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1886: Tbe '3 CENTS' and 'S CENTS provisionals'

Forgeries
These stamps can he found with fönr diffh1ent förged surcharges. Jackson Selsor gives the most accurate
account (Journal 31 I 9S-6). lt is assumed that Foumier fogpxl the S CENTS on 8 cents as the clic~ is
represented in the Geneva album but I haven't seen any examples that exactly correspond to it

Surcharges

Proofs 1aken from the Geneva album
Two 4 5 6
Cents. CENTS f:ENTS cents. '
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!N00000-·0-H .. Oo-Oo-000000_0 _______ 00000••-----·-···••00000 .. 0--0000o_0_000-oMM00 .. 00000-00 .. 000 .. 0000---·------i

A) On forged 4c and Sc stamps which have the Chinese and Jawi inscription for the 2 cent value

I. 3 CENTS: appears to be typeset, tJ' is too sma1l and directly over the 'N' of cents; 'CENTS' too large. letters too thin

2. S CENTS: poorly struck, letters of 'CENTS' far too large and differ considerably in shape from the genuine

B) On genuine stamps
1) Surcharge similar to the genuine but the ascenders are thinner than tbe genuine. Was for a time listed in Gibbons as a
_ second setting. O"'\~ ~"" pi...-{ la! - -
. ; .. ,I~ . :
Wrth forged cancel ·· - ·
On a piece married
to a genuine 2c

2) Surcharge similar to the genuine bot the ascenders are thicker than the genuine. I have only seen them on the perf 14
printing.