A history of the Grinnell Hawaiian missionaries
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In the early 1900s, George W. Grinnell announced that he had found rare 'missionaries' which he sold for more than $50,000. Later they were deemed false and Grinnell lost the law suit. In the 1940s the stamps were again offered and bought. Again the counterfeit story nullified the sale.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1996
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The counterfeit stamp scam of 1895
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A Canadian company advertised in a Chicago newspaper of excess US postage stamps which it received as remittance in 1895. The counterfeit stamps were reported by a philatelist to the United States Secret Service. The stamps were destroyed and the counterfeiters were sent to prison.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1995
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Committing the perfect crime
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The London Stock Exchange was the victim of a counterfeiting scheme in 1872, in which an employee affixed phony shilling stamps to telegraphed transaction notices sent by the exchange. A stamp collector identified the fraud in 1898, but the crime was never solved.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1993
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