Lot 30
BOIC MEF faked cover with SG M2, M6b, M8a




Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
£48
Description
1942 registered envelope to New York bearing Nairobi 2d block of four, plus Cairo 1d square stops single, 1d vertical strip of four with the upper and lower stamps with round stops, 2½d round stops x 3. ASMARA CENTRO/ CORRISPONDENZE E PACCHI datestamps of 9.12.42, violet PASSED BY CENSOR 6. Franking of 1/8½d is 3½d underpaid. Ex Spink sale #23117 (Lot 3315) and with 2005 Sirotti Certificate as genuine. However, the cancellations are faked. Offered with Mike Sanders opinion (taken from email and unsigned). SG M2, 6, 6b, 8a
Footnote
The opinion states that the cancellation's typeface is unrecorded and must be "treated as 'status unknown'". Other covers similar to this, all addressed to The Isthmian Steamship Co. are known, all underpaid and with similar cancels




