Genuine, reprints, S Allen Taylor forgeries as well as possible Hussey, Spiro, Moen, or Scott creations from the mid 1800s. Local post competed with the US government until the government put them out of business. Collecting of these includes collecting and studying the reprints forgeries and actual fantasy stamps that were created in the 1800s. This field of stamp collecting and identification is still affordable since it is complicated for the typical stamp investor. Since these companies were not a part of the United States government it was not illegal to create copies forCollector’s stamp albums. Forgers such as Scott, Spiro, Taylor. Moen, and Hussey created collectible issues. Some good and some bad and became famous in the process. I would recommend Lyon’s three volumes on the identification of local and carrier stamps or the Internet for a.