ERITREA ILLEGAL STAMPS
2003

Information and Reference of illegal stamps dating 2003 for Eritrea according to U.P.U. Circular 294 and other resources

On August 25, 2003 the postal administration for Eritrea by request to M.S. Raman (Acting Director of Economic and Regulatory Affairs) posted to the Universal Postal Union a circular warning of the discovery of a massive amount of illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 294. You can view in the linked file below:

UPU Circular Number 294

The circular describes a large number of the illegal stamps discovered to be on the market in 2003. All of them were produced and being distributed by the British counterfeit producer and his criminal stamp dealing distributors. I describe who these people are on many other sections of the illegal stamp study and will name who is selling them as well on the following pages for Eritrea. They are still being sold by them and many others to this day. There are many more counterfeit illegal stamps that were produced at the time that were not "caught" by the postal administration of Eritrea and there have been many more produced since the time the circular was made.

I also want to note that the circular explicitly states these "stamps" are counterfeit stamps. Quote:
"It is, in particular, a violation of the national legislation of Eritrea, and in particular its law on the Post and its provisions on counterfeit postage stamps. Under the terms of this law, the Eritrean Postal Service alone is authorized to issue and disseminate postage stamps in the name of Eritrea."
In other words, it is illegal for anyone to sell these counterfeit illegal stamps! They can come after you through legal channels in your own country. Got it?

Eritrea has always been a very conservative stamp issuing entity. In 2003 Eritrea issued only 7 stamps in single sets and on souvenir sheets.

To find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Eritrea you can visit the following online catalogs. I found that Eritrea listed their 2002 and 2003 stamp issues in the UPU's WNS system but then stopped so it is not a good resource to verify genuine stamps from to present day stamps.

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Eritrea

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It is far from complete but will help you verify many as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Eritrea Illegal Stamps

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be very helpful as well.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Eritrea

Here we go!

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and as color proof sets as well. Many exist on fake First Day Covers too.
Most times now (2021) the souvenir sheet sets and sheetlet sets are sold individually. Many times the stamps have been removed from the sheetlets and souvenir sheets. All of these "tactics" are used to avoid detection by UPU circular descriptions.

Sellers that call these "private", "locals", "Cinderella's", "unauthorized" are deceiving you. They are counterfeit illegal stamps produced by a stamp dealer that is bent on ripping you off! Some sellers state "we offer them because they are on the market". Well how about you use a different dealer because that seller is "on the market"? If the stamp societies, auction sites and all other venues kicked these sellers off of their sites then they would have to comply or lose their ability to sell anything.

The following images are free for the use of all to use to alert the public to them. If anyone wants to make a public list of users on eBay, Delcampe and elsewhere who are selling these issues....fine by me since the UPU, PWMO and others appear to have given up or have not been updated in years.

If you have purchased any of these stamps from a dealer or if that dealer offers them, you should avoid that dealer! You will only be supporting illegal stamp makers who are only ripping you off.

2003

In 2003 the British producer and his criminal distributors continue attacking the stamp market with another flood of counterfeit illegal stamps dating 2003. Now in 2021 some of the same criminal dealers continue to sell these counterfeits showing us there is an endless supply of them after 20 years!

Let us see who is currently selling this garbage on the main stamp venues with a simple search for "eritrea 2003".

On eBay

eren3049 located in the U.K.
azuckuss located in the U.K.
pdcollectables2010 located in the U.K.
postonio located in the Netherlands
stamp4all located in Belarus
norita20132013 located in Romania
postcenter-x located in Belgium
kvant13 located in Lithuania
mapka666 located in the Russian Federation

On Delcampe past and present

ariegafni located in Israel
bythebay located in Canada
mickyboo2a located in the U.K.
escc located in Bulgaria

In the past....

antakves located in Lithuania
kenan located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stamps_and_More located in the Netherlands
JandR_Stamps located in the U.K.
jmmaesdeleon located in Nicaragua
ganges1948 located in India
janek located in the Netherlands. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
3rosas located in Spain
azede located in France
bullterrier located in the U.K.
stampsandcollections located in Spain
rogerpo99 located in the U.K. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
dinomin located in the U.S. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
3oonapk located in Latvia. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
sila2 located in Afghanistan. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
collections000 located in Latvia. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
concepcion located in Spain
isabeldelatour1949 located in the U.K. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!
pitturaefrancobolli located in Italy. Kicked off for selling counterfeits. Good!

On Hipstamps

rogerpo99 located in the U.K.
artstamps located in the U.K. (aka isabeldelatour)
W4Stamps located in the U.K.
bythebay located in Canada
jumbofrancis located in the U.S.
Bentley1Stamp located in the U.K.
2Cheshire located in the U.S.
likeitbuyit located in the U.S.

There are many more than these. These are just the ones bold enough to place country and year in their listings. Noting in this year search the British "illegal stamp cartel" continues to raise its ugly head on Hipstamps. If you were to get rid of all the illegal stamp dealers on Hipstamps selling Eritrea 2003 counterfeits the search for "eritrea 2003" would turn up very few genuine stamp issues! This is how bad that site has become in now many instances. Only a few dealers on the whole platform are selling any real Eritrea 2003 stamp issues and their listings are being drowned out by the cons selling counterfeits. I feel sorry for those legitimate stamp dealers who are putting up with these criminals antics. they should leave Hipstamps in protest.

The following counterfeit illegal stamps and the dealers who sell them should be avoided and shunned by all. I will place a note on the ones that are described in Circular 294.

2003 75th Annual Academy Awards Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 AC/DC Rock Band Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Arabian Horses Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Backstreet Boys Rock Band Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 BeeGees Rock Band Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Cheetahs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Chicago Film Scenes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Classic Movies Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 6



2003 David Beckham Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Dinosaurs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Dogs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Dogs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Dogs Rhodesian Ridgeback Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Dogs Terriers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Elephants Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Elvis Presley Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Fantasy Art by Dorian Cleavenger Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Fantasy Art by Michael Mobius Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Fantasy Art by Ricky Carralero Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Golf Etiquette Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Gorillas Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Grace Kelly Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Japanese Paintings Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 6



2003 Japanese Paintings Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Jenny McCarthy Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Leopards Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Lions Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Madonna Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 4



2003 Marilyn Monroe Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Marilyn Monroe Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Paintings by Hokusai Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Paintings Nude Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 9



2003 Paintings Nude Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Paintings Nude Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Pin Ups by Fritz Willis Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 Pin Ups by Gil Elvgren Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Pin Ups by Joyce Ballantyne Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Pin Ups by Rolf Armstrong Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Polar Bears Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Queen Rock Band Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 4



2003 September 11th Tribute to Firefighters Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9

Described in Circular 294.



2003 Sexy Models Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 9



2003 Steam Railways of Great Britain Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2003 The Beatles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 The Beatles Yellow Submarine Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 9

Both are described in Circular 294.



2003 The Doors Rock Band Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2003 Tigers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 9



2003 Ugly Duckling Walt Disney and Elvis Presley Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1



2003 Valentines Day Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



After Circular 264 was released the criminals ran and hid stopping all production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Eritrea. At least until 2005......

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 294
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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