It was brought to our attention by Collectors Club member Ken Gilbart, who took part in the investigation and thefindings. The dealer is not named since he, and his wife, committed suicide rather than go to trial and they were never found guilty or innocent. No. 6 in the series. Report No. 2 studies the quality of paper products including mounts, stock pages and glassine envelopes. Nearly every object of value in human experience has spawned its fakes.
Philatelic items are certainly no exception.
The faker of such items faces a number of difficulties, many of which are well illustrated in a case recently brought to the attention of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service by philatelists. Confrontations with the subject had not resulted in cessation of the fakes, and the philatelists finally sought the assistance of the Inspection Service. The philatelists not only pursued the complaint, they supplied material and information fundamental to the investigation. Three dealers supplied numerous covers purchased from the subject at some expense, and the philatelic societies identified owners of covers of undisputably genuine documents of comparable issue. Six of these, each of great value, were loaned to the Inspection Service for comparison.