Specimen for Approval Folders, cont'd.

All specimens on this page are on the smaller folder.

These two values of the ICC Cricket World Cup, England '99 are on the small folders with smooth paper. This set of stamps was issued on May 13, 1999.

Two examples of the same specimen "Not Approved" but with different signatures on the folders. The essay was not approved as it was difficult to read the red printing on the right and left sides (Vertically) of the stamp. These are both on the smaller folders with "textured" paper.

This folder has an approved design with the red writing changed to yellow. This is also on a small "textured" folder. This stamp commemorating 25 years of Bangladesh joining the United Nations was issued on September 13, 1999.

This is the smaller folder, but the paper is smooth. This is the Shaheed (Martyr) Mohammad Maizuddin stamp that was issued on September 27, 1999.

An approved design (Although it is not written in English like the others) on the smaller "textured" paper folder. This stamp, International Year of Older Persons, was issued on October 1, 1999.

The World Habitat Day stamp, issued on October 4, 1999, on the smaller "textured" paper folder.

A smaller folder with "textured" paper and design that was not approved. Notice that the vertical writing on the sides is in red. In the issued design (Below) the writing is larger and yellow. The approved design was issued on November 5, 1999.

A smaller folder with "textured" paper with the approved design of the Mother Teresa stamp that was issued on November 5, 1999.

This is the smaller sized folder with "textured" paper. This is an approved copy of the Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose stamp issued November 11, 1999.

The original stamp with this design was issued on March 31, 1989 but the stamp is being reissued again. However, this stamp is a forgery. The three items I have marked in red as "FAKE" all came from the same original source. This proof is on the smaller folder with "textured" paper. There is a possibility that the folder is genuine, but not the stamp.
Under higher magnification it is possible to see the difference between this and the genuine reissue. This item is printed on very shiny white paper, unlike the stamps I have seen.
Also, what is unusual is the very large margins around the stamp image. The image at the right shows what I am referring to as this is the actual size of the stamp margins around the stamp affixed to the folder. The margins are so wide that if this were from a sheet of imperforate stamps, parts of the other stamps would show.

Mr. Werner Gras, the knowledgeble German collector believes this and the illustration below may be genuine.

This is a poor scan color-wise and is not the deep red that appears in the scan above. The actual color of this forgery is much lighter than the genuine issued stamp. The genuine issued stamp is the larger image similar to the Bradbury printed definitives (1973-75) and was issued in 1999. The difference is that the description of "Sixty-Dome Mosque" is new and not found in the earlier Bradbury and Ashur printed definitives. This is on the "textured" paper and the smaller folder. It appears that the folder may be genuine, but the stamp a forgery.

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