What pattern is this! Or stamps

"Flower paper head", also known as "doll paper", is a kind of fabricated printed matter posing as stamps. They are usually almost the same as real stamps. They have country names, face values, perforations, and some are painted with adhesive. They usually have a large number of tickets, and the themes are mostly people's favorite sports, flowers, birds, insects, fish, famous landscapes and so on. , thus attracting novices to buy stamps. This paper summarizes and classifies the common impressions on the "flower paper head" to help stamp collectors identify the "flower paper head" faster.

Countries and political entities that do not exist at all.

1, Bonilla Islands Scotland, namely Benina Islands. Scotland;

2. The Scottish holy island, Ain Haru. Holy island. Scotland;

3. Landy Island in Scotland is Landy Island. Scotland;

4. Stafa Scotland is Stafa Scotland;

5. Maluku Seratan Republic is Maluku Seratan Republic, and Maluku is an archipelago in Indonesia;

6. Helm Island, namely Helm Island;

7. Sanda Island is Sanda Island;

8. Nagy VARD or AD EA, namely Nagy Wade Oradia, is an administrative region of Romania, and there has never been an independent postal service;

9. Manama, an administrative district of the former Emirates (now merged into the United Arab Emirates), has never had independent postal rights;

10, Nagaland, an administrative region of India, has never had independent postal rights.

Similar memories in some countries.

1, Oman, namely Oman;

2. The Imam State of Oman, that is, the Emirate of Oman;

3. Kingdom of Yemen.

4. South Arabia, namely South Allah.

Using the memory of some developing countries

Such as the Guina Republic (Equatorial Guinea) and Panama (Manama). Of the above four impressions, the first two are definitely flower heads, the third is mostly flower heads, and the fourth is not small. The above is only a part of it, not comprehensive. I hope young postal friends will carefully identify foreign stamps with excellent themes and many pieces, all of which are cancelled and unfamiliar.

A country that once existed in history

Six Emirates, Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi), Dubai (Dubai), Sharjah and its dependencies (Sharjah and its dependencies), Ajman (Oman), Umm Al Chiwan (Umm al-Qaiwan) and Fujra, did issue stamps. However, on February 2nd, 197 1, they formed the United Arab Emirates. On February 2nd, 1972,1/February 2nd, Rasal Khaima (Cape Khaimah) announced its participation. Any event with the above contents in mind, but postmarked or clearly indicated, occurred in 1972. Expensive in the market, it is actually a veritable flower paper head.

1. The emirate of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East once issued stamps independently. Since the establishment of the federal state, Emirates members have no postal autonomy. These allies include: United Arab Emirates (UAR).

Abu Dhabi (64-72)

Ajman (64-67 years old)

Fujera (64-7 1)

Dubai (63-72)

Lars Alkaima (64-67 years old)

Sharjah & amp's family (63-68 years old)

UMM· Qiwan (70 years old)

Sultanate of South Arab League (S.A.R for short)

Qingyun province

South Arabia (66-67)

Southern MAHRA state

Arabia (67)

Quaiti state in

Hadmo (55-66 years old)

Quaiti country

Hirsch & Mukala (42-53 years old)

The figures in brackets refer to the period when stamps were officially issued in this country, but this period is also stamped on the stationery.

2. There is no independent postal right in the national administrative region:

Place names of DHUFAR in Sultanate of Oman

Manama Ajman Emirates Territory

Nagaland Indian state

Nagivad Oladia, Romania

Issuing "stamps" in the name of local organizations is not a postal entity, and the official has never confirmed its existence.

Herm i.

REPUBLK Maruguselatan

4. Some people use the name similar to the real country to print the paper head and flow into the stamp market.

Imat, Oman

Oman (referring to the Imam of Oman)

Kingdom of Park Jung Su, Moutawaa.

Yemen (52-62) (alluding to the Kingdom of Yemen)

Yemen Arab Republic or

Y. Corruption case in Yemen Arab Republic

5. Stealing the country name, forging stamps to defraud stamp collectors, and checking that such tickets will not be listed in the stamp catalogue:

Panama

Equatorial people

Guinea

6. The stamps produced by British private operators or domestic landlords are not officially recognized as legal;

Bonilla Islands, Scotland

Holly Island, Scotland

Lundi i.

Staffa, Scotland

7. Names made out of nothing

davaar

Sanda i.

8. Individual stamp catalogue identifies and publishes information about some stamps issued in this country:

Gibbon in Dubai (1968)

Fujila Gibbons (1966)

Lars Alkaima Gibbons (1966)

The former Soviet Union in Tuva (1966)

UMM· Al Ziwan Gibbons (1966)

distinguish

1) printing method-the printing head of the flower paper adopts lithography, that is, "offset printing", which has smooth tentacles, unlike expensive engraving, and has a sense of relief (today's stamps also adopt this printing method).

2) Paper-The printed pattern is bright and pleasing to the eye, but it is crisp and easy to wrinkle, unlike the processed stamp paper. There is no watermark on the paper used for the flower head.

3) Stickers-Generally, the so-called "commercial tickets" in stamp sales (CTO) are all affixed with stickers, but a few flower heads are not coated with stickers on the back.

4) Stamp-cancel the stamp of the air ticket, which contains postal identification functions, such as country name, region, date, time, mail category, etc. Please pay attention to the characteristics of the seal on the decal head.

Pre-printed stamps, stamps arranged clearly and uniformly. If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can see that the stamp plate is obviously different from the postmark of the hand cover or the machine cover.

B stamps used in the same country will be different, such as round, square, oval, trapezoid or hexagon.

The inscription on stamp C is ambiguous. Most stamps have a blank date box, and the year is marked with two different times, such as "1970- 1970 (ancient Arabic)", which is confusing.

All stamps are hidden in a corner, and the "variation" of this method is rarely found.

E there are also "new tickets" with flowers that are not "cancelled", but the number is relatively small.

5) Perforation-Perforated and toothless paper heads are generally sold. Some holes are uneven, and some are better than stamps from backward countries; Therefore, authenticity may not only depend on the state of perforation.

6) Material selection-Eucalyptus grandis generally has a variety of materials to attract stamp collectors who like special topics or little brothers who like colorful ones. It will not have a small area of complex stamps with serious images at all. In addition, there are many pieces in a set of flowered paper heads, and a set of ten or twenty pieces can also be divided into "sheetlets" and "toothless tickets". What's more, it's not surprising if you see some patterns that look familiar.

7) production-the production cost invested by producers and sellers will affect the quality of finished products, which varies greatly; We can judge a flower paper head from the quality, shift, change and clarity of printing, especially from an unfamiliar place name.

8) Check the stamp catalogue-the most practical authentication method. At present, all world catalogues refuse to publish the distribution information of flower heads, and in principle, it is no longer flower heads that are listed in the catalogue.

The insiders introduced several aspects to make it easier for foreign mail lovers to identify the flower paper head. The first is paper. Stamps are generally made of special stamp paper with good texture; However, the paper quality of the flower paper head is generally poor. Real stamps generally have adhesive backing, and flower paper heads generally have no adhesive backing. Second, distinguish it from the country name. The country names printed on letterheads are often small countries, and many of them are actually fabricated by printers. Thirdly, many decals are disguised as "cancellation tickets", that is, postmarks; Because the "postmark" of the flower paper head is printed, it is all the same.

The above method of verifying the fixed header of stamp catalogue is technically feasible, but there is a problem, that is, where to find it? Also check the "four catalogues" (namely, Gibbons, Scott, French Champagne, Michelle World Stamp Catalogue)! This seems a bit harsh for a novice stamp collector. How many postal friends have read all four catalogues? Don't say "turn". And the contents of the catalogue are not necessarily stamp products-such as duck hunting tickets.

The price of flower paper head fluctuates, depending on how much profit the seller wants to make. It is common that the price difference between two stores of the same variety is large, and it is unrealistic to say that the flower paper head is cheap to dump.

Friends who collect stamps for the first time often have the illusion that some new tickets sold without stamps in the bag tickets are also flower paper heads. In fact, these stamps should be genuine, but the face value is extremely low, only one quarter, one half or one cent, and 100 is less than one yuan. The purchase price may be cheaper than the flower paper head.

development trends

1, from "cancel ticket" to "new ticket".

2. From the form of a large set of multiple pieces, it has become a more elegant "type sheet" and "full sheet", and even forged into a "natural seal". In other words, from large print runs, low grades and small profits but quick turnover to relatively small print runs, high grades and high profits.

3. From the memory of countries that have died out in history and the memory of countries that don't exist, to the memory of countries that dare to use the real world, of course, most of them are the names of countries that have changed in the 1990s and are unfamiliar to people, and the memories of countries (regions) that use the right to issue stamps. Such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. Serbia after the disintegration of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, now the autonomous Republic of Russia has no right to issue stamps, but it has been remembered by Chechnya and kouyate. Inscriptions belonging to Abkhazia and Batumi in Georgia also appear on many flower heads.

4. Facing the hot topic of special stamp collecting all over the world, the phenomenon of printing heads for special stamp collecting in China has appeared. For example, Hong Kong's return to China commemorates the Chinese Zodiac of Deng Xiaoping and China, and there are some favorite singers of China youth.

At the same time, some unscrupulous businessmen in China even added fuel to the fire when foreign businessmen printed paper headshots to deceive China stamp collectors. In February, it was revealed that Nanchang Wuhuan Postal Agency fraudulently used the national emblem of San Marino, fabricated the design, fabricated the perforation and face value. Imagine how safe and prosperous the philatelic market in China would be if the postal merchants in China did not participate in counterfeiting!

It turned out that the flower paper head did not pretend to be a stamp, but disclosed the true face of the painting in my imagination. As a collection variety, there are also groups that favor themselves, and there are also early flower paper meetings abroad. However, when it enters the stamp market as a stamp, it will inevitably become the object of disgust and rejection by stamp collectors. China's accession to the WTO is accelerating day by day. Obviously, under this new historical environment and conditions, it is beneficial for stamp collectors to better face the international postal market and collect more acceptable stamp products. At the same time, all kinds of fakes, including the flower paper head, will also make us unprepared, and once you see through it, the flower paper head will immediately change its face and continue to deal with you.

The main solutions are as follows:

1. National philatelic newspapers and periodicals should publish the annual world philatelic products distribution catalogue in time, and provide information and materials (such as patterns and features) for identifying letterheads by using the Internet;

2. Translate and publish or partially publish internationally authoritative academic materials on philatelic culture, and vigorously promote the improvement of postal knowledge of stamp collectors;

3. Pay attention to collecting information and articles that expose and identify flower heads and all kinds of fakes in international exchanges, and reprint them in time, which will get twice the result with half the effort;

Microscopically, every philatelist should ask more questions about hot topics and unfamiliar stamp products, consult more experts, pay more attention to postal magazines and posts, participate in activities of postal associations, communicate with postal friends, and reduce blind purchases. The most important thing is to constantly improve the level of postal knowledge and learn endlessly.