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Sale 112


 
Lot 1518

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U.S. Possessions; Hawaii, Peter Winter Forgeries, 31 items made by former opera singer Peter Winter and marketed worldwide under the imprint 'ProPhil Forum P.O.C.' (Process Optimation Computer Systems) and, later, 'House of Stamps.', Winter never tried to market these (or his other fakes) as genuine, but with no identifier, some of his forgeries became the basis of serious fraud, important modern reference items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Winter offered to stop producing fakes if APS paid him $1 million, the offer was declined.
Estimate $150-200.

 
Realized $334



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