ARE YOUR ITEMS GENUINE RARITIES?

OR WORTHLESS FORGERIES?  OR REPAIRED?

 Since 1999: Accurate, impartial & authoritative expertizing provided of the authenticity & condition of stamps, covers & other philatelic items.

Certificates are issued after detailed technical examination, based on my scientific background (BSc-Hons), and long experience as a fulltime philatelic expert. Comparisons are done with reference to extensive collections, and other specialists are regularly consulted for certain fields when required.

Examination equipment ranges from standard magnifiers, light sources, microscopes, scanning/image processing, to advanced scientific equipment that is at forefront of forensic examination techniques in philately,  including:

- a special Leitz scientific microscope with 630x magnification for transmitted     lighting comparison of composition/structure of overprint inks & paper fibers.

- a Foster & Freeman VSC-4C Video Spectral Comparator for comparison of the  optical properties of inks under full range of wavelengths (IR-VIS-UV),

and especially for detection of removed cancels & other alterations.

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ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE

DES EXPERTS EN PHILATELIE

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF PHILATELIC EXPERTS

INTERNATIONALER VERBAND

DER PHILATELISCHEN EXPERTEN