Complete set of 1972 Venezuelan stamps/stickers

[Cliff Bowman]

Several of these 1972 Venezuelan cards, including commons, have been counterfeited in the last few years and sold either unwittingly or unscrupulously on eBay by a seller in Venezuela. As far as I can tell all of yours are the real deal, though. Amazing.

[ALR-bishop]

Great family item to have

[begsu1013]

pm sent. amazing find!

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Several of these 1972 Venezuelan cards, including commons, have been counterfeited in the last few years and sold either unwittingly or unscrupulously on eBay by a seller in Venezuela. As far as I can tell all of yours are the real deal, though. Amazing.

Hi Cliff, thanks for the info. These were sent to my father in 1978 by another collector. I found the album in an envelope with a letter the other collector wrote regarding a trade they were making, presumably for TCMA items and publications.

[Cliff Bowman]

The album that these are glued onto was obviously made for this set with the blank spot for #87 Jose Cardenal. Is there a cover or a front page for the album?

[mrmopar]

Would you mind posting or sending me a scan of the Garvey close up? As close as you can get it w/o affecting the quality of the image? thanks.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

The album that these are glued onto was obviously made for this set with the blank spot for #87 Jose Cardenal. Is there a cover or a front page for the album?

[a761506]

The album itself looks legit, but the cards look like the counterfeits. The bright white borders look too bright white, and the pictures are too blurred to see if the font matches the authentic font.

If you look at these under a loupe, if the green backgrounds are all printed in half tone (tiny dots), they are fake. The authentic cards are printed with flat layers of yellow and blue to create the green. The real ones also do not have perfectly square edges to the green background. These appear to be all squared up on the album examples.

[hcv123]

There has been some speculation in past discussion about the possibility of 2 different printings vs. counterfeiting. I saw also in the scans 2 distinct printing styles/fonts, etc. All pasted in the original album, including commons? I think at the very least it begs further inspection and question.

Howard

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by hcv123

There has been some speculation in past discussion about the possibility of 2 different printings vs. counterfeiting. I saw also in the scans 2 distinct printing styles/fonts, etc. All pasted in the original album, including commons? I think at the very least it begs further inspection and question.

Howard

There are two different fonts because all of the "En Accion" stickers have the smaller font. Other than that all of the regular player stickers have the standard bold font.

I have heard about the counterfeits but apparently those were done recently, within the past few years. This book has been sitting in filing cabinet with the original letter of provenance, since 1978.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by a761506

The album itself looks legit, but the cards look like the counterfeits. The bright white borders look too bright white as well as the font not matching the authentic font.

They look the same as this Ryan:

[TCMA]

A close up from the album:

[TCMA]

Auction for the album is now live!! Happy bidding

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...e?itemid=40158

[Jayhawke]

Originally Posted by TCMA

Auction for the album is now live!! Happy bidding

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...e?itemid=40158

Digging up an oldie. Final price under $1,700. Someone got a great price. Anyone on here win the album?