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1855-1858 THE COAT-OF-ARMS TYPE I ”SKILLING BANCO”

a. Reddish orange to Orange on thin paper b. Brownish orange on thin paper
[July 1855] [January 1856]

d. Bright yellow on thin paper f. Dull yellow to Yellow orange with dense back‐
[October 1856] ground on medium thick paper [January 1857]

Fakes by Sperati
Jean de Sperati, printer and engraver by profession, earned the title “the Rubens of Philately”. His first attempts
to copy stamps went extraordinary well and he continued to produce numerous further reproductions of
valuable stamps from all over the world. He produced fakes of the first issue from Sweden: 3 Skilling Banco green
and yellow and 24 Skilling Banco (and also the 17 Öre Lying Lion Type in the grey shade).