Erasmo Oneglia (1853–1934) was an Italian printer, born in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
, 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 1892.
In 1897 he was arrested in London for trying to sell forgeries to the stamp dealers
Stanley Gibbons
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, however, he was let off with a fine of just 20 shillings and his stock confiscated.
Oneglia was closely associated with other Italian forgers of the period such as
Angelo Panelli, as well as with the brothers Mariano and
Jean de Sperati
Giovanni (Jean) de Sperati (14 October 1884 – 28 April 1957) was an Italian stamp forger. Robson Lowe considered him an artist and even professional stamp authenticators of his time attested to the genuineness of his work. Sperati created what ...
who worked in Turin for a while and probably with Oneglia.
[''Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works'', Varro E. Tyler, Robson Lowe, London, 1976, p.32.]
See also
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List of stamp forgers
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Philatelic fakes and forgeries
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To a large extent the definitions below are c ...
References
Further reading
*''The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries Commonly Attributed to Angelo Panelli'',
Robson Lowe
John Harry Robson Lowe (7 January 1905, London – 19 August 1997, Bournemouth) was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer.
Life and career
Lowe is regarded by philatelists as the father of postal history, ...
& Carl Walske, James Bendon, Limassol, Cyprus, 1996. .
*''Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works'', Varro E. Tyler, Robson Lowe, London, 1976.
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Italian printers
People from Turin
Stamp forgers
19th-century Italian businesspeople
1853 births
1934 deaths