Collectors - whatever or wherever they collect – are a breed apart. They are passionate, zealous and obsessive, to the point that at times they become easy prey for the immoral and the nefarious. It appears that the world community of philatelists, on occasions, have been duped with forgeries and fakes of our stamps. Actually it is a matter of pride that people have found it lucrative to produce fakes and forgeries of our stamps. I mean it proves that our stamps were popular and sought after – enough for some to invest money and time to produce fakes and forgeries of them.
In an article by Leo van der Velden and Iiro Kakko titled “Forgeries, Fakes and Bogus Stamps of Bhutan”, they record the following fakes and forgeries of our stamps.
It is sad that some of the above forgeries are executed so poorly. One can notice that whoever the cad was who did it, he used a rubber stamp to surcharge our 1954 revenue stamps. Even worst, the stamps of the fish has Laotian alphabets while declaring it Bhutanese stamp. In my opinion, there cannot be an excuse for a poor job – even if the job is intended to crook and hoodwink others. In fact here is where one should endeavor to do an EXCELLENT JOB!!
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