SAINT THOMAS AND PRINCE ILLEGAL STAMPS
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ILLEGAL STAMPS
São Tomé e Príncipe Illegal Stamps
2017

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Saint Thomas and Prince Islands dating 2017

Stamperija continues its domination of producing stamp issues for this country. All are considered abusive issues and are sold only through the agents website directly to collectors and dealers in stamps. Since the catalogs are listing them there is nothing we can do except complain and point out their own breaking of their rules for listing stamps. The advise again as stated by many including the FIP and so forth is to avoid them all for this country. Prices asked for any stamps of this time era are highly over inflated and meant to reap profits strictly from collectors not savvy to the problem.

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful as far as what is being listed in the catalogs.

The Colnect Online Catalog for São Tomé e Príncipe

Some of the illegal stamps are shown in their Cinderella section and noted as such. Still nothing close to what is out there as you will see. The 1992 Sea turtle issue is listed in some catalogs and when compared to other issues of the year the cancelled versions match so I believe it to be placed in error as an illegal stamp.

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for São Tomé e Príncipe

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

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Sao Tome and Principe

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates as well.
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 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.

2017

In 2015 the Russian based dealers who I believe are also the producers appear. The company is called Topnimarka.com located in Moscow Russia.
They have created a new website called stamps-world.eu as well in 2019. Everything they are selling is fake and counterfeit stamps.
They are mass producing counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of many countries. The "styles" unique to themselves, these people are producing and selling counterfeit stamps at a massive rate dating to current times. They are producing fake stamps for countries controlled by Stamperija. Stamperija's owner has stated that he knows who most of the counterfeit producers are and has some control over stopping their productions at least for countries he has contracts with. This is shown to have happened with Saint Thomas and Prince Islands on the 2006 page. No illegal stamps by the previous producers found after it. This is not the case for this producer. Being located in Russia, I guess they believe that nobody can stop them. I am exposing them which is the first step.
I note that Stamperija knows who these people are and what is being produced. Yet even though they know, they are not warning anyone including the postal authorities of the countries this company is distributing counterfeits in the name of that are contracted by Stamperija.

The Russian based company has produced the following counterfeit illegal stamps dating 2017 in the name of Sao Tome e Principe. They are not commonly seen on the main stamp market because we are fighting for you to keep them off the main market. Should this company be allowed to run accounts on the main stamp venues like eBay and Delcampe, you will see a new flood of illegal stamps worse than ever seen before. This company is consistently trying to create new accounts on the venues to move them into the main stream market. Should you see them on sites like eBay and Delcampe, you can report them to me and I can assure you that they will not be there long!

Sao Tome and Principe Illegal Stamps Dating 2017 Disbursed by Topnimarka.com
Сан-Томе и Принсипи Не настоящие Незаконньӏе Штампьӏ по
topnimarka.com Филателистический салон а также stamps-world.eu

I discovered the company has and will create new illegal stamp sets and "back-date" them as if made in prior years.
I note them as such and tell you when they were really created.

In 2017 the criminal producer increases production of illegal stamps for this country slightly. I note that many as with the other countries this company is making counterfeit stamps in the name of are geared toward Russian propaganda. Russian athletes and figures, history and products dominate many of the sets of counterfeits.

As of June 2021 this company has made and is still selling 37 counterfeit illegal stamp souvenir sheet sets inscribed S. Tome e Principe dating 2017. They have created 10 of those sets after 2017 and back dated them by inscribing them with the year 2017. They can make more dating this year at any time. Avoid them all!

Noting that many of these counterfeit sets are made up from stolen images from the internet that the criminal producer basically puts into some simple photo editing program like photoshop and "distorts" them with enhancements. I consider many to be the worst looking counterfeit stamps ever made! Many of the images like ones of John F. Kennedy are used over and over again throughout the years in the name of many countries making this criminals productions quite boring to document.

Here is a snapshot of their retail store description. Note the lies highlighted in yellow. It is guaranteed they were not "produced" in any of the countries. They were produced by this company illegally.



2017 Aviation Airplanes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Aviation Airplanes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Aviation Airplanes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Aviation Polar Aviation Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 Aviation Polar Aviation Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Aviation Polar Aviation Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Boxers of the World Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 Boxers of the World Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Boxers of the World Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Bridges Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Bridges Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Bridges Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Great USSR Footballers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Great USSR Footballers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Russia in 2018 Great USSR Footballers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Football Clubs Soccer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Football Clubs Soccer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Football Clubs Soccer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Formula I Race Car Drivers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Formula I Race Car Drivers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Formula I Race Car Drivers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Franklin D. Roosevelt Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Franklin D. Roosevelt Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Franklin D. Roosevelt Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Icons of Russia by Fedor Zubov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 Icons of Russia by Fedor Zubov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Icons of Russia by Fedor Zubov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Insects Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Insects Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Insects Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 John F. Kennedy Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 John F. Kennedy Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 John F. Kennedy Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Locomotives by Yefim and Myron Cherepanov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Locomotives by Yefim and Myron Cherepanov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Locomotives by Yefim and Myron Cherepanov Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Military Parachutes Paratroopers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Military Parachutes Paratroopers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Military Parachutes Paratroopers Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Minerals Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 Minerals Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Minerals Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Mushrooms Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.

I found these counterfeit illegal stamps were being sold by Topnimarka as user kir30kirill on eBay in early 2020 before the user was kicked off for selling counterfeits.



2017 Mushrooms Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Mushrooms Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte (different) Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte in Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte in Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Napoleon Bonaparte in Art Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Champions Carl Lewis Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Olympic Champions Carl Lewis Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Champions Carl Lewis Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Champions David Rudisha Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Olympic Champions David Rudisha Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Champions David Rudisha Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018 Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Athletics Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Athletics Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Athletics Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Golf Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2020 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2020.



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Golf Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 Golf Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2018 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2018.



2017 Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Paintings by Albrecht Durer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Paintings by Albrecht Durer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Paintings by Albrecht Durer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Paintings by Alvise Vivarini Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Paintings by Alvise Vivarini Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Paintings by Alvise Vivarini Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Paintings by Paolo Uccello Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Paintings by Paolo Uccello Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Paintings by Paolo Uccello Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Sea Birds Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Sea Birds Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Sea Birds Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Space Apollo Union Program Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4

This counterfeit set was created in 2019 and back dated 2017. It was never on the market until 2019.



2017 Space Apollo Union Program Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Space Apollo Union Program Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Stalin and Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Stalin and Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Stalin and Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Steam Locomotives in Paintings Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Steam Locomotives in Paintings Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Steam Locomotives in Paintings Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 The Beatles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 The Beatles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 The Beatles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Tupolev Aircraft Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Tupolev Aircraft Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Tupolev Aircraft Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Vladimir Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Vladimir Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Vladimir Lenin Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



2017 Weapons of World War II Tanks Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2017 Weapons of World War II Tanks Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2017 Weapons of World War II Tanks Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1



Indeed this is monstrous what these criminals based in Russia are doing yes? Just like the hackers located in that country that are producing ransom ware and attacking infrastructure of many countries, these criminals are attacking collectors and dealers of stamps much in the same way. They need to be eradicated from the market....permanently.

In 2018 Topnimarka doubles production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Saint Thomas and Prince Islands!

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