Elobey, Annobon and Corisco

1906 surcharges, 15c and missing value
only the 15c use on 1c and on 3c are known as finished reproductions
a negative exists in Paris Museum for a 25c

Sperati I reported a single example of the 15c on 3c, with backprint A,000,064. The plate  example which is shown below as Type A. Sperati II expanded the record and reported the two proofs shown as well as additional denominations that are known only from negatives in the Paris Museum.

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1906 15c Surcharge Forgery - Type A

1. the color of the surcharge is not as solid as the genuine

for the "heavy impression" variant of the surcharge: third ornament (group of 4 vertical lines) from left along bottom is missing

for the "light impression" variant: from a second cliché: the left side of top border has a heavy line through the ornaments

the example shown at left top is the red 15c on 3c, heavy impression, that shown in Sperati I, plate 85)

for an example of the type A, light impression, struck in black on 1c, see finished reproduction here)

3. type B - the loop of the "9" in "1906" does not close, the right hand oval of central ornament is broken at top left

(only reported in Sperati II as a proof, this example)

This may be a print from a master cliché used by Sperati as a progressive proof to which a denomination was added.

The image at left from the negative in Paris Museum. An additional negative suggests that Sperati may also have made a 10c surcharge. See Sperati II for more information.

additional information from Sperati I:  Plate 133    Elobey Text
additional information from Sperati II:   Elobey Text
 

Richard Frajola (May 11, 2020)