Page 12 Universal Ship Cancellation Society Log January 2009 Naval Cover Fakes, Forgeries and Frauds, Part XII

• Main Authors: Bob Rawlins (l, Mike R. Vining
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wilkins; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.693.8747; http://www.uscs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan09_fff12.pdf

Although this series was intended to document fakers of U.S. naval covers, the forgeries done by A.C. Roessler in the 1931 time-frame surely were “nautical covers ” and deserve mention. The Roessler faked covers can be found in dealers’ boxes and are often seen in eBay auctions. Quite often a seller...