Show foiling counterfeiter counterfeiters the small letters in the corners of the early postage stamps of great britain were placed alere tl ere as an extra safeguard agi aga ag i ast forgery on the first stamps the letters appeared in the low er angles or corner and in 1858 1856 the letters were placed in all four corners the letters ran in alphabetical sequence those in the upper corners be ing the same as those in the lower cor nera ners but reversed in order the tern tem was not discontinued until 1802 1902 when the edwardian stamps made their appear appearance arim |