There are many sites to help the stamp collector with the identification of stamp forgeries and general identification. Many books and articles have and continue to be written on these and related subjects. One of the web sites I truly feel captures the spirit of identifying stamp forgeries is a site developed by Mr. G. Kock. He has taken great pains to alert the philatelic community to stamp forgeries from around the world. It is worth a visit to his web site by using the following link: Stamp Forgery Guide.
Michael Mills (Glassine Surfer), in a recent article in the American Philatelist (AP), the Journal of the American Philatelic Society, wrote several pieces on web sites that offer help in the identification of stamp forgeries and stamp identification. One of these sites is the Comparative Philatelic Forgery Identification Site put together by webmaster Mr. Bill Claghorn.
Also check out another site by Bjorn Harald Bakken, History on Stamps . This site actually features history on stamps of several countries, but has a section for forgeries, errors and related material such as Estonia, Serbia and other European countries. More information about these sites and on the authors of the sites can be found in the articles by Mr. Mills in the February 2005 issue of the AP, pages 118-120.
