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5 Pounds orange - Cancel? Fake?

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:00 pm
by asmodeus
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I need help. I am unsure about this cancel. For it looks like a fake!

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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:00 pm
by andyb
Hello asmodeus,i feel that it looks wrong ,in
particular the Belfast letters seem very thick
and un-natural,the circle is also very thick,and
it touches the letters.It appears to have been altered.Despite this it is still a very nice item.

Re: 5 Pounds orange - Cancel? Fake?

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 6:06 pm
by HorseyJ
The cancel is genuine. It is just a bit over-inked.

Logic says it would not be otherwise. Who is going to take an expensive mint £5 orange and reduce its value applying a fake version of what is a common cancel on the £5 orange?