2018 50c Sparkling Holidays COUNTERFEIT

Add Mint 2018 Counterfeit Contemporary Christmas Stamps to Your Collection

Counterfeit US stamps have popped up every now and then throughout postal history, but in 2002, we began to see a noticeable rise in the illegal printing of modern stamps.  At first, it was mainly coil stamps, but in 2016 counterfeit panes and booklets were discovered.  In 2020, misleading advertisements began appearing that offered current stamps at heavily discounted prices to the unsuspecting stamp customer and collector.  For this reason, the USPS recommends only purchasing Forever stamps through their website or other trusted stamp dealer sources.

This is your chance to see counterfeit US stamps up close and compare them to your genuine versions.  The scandal surrounding these stamps makes them all the more interesting to collect.  And, since you won't be using them as postage, you have nothing to fear from owning them.  

Four varieties of counterfeit Sparkling Christmas stamps have been found, and this is the fourth.  It was discovered on December 24, 2021.

How to Distinguish the counterfeit Sparkling Holidays stamps from the Real Deal…

• Paper is high-bright under longwave UV light
• Die cuts are crude and even
• Die cuts measure 10.75 X 10.9 (genuine die cuts measure 10.9 X 10.6)
• “1” of date has horizontal serif at the top and no footer (other counterfeits of these stamps have a slanted serif and a footer)

Get the Genuine 2018 Sparkling Holidays Stamps for Your Collection, Too

It’s a lot of fun to have both the genuine and counterfeit stamps in your collection. You can even compare them side-by-side on an album page so you can spot the differences.  Missing the genuine Sparkling Holidays stamps?

Click here to get US #5332-35.