Hanover

1860 Issue ½gr
1861 Issue 10gr (three types, one new since Sperati II)
1863 Issue 3pf (two types, one new since Sperati II)

Sperati made reproductions of three Hanover stamps, the 1860 issue ½gr, the 1861 issue 10gr (three types, one is a new discovery since Sperati II) and the 1863 issue 3pf (two types, one is a new discovery since Sperati II). They are all complete fabrications and cancels are forged.

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1860 Issue ½gr

1. there is a break in right frameline just below the "R" of "HANOVER"

2. there is a white flaw in the head of the "G" in "Grochen"

1. there us a dot of color outside the corner ornament at top right

2. the vertical two line above the right side of the loop of the "R" in "HANOVER" are crooked

1. The lower serif of the "G" of "GROSCHEN" is shaped like a crescent moon
2. the outside thin vertical line just inside the frame line at right has been recut at right corner
 

(this pair, ex Sir Gawaine Baillie, was printed from two new clichés. However, differences between two clichés are not enough consider them different types)

1. The top right element of the bottom right corner ornaments are malformed

2. There is a slight nick in bottom frameline below the "H" of "HANNOVER" on both stamps

1. the foot of the "E" is joined to the "H" of "ZEHNTEL"

2. the "L" and the "B" of "SILBER" are joined at the foot

(both stamps of this pair, ex Sir Gawaine Baillie, were printed from a previously unreported cliché of a new type)

1. Both bottom frames are rounded instead of being squared

2. The third vertical line in from the right is broken

additional information from Sperati I:  Plate 47 & Plate 48  Hanover Text

Richard Frajola (May 17, 2020)