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@littlemiddy wrote:

i have 5 different stamps here, including ones i purchased from AP and others on mail I recieved, and the paper quality is definitely different between those and the "suspect ones"

 

this is a interesting read

 

https://www.glenstephens.com/snfebruary21.html

 

“Creating an unfair playing field”

“We will allege this man was forging stamps to create a financial advantage for himself,”  AFP Detective Superintendent David Berston said. “He was able to entice customers to his business and away from his competitors because the free postage made his products cheaper, creating an unfair playing field” he continued. “We also allege this conduct put his customers at risk of not receiving the goods they purchased in good faith, with Australia Post needing to intercept and hold hundreds of mail items that had counterfeit stamps. This crime also siphons money away from Australian taxpayers, because Australia Post is owned by the Commonwealth Government.”  Berston concluded. Approximately 680 mail items bearing these alleged fake stamps, valued at approximately $2,300 face value, were detected by the Australia Post mail Centre operations, but it is unknown how many items with forged stamps had been sent out in the past by Mr. Balcombe.  The crooks do not realise the genuine AP stamps have ‘’tagging’’ that is detected in the high-tech mail sorting equipment these days!

 

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Ahhhhh, there's that "unfair playing field".......