ONEGLIA FORGERIES, 1906 catalogue, "Uruguay" to "Zululand", "Madeira" + "Pahang"

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Erasmo Oneglia was an Italian forger in the late 19th century from Turin. He is famous for his engraved forgeries, but he also made photo-lithographed forgeries. Many of his forgeries were previously attributed to the forger Angelo Panelli. The engraved Oneglia forgeries are usually 'overinked'. When Oneglia applied a watermark on his forgeries, it is very clearly visible. His watermarks are impressed instead of being real watermarks. Oneglia also collaborated closely with A.Venturini and E.Spiotti. The exact relationships that these forgers had is not clear up to this day.

Oneglia forgeries, 1906 catalogue, "Turquie" to "Uganda"

Uraguay. *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1856 - Soleil, légende << Diligencia >>:
1	1856	60 centavos, bleu .............................................................................................................................	Fr. 1.--
2		80 centavos, vert	Fr. 1.--
3		1 real, rouge	Fr. 1.--
1857 - Soleil, valeur indiquée deux fois:
4	1857	120 centavos, bleu	Fr. -.50
5		180 centavos, vert	Fr. -.50
6		240 centavos, rouge	Fr. 1.--
Idem, erreur:
7		180 centavos, rouge	Fr. 1.--
1859 - Même genre, valeur indiquée un chiffre maigre:
8	1859	60 centavos, lilas	Fr. -.50
9		80 centavos, jaune	Fr. -.50
10		100 centavos, carmin	Fr. -.50
11		120 centavos, bleu	Fr. -.50
12		180 centavos, vert	Fr. -.50
13		240 centavos, rouge	Fr. -.50
1860 Même type, chiffre gras:
14	1860	180 centavos, vert	Fr. 1.--

These are Oneglia forgeries, since they all bear either the bars with "G" cancel or the bars with "1" cancel, typical for Oneglia forgeries.
The forgeries of the 1857 issue are forgery type E of the book 'Estudio de las Falsificaciones de los Sellos Postales del Uruguay' by Robert Hoffmann (1948). He does not present any sample of the second issue [cifras finas/small ciphers] The third issue [cifras gruesas/fat ciphers] is only represented with the 180 centesimos value (type E).

Block of four 80 c forgeries with the "1" numeral cancel.

Vierges (Iles). *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1886 - (Gravure en cuivre):
1		1 penny, vert .............................................................................................................................	Fr. 0.30
2		6 pence rose	Fr. 0.30
Note the Victoria (Australia) cancel on the 4 p forgery
3	1867	4 penny, brun rouge sur rose	Fr. 0.50
4		1 shilling, noir et carmin	Fr. 0.50
5		1 shilling, noir et carmin, grand bordure	Fr. 0.50
6		1 shilling, noir et carmin, avec surcharge 4 D	Fr. 0.50

These are the forgeries described in the book 'The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries' by Robson Lowe & Carl Walske (1996, 104 pages).

Victoria. *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1850 - (Gravure en cuivre):
1	1850	1 penny, rose ...........................................................................................................................	Fr. -.30
2		1 penny, rouge	Fr. -.30
3		1 penny, brique	Fr. -.30
4		2 pence, gris-jaune (fonds divers)	Fr. -.30
5		2 pence, gris-lilas	Fr. -.30
6		2 pence, gris	Fr. -.30
7		2 pence, lilas	Fr. -.30
8		pence, bleu-pâle ("3" forgotten?)	Fr. -.30
9		3 pence, blue foné	Fr. -.30
10	1862	2 penny, gris-brun (reine s. trone)	Fr. -.30
11		2 penny, brun (reine s. trone)	Fr. -.30
12		2 penny, lilas-rouge (reine s. trone)	Fr. -.30
13	1856	1 penny, vert (reine filigr. étoile)	Fr. -.30
14		6 pence, bleu (reine filigr. étoile)	Fr. -.30
15	1867	6 penny, noir	Fr. -2.0

These Victoria forgeries were also sold by Panelli, and were sometimes attributed to him. Note the very wide margins on some of these forgeries, which implies that they were printed one by one or at least very far apart. These are the forgeries described in the book 'The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries' by Robson Lowe & Carl Walske (1996, 104 pages).

These forgeries even have a watermark: a 5-pointed star.

Venezuela. *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1	1866-1870	1/2 cent., vert et jaune....................................................................................................................	Fr. -.40
2		1 cent., vert et bleu	Fr. -.50
3		2 reales, jaune	Fr. -.20
1874 - Même type avec contrasena Estampillas de Correo en très petits caractères sur deux lignes, en surcharges:
4	1874	2 cent., vert	Fr. -.50
5		2 reales, jaune	Fr. -.20
1875 - Même caractère plus gros (Estampillas sans s):
6	1875	1 cent., lilas	Fr. -.50
7		2 cent., vert	Fr. -.50
8		2 reales, jaune	Fr. -.30
1876 - Different type. Grand timbre avec Decreto de 27 junio 1870 en très petits caractères en surcharge:
1 V and 3 V obtained from Ron Marleau
9	1876	1 venezuelano, rose	Fr. 1.--
10		3 venezuelano, rose	Fr. 1.--
11		5 venezuelano, rose	Fr. 2.--
12		la série de 11 pièces	Fr. 6.50

The above forgeries above have an Oneglia bars with "1" cancel and also a "* CORREOS DE VENEZUELA" cancel.

Vürtemberg. * (Württemberg)
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1851 - Noir sur couleur, relief:
1	1851	18 Kreuzer, violet ...........................................................................................................................	Fr. 3.--
2	1851	18 Kreuzer, violet foncé	Fr. 3.--
1857 - Armoire en relief fil de vraie soie dans la largueur:
3	1857	18 Kreuzer, bleu	Fr. 3.--
1858-59 - Meme type, sans fil de soie
4	1858-59	18 Kreuzer, bleu	Fr. 2.50
5		18 Kreuzer, bleu dentelés	Fr. 2.50
1863-66:
6	1863-66	18 Kreuzer, orange dentelés	Fr. 2.--
1873 - Type de 1857:
7	1873	70 Kreuzer, violet	Fr. 3.--

These Wurttemberg forgeries all have the cancel "STUTTGART 28 APR 1857" cancel (I have not seen this cancel on forgeries of other values). The perforation and the cancel look very much in style to other Oneglia forgeries I have seen and I therefore think these are Oneglia forgeries.

Pour éviter les équivoques j'averte mes nombreux clients que les imitations pas signées avec N et celles faites par gravures en cuivre sont toujours les plus jolies et les plus parfaites: le tout sauf erreur ou omissions.

Madeira. *
Number	Year	Description	Price in Fr.
1868 - T. P. du Portugal 1866 surchargés:
1	1868	5 r., noir .......................................................................................................................................	Fr. 8.--
2		20 r., bistre	Fr. 2.--
3		50 r., vert	Fr. 2.--
4		80 r., orange	Fr. 2.--
5		100 r., lilas	Fr. 2.--
Id. dent. 12 1/2
6		5 r., noir (C.)	Fr. -.60
7		10 r., jaune	Fr. 1.--
8		20 r., bistre	Fr. 1.50
9		25 r., rose	Fr. -.30
10		50 r., vert	Fr. 2.--
11		80 r., orange	Fr. 2.--
12		100 r., lilas	Fr. 2.--
13		120 r., bleu	Fr. -.60
14		240 r., violet	Fr. 3.--

The same forgeries that were used for Portugal were used here ("G" of "PORTUGAL" too closed). The above forgeries have a bars with "1" cancel.

The forgeries of Straits Settlements were used for these Pahang forgeries. I don't think they are very common, since I've only seen the above one.

Oneglia forgeries, 1906 catalogue, Supplement, part 1

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