ALFONSO XIII - BABY HEAD stamps of the PHILIPPINES

The forged handstamp was described by Bartels et al (1904) as Type C59.

Characteristics:

The printing is not as clear as the genuine surcharge, all letters appearing somewhat blurred (especially those in black)

The extereme end of the foot of the 2 would form a triangle if cut off by a horizontal line running along the top of the heavy base of the numeral – in the genuine surcharge this would be a short vertical line instead of a triangle

the period after the date in the genuine is exactly under the vertical right line of the inner rectangle, while in the counterfeit it is to the right (the vertical here clips the corner of 7).

The line of the outer frame is too heavy through-out.

This forgery emananted from Spain in 1901.