François Fournier
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Although he claimed to product artful "facsimiles" of stamps[1], François Fournier (1846-1917) is known as a famous forger through his business practices more so than his forgeries[2]. in 1914 he even produced his own catalog of "facsimiles" which contained almost 3400 stamps. His business started when he purchased the forgery business from his predecessor Louis-Henri Mercier.
Fournier Liberian Forgeries
Fournier is known to have forged the 1860-69 Seated Liberty Issue and 1880 Seated Liberty and it is suspected that he also forged the 1881 Coat of Arms Issue.
References
1. Wikipedia entry for François Fournier
2. Philatelic Forgers / Varro, E. Tyler / 1991
3. Photo "Francois-Fournier" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia