Sperati: The worlds greatest stamp forger

George James, Head of Stanley Gibbons' Commonwealth Department, tells the story of Jean de Sperati. See examples of his work and learn why Sperati is considered by many as a true artist.
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[@JanDoggen]

Nice story. But next time, if you show anything 'paper' (stamps/book pages), please make a photo and insert into the video.

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ab6124]

Should zoom into the examples as not visible in this video

[@tomshively5419]

Did Sperati forge Kingdom of Hawaii #12?

[@rogerkeeling9869]

I've come to this way late (about a year late, actually), and I see in these comments some tough criticisms which -- sadly -- seem to be of merit. Mr. James, if Stanley Gibbons wants to forge ahead with these videos, you might want to take to heart the criticisms and make an effort to address them one by one. More "show" with good illustrations. Less nervous twitching (you look just fine, you have a good voice, there's no reason to be nervous, if you plan to continue as the face and voice of this series). And I would urge you folks, too, to splurge for a decent microphone. The sound quality is awful, very hard to follow and enjoy. Address these issues and you could end up with an excellent channel with a devoted following.

[@SAGHAJAR]

I couldn’t make anything out of this since nothing was visible apart shuffling some books and albums.

[@kennyfrancis6882]

What happened to Keith Heddle? He got fired?

[@blulagoon21]

Your audio is poor. Too echoed

[@natashathomas5141]

We can't really see what you talking about take pictures please

[@chrisp4170]

Good try SG, but stamps are all about what you can SEE. With this video, sadly that is little.

[@TheStickfly]

As someone who has purchased from Stanley Gibbons, including Sperati forgeries, I think that this video should be deleted and replaced.
The fact that his name is pronounced incorrectly in the introduction should be a clue, but to hold stamps forward so that you can't even work out whether they are stamps or not is farcical.
Lets have a decent article about this interesting man.

[@WilliamHenryRoll]

Very poorly produced. The presenter's nervous playing with tongs is distracting. Showing of the items is a complete disaster. Reflections obscure the subjects which are too small to see anyway.