Eritrea Scott 1

One of these stamps is a genuine stamp and the other(s) is a forgery. Can you tell the difference?
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Genuine: The overprint is sharper. Tails of the “a”s curl out to the right. Forgery: Tails of “a”s point down and the dots on the “i” are more rectangular.

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A is the genuine stamp

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