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Benjamin Franklin: Joseph Cosey

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Benjamin Franklin: Joseph Cosey

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Auction Date:2012 Jul 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. An original Joseph Cosey forgery of a Benjamin Franklin document, 8.5 x 7.5, dated October 4, 1787. The fabrication is signed “B. Franklin.” In very good condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold, a cancellation cut to center, tape remnants to left corners, paper loss to edges, and scattered light toning. While forgeries of equally well-known forger Robert Spring occasionally surface, Cosey forgeries are far scarcer.