The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society following the amalgamation of the Germany & Colonies Stamp Club (established 1947) and the Stockton German Study Group (1960).
The G&CPS celebrated its inaugural year in 1964 with the first Germania Posta philatelic exhibition held in Stockton.
Does anyone have hints & tips on detecting forgeries of 3rd Reich postcards?
I myself have one of the faked 'Hoffmann' photo postcard of Horst Wessel.
I know that one of the ways of checking if the card is genuine is to smell it - if it smells musty (like the pages of an old book thats been hidden away in a loft) then it's probably genuine.
But do you know of any other ways of checking?
I'm sure that we've all been caught out at least once (learning curve :-) Thank you.
