A95 Cunard Mailboat Cancellation

[Unclepyro]

Just found this C10 plate 47 with the Barred Numeral A95 Cunard Mailboat Cancellation.
The A is faint but just visible.
I can't seem to find any sales of this postmark online though.

[Winston W]

I can't see a question in your posting. If you are wanting to buy a (better?) example, the Wants forum would be the place to ask.

I did do a channel split of your stamp, as postmarks can be misread. To my eye it does indeed look like an A95 (SG Z157) as illustrated in Penny Stars Used Abroad.

I imagine forgeries are known, but am not an expert to spot one.

C10 AH Plate 47 A95 rR 36

[Unclepyro]

Cheers Winston,
I never thought it could be a forgery.. Does this cancellation have a high enough CV to justify faking it? any idea?
Maybe that's why I can't find any historic sales of it.
All the best.
Rich

[Winston W]

Rich,

You may be surprised that a forger does not necessarily need a high catalogue value to do his work, although that certainly is a big encouragement and of course there are known forgeries of the high catalogue value used abroad numerals.

Pure conjecture on my part, but could a forger have produced some lower catalogue used abroad numerals like A95 as a precursor to making higher catalogued forgeries like A65?

Mike Batty is likely to have the requisite knowledge on these used abroad numerals.