N. Imperato
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Nino Imperato, normally known just as N. Imperato, was a stamp forger based in Genoa
, Italy in the early 1920s.
Like Francois Fournier
, Imperato promoted his forgeries as facsimilies available to the collector at a fraction of the cost of the real thing. His house journal, Il-Fac-simile, went through at least nineteen editions between 1920 and 1922.Amongst other content the journal included two short articles by fellow forger (or distributor of forgeries) Angelo Panelli.
Many other were offered too but it is thought that they had actually been produced years earlier by Erasmo Oneglia
of Turin. Robson Lowe
and Carl Walske speculate in their book on Ongelia that he retired around 1920 and it may be around then that Imperato acquired his stock of Oneglia forgeries.
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, Italy in the early 1920s.
Like Francois Fournier
François Fournier
François Fournier was a stamp forger who thought of himself as a creator of "art objects" and a friend of the little man....
, Imperato promoted his forgeries as facsimilies available to the collector at a fraction of the cost of the real thing. His house journal, Il-Fac-simile, went through at least nineteen editions between 1920 and 1922.Amongst other content the journal included two short articles by fellow forger (or distributor of forgeries) Angelo Panelli.
Work
Forgeries were produced of a wide range of stamps, including:- Italian occupation of Austria - 1918 issue overprinted Venezia Giulia and Venezia Tridentina
- Brazil issues of 1850
- Eritrea stamps of 1892
- Honduras issue of 1898
- Italian offices in the Turkish Empire, stamps of 1908.
- Spain Don Quixote commemoratives of 1905.
- Sicily Neapolitan Provinces stamps of 1861
- British occupation of Batum 1919.
Many other were offered too but it is thought that they had actually been produced years earlier by Erasmo Oneglia
Erasmo Oneglia
Erasmo Oneglia was an Italian printer, born in Turin, who was also a successful stamp forger in the 1890s and early 1900s.Oneglia's first forgeries are believed to have been of the early stamps of Newfoundland and they are included in the second edition of Robert Brisco Earee's Album Weeds in...
of Turin. Robson Lowe
Robson Lowe
John Harry Robson Lowe , Robbie to his friends, was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer.- Life and career :...
and Carl Walske speculate in their book on Ongelia that he retired around 1920 and it may be around then that Imperato acquired his stock of Oneglia forgeries.