Fraud of the Century: Britain' Post Office Telegraphs and Stock Exchange Forgery of 1872 - Matthew Healey, New York, NY Register Now In 1872, someone working the telegraph desk at London’s Stock Exchange pulled off a "perfect" crime, using counterfeit one-shilling postage stamps. Through numerous examples, this display gives the historical background to the fraud, summarizes the operations of the Post Office telegraphs and lays out the likeliest hypothesis for how the fraud worked. It reviews the major features that…