- QL forgery type A. QL with thin letters and about 28 thin solid rays, no stops between or after letters and solid rays. The letters are similar to Brisbane QL type 2 but there are fewer rays than with the genuine obliterator and the rays are solid, not broken into 4 segments and are also thicker than the genuine type 2. The rays are similar to QL duplex type 3, but the genuine duplex has 34 rays
- QL forgery type B. Two thick letter subtypes: B1 QL with thick letters and 33 thick solid rays, no stops between or after letters and solid rays and B2 35 solid rays. Easily distinguished from genuine Brisbane obliterator examples which, apart from type 2 with thin letters, has a stop after the letter Q. The rays appear similar to QL obliterator type 6 but the tail of the Q is slanted instead of at right angles and there is no full stop after the letter Q
- QL forgery type C. QL with medium thickness letters and 28 thick solid rays, no stops between or after letters and solid rays. Easily distinguished from genuine Brisbane obliterator examples which, apart from type 2 with thin letters, has a stop after the letter Q. The rays appear similar to QL obliterator type 6 but the tail of the Q is inverted instead of at right angles and there is no full stop after the letter Q
- QL forgery type D. QL with thinnish letters and around 28-30 thick solid rays, no stops between or after letters, tail of the Q at a right angle and solid rays. Easily distinguished from genuine Brisbane obliterator examples which, apart from type 2 with thin letters, has a stop after the letter Q. The rays appear similar to QL obliterator type 6 but there is no full stop after the letter Q
- QL forgery type E. QL with thin letters and 32 thin solid rays, no stops between or after letters and solid rays. The letters are similar to Brisbane QL type 2 but there are fewer rays than with the genuine obliterator and the rays while similar to QL duplex type 2 differ in being solid, not broken into 4 segments and are also slightly thicker than the genuine type 2
- QL forgery type F. OL with thinnish letters and around 42 thinnish solid rays, no stops between or after letters and solid rays. The letters are the giveaway as the Q has no tail, resembling an O and the rays while similar to QL duplex type 3 differ in being solid, not broken into 4 segments and are also slightly thinner than the genuine type 3
All forgery types are easily distinguished from genuine QL obliterators because the letters are based on type 2 (no full stop after Q, broken rays) and the rays are based on type 6 (full stop after Q, solid rays). Therefore any combination of the letter QL without a full stop between the letters combined with solid rays is fake
QL forgery type C. Seen in Phoenix Auction no 59
QL forgery type D. Seen in Abacus auction no 237
QL forgery type E. Seen on Ebay, ex Mossgreen auctions
QL forgery type F. Seen on Ebay ex Mossgreen
QL forgery type F. Seen on Ebay ex Mossgreen
QL forgery type F. Seen on Ebay ex Mossgreen
QL forgery type F. From my collection
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