ABSTRACT

Forensic document examination is a field of multidiciplinary approach. Most of the questioned document examinations are signature examinations, Turkey and the world.

Signature is a more complex and special form of handwri-ting. Therefore many factors that effect formation of the cha-racters of handwriting also effect formation of the characters of 1 Adalet Bakanlığı, Adli Tıp Kurumu, İstanbul. 2 Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Adli Tıp Ana Bilim Dalı signature. Signatures can vary naturally with time, but also change due to some clinical conditions or diseases. Conscious and voluntary or signing in a form different from the original signature, or signing in order to rebemle another person’s sig-nature are common types of signature forgery.

Copying a signature by superimposition or looking at the original signature, copying freely an stamp transfer are other forms of signature forgery.

This case report is a about a signature forgery in the form of stamp transfer. The aim of this presentation is to discuss this kind of signature forgery.

Keywords: Handwriting, signature, signature forgery, fo-rensic ducument examination, stamp transferring.