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Fake postage stamp: postage stamp forgery or deceitful bogus genuine postage stamp

Genuine postage stamp: authentic postage stamp with no additional forgery

Postage stamp forgery: deceitful reprint of a postage stamp, all parts are bogus (design print, perforation)

Cleaned postage stamp: genuine postage stamp with deceitful removed contamination

Postage stamp with repaired tear: genuine postage stamp with deceitful reweaved damaged paper

Postage stamp with pressed out slight creases: genuine postage stamp with deceitful pressed out (slight) creases

Fake postage stamp colour: genuine postage stamp with deceitful changed colour

Fantasy postage stamp: worthless stamp-like print that is fraudulently produced by a private individual without the involvement of a postal adminis-tration for the collectors´ market