1945 MURSKA SOBOTA, Forgeries

Some new forgeries are being sold on eBay again. This time it is a fake overprint of 1945 Murska Sobota provisional issue. The fake is amateurish and of poor quality. It can only fool those who have not seen the original...

1945 Murska Sobota provisional issue, complete set with fake overprints.

Fake overprint enlarged.

1945 SLOVENIA, Forgeries

All three Slovenian provisional issues (Ljubljana, Maribor and Murska Sobota) have been overprinted with the same overprint composition that was adjusted only to the size and orientation of base stamps.

Recently, somebody showed me a negative to be used for etching the cliches, but under the high magnification it turns out that it is a fake. See more about the forgeries here.

Negative

Enlargement shows dotted structure that is typical of today's printers.

1945 MURSKA SOBOTA, 70th Anniversary

Today (22.06.2015) we mark the 70 year anniversary of the Murska Sobota provisional issue.

I should post something about this interesting issue...