Bergedorf

Bergedorf is a city in northern Germany, once jointly controlled by Hamburg and Lübeck and now a part of Hamburg.


 * In 1861, five values in different sizes on different colored papers were issued, showing the arms of Bergedorf.



The major problem is the large number of reprint-forgeries made of these stamps aside from outright forgeries. In general, forgeries are printed on brilliantly colored papers. Also reject stamps with many broken background shading lines and broken corssbars of "A" and "H".

There are genuine characteristics for each value described here (in German): Philaforum's Bergedorf page

As you might have expected, the cancelling device was also sold and could be forged.

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