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Show Lhi Mi .: 3 W If 3 I) (L$lj 0 vii G 0 S I ifli I I Counterfeit Issues Made in London for War Spies' Use, Claim DANZIG i, t. 2. L!y The Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Stamp collectors Have been warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit German stamps alleged to to have been marie in London during the war for use by English sides In Germany. The rigidity of the German censorship censor-ship was such during hostilities that enemy spies found great trouble in getting reports out of the country. Various methods of transmitting in-fcrmatioii in-fcrmatioii through Invisible' ink. etcetera etcet-era are said to have been detected with east and Ihe spies finally were obliged to resort to using the backs of stamps. The official German postage post-age mat. rial, it is said, was of such texture that il could not be adapted for the us" of hemical inks, and COUIle terfi it stamps ol a suitable paper were manufactured in London. A Dansig philatelic expert s.ivs the forgery was revealed by "a high diplomat" dip-lomat" in London and turned over to i philatelist an unused ii. unity of the stamps, at the same time calling attention at-tention io the deception Tin- forger It understood to Involve only stamps Of ten and fifteen pfennigs denominations denomin-ations The counterfeits may be disthi- guished by certain differences such as the measure of the teeth-like projections projec-tions around the edge Also, the original or-iginal had a glossy surface on its back, while the counterfeit's mucilage is duller, and the paper thinner than I that of the official stamp. The forged stamp, furthermore, l icks small curved hm s w hich In the original form part I ot the stems in the letters T" and) il" of the word ",Deutsches." |