Eastern Rumelia notes on forgeries

All Eastern Rumelia stamps have been forged.

The 1881 R.O. and ROUMELIE ORIENTALE overprints have so many different forgeries that everyone recommends expertizing.

The country-specific issues for Eastern Rumelia have been forged by Fournier. The forgeries can be recognized by lettering being mostly sans-serif and uneven in height. The "O"s are tilted.

The lion overprints have also been forged by Fournier and probably others. They are problematic to identify since the genuine were generally badly overprinted, but the Fournier lion forgeries appear to be generally on Fournier forged stamps. Compare the tongue, tail and crown since the three elements seem to be most likely to be strongly struck in the genuine and overprints.

 File:E Rumelia 5pi B.jpg|Genuine type I framed overprint. 

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