160 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2013
Italian text

ITALY
ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES

The compendium of some studies on the subject to help, in an easy and clear way, to understand, and identify, the main differences between original issues and forgeries. The postage stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, of the Italian Social Republic and of the Italian Republic are reproduced and examined one by one with the list of their characteristics, for both originals and forgeries.

At the beginning of the chapters devoted to the different periods, there is a short postal-historical introduction.

Hundreds of colour reproductions.

12 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text

ITALIAN STATES
ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES
The forgeries by Jean De Sperati

12 pages with the colour and enlarged reproductions of the originals and of the corresponding forgeries created by Jean De Sperati and the description of the features to distinguish them.
It deals with the forgeries of Regency of Naples, Duchy of Parma, Papal State, Kingdom of Sardinia, Sicily, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

36 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
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FORGERIES FOR POST
USED IN ITALY UP TO 1863
Lombardy Venetia - Kingdom of Naples and Provinces - Papal State - Kingdom of Italy

36 pages with the colour and enlarged reproductions of the forgeries for post used in the Italian States and in Italy up to 1863.

128 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - horizontal format - printed 2003
French text

JEAN DE SPERATI
THE MAN WHO COPIED POSTAGE STAMPS
A BIOGRAPHY

Result of the fruitful meeting between the author and Sperati's daughter, Yvonne, who made available to the journalist thousands of unreleased family documents, the book is the compendium of a long research of archive that combines private aspects and public events of the famous faker of international reputation.
Numerous are the images that enrich the book, by means of documents, letters, postage stamps and photos.
A work useful both to expert collectors and philatelists, both to those who are simply attracted or intrigued by the eccentric personality of Jean de Sperati, that helps to understand better the reasons and the results of his peculiar work.

62 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text

ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES
Scattered notes

This is the third volume of the series "Originals and Forgeries". It takes into consideration different examples, in addition to those represented in the previous volumes, of: Lombardy Venetia, Kingdom of Italy, World War I, Trentino-Alto Adige, Constantinople, Italian East Africa, Italian Occupations of World War II, Local issues in the R.S.I. period, Committees of National Liberation, Italian Republic, Trieste A, San Marino, Vatican State and China.

28 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
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B.L.P.
ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES

The present work about B.L.P. overprinted postage stamps, completely illustrated in colour with enlargements and accompanied by the relevant notes, is intended to be a guide useful to all those who wish to understand how to distinguish originals from forgeries.

168 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2021 - numbered edition of 100 copies signed by the author
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THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE EX DUCHY OF MODENA
Study and plating of postage stamps, study of forgeries and anthology of the most famous forgers
BRIEF POSTAL HISTORY OF CARPI FROM 1786 TO 1863

This volume, complete with plates and numerous colour images, deals with the study of the plating of the Duchy of Modena Provisional Government postage stamps and the history of the main forgeries of the Duchy and Provisional Government postage stamps, including forged cancellations used.

The plating and detailed study, besides to reconstruct how the composition plates for the various printing must have been originally, above all serve to identify in a plate which individual stamps are certainly original. Those that do not find a place in the plate can be considered as uncertain and therefore worthy of further examination, before being definitively considered forgeries.
The work is accompanied by a brief history of the main forgers who have operated from 1865 onwards.

In conclusion, a short treatise on Postal History of Carpi Office, with the illustration of many letters, including a new find dated 29 January 1513, addressed to Alberto III Pio, last lord of Carpi.

144 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
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ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES
Overprints of the Italian area
Part one

First part of this new study on the forgeries and the overprints of the Italian area.

Hundreds of images and enlargements of the postage stamps of: Kingdom of Italy, Trentino - Alto Adige, Venezia Giulia, Austrian occupation, Arbe and Veglia, Pechino and Tientsin; local issues Base Atlantica, Alessandria, Castiglione d'Intelvi, Teramo; postage stamps of the C.L.N. of Aosta, Arona, Barge, Cuvio, Domodossola, Imperia, Maccagno, Mantova, Ponte Chiasso, Savona, Sesto Calende, Bormida Valley; S.A.B.E. values; French occupation of Fezzan; Ljubljana; Free Territory of Trieste Zone B; Zara.

168 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text

ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES
Overprints of the Italian area
Part two

Second part of this new study on the forgeries and the overprints of the Italian area.

Hundreds of images and enlargements of the postage stamps of: G.N.R. (ordinary mail, air mail, war propaganda, express, postage due stamps, postal stationery) and R.S.I. (ordinary mail, war propaganda, parcel post, postal stationery).

128 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2022
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FRANCESCO PERCIVALLE: THE FORGER OF TWO WORLDS
From Amantea to Buenos Aires and back

By Associazione Filatelia Italiana Specializzata

This short monograph aims at establishing the state of the art in the search for all the forgeries by Francesco Percivalle, unused as well as on documents franked with them, here reproduced and described.

The difficulty in finding material and news is mainly due to the incredible ability shown by the forger in misleading anyone who wanted to know more details, as can be read directly in his letters, where there is no lack of imaginative descriptions and reconstructions.

160 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2013
Italian text

ITALY
ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES

The compendium of some studies on the subject to help, in an easy and clear way, to understand, and identify, the main differences between original issues and forgeries. The postage stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, of the Italian Social Republic and of the Italian Republic are reproduced and examined one by one with the list of their characteristics, for both originals and forgeries.

At the beginning of the chapters devoted to the different periods, there is a short postal-historical introduction.

Hundreds of colour reproductions.