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18 U.S.C. § 502 — Postage and revenue stamps of foreign governments

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It's a federal crime to forge or counterfeit postage or revenue stamps belonging to a foreign government. It's also a crime to knowingly use or pass off such a forged or counterfeit stamp. Violators can be fined or imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

Anyone who forges or counterfeits a postage stamp or revenue stamp of a foreign government commits a crime. It's also a crime to knowingly use or pass along ("utter") a forged or counterfeit foreign postage or revenue stamp. Anyone convicted can be fined under this title, or imprisoned for up to five years, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever forges, or counterfeits, or knowingly utters or uses any forged or counterfeit postage stamp or revenue stamp of any foreign government, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 713
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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