancels are shown. They are usually in a corner or center bottom/top.

One must watch for telegraph cancels also.
Examples of those will be posted at a later time.

Genuine

Bibliography

ISJP CDROM of forgeries (indespensible)

Album Weeds by Rev. R. B. Earee

The Serrane Guide by Fernand Serrane

The Forged Stamps of all Countries by J. Dorn