Specialist Auction Describer, Edward Barrow, explores the work of Kotaro Wada, Japan’s most prolific forger, and the man responsible for ‘The Cherry Blossom Forgeries’.
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Hello, I’ve been collecting Japan stamps for a few years and learned for the most part how to identify forgeries. Japan stamps the early versions had many books on the subject. Good luck on your search.
Michael Santiago
This is a very tricky area because of the “wealth” of forgeries by many perpetrators. The expert in this field continues to be Lois Evans-de Violini, who is on the Expert Committee of the American Philatelic Expertizing Service. She literally wrote the book, which is available through the APRL, including a digital copy.