THE AFGHANISTAN ILLEGAL STAMPS Continued
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Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Afghanistan according to U.P.U. Circular 2 and 177

You can view circular 2 in PDF form by clicking on this link.

UPU Circular Number 2

You can view circular 177 in PDF form by clicking on this link.

UPU Circular Number 177

To find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Afghanistan visit the UPU WNS website.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

No stamps were issued for Afghanistan in 2000

Here we go!

All imaged illegal stamps are for the year 2000.

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and on fake First Day covers.
Most times now (2018) the souvenir sheet sets and sheetlet sets are sold individually. In some cases the stamps have been removed from the sheetlets and souvenir sheets. All of these "tactics" are used to avoid detection by UPU circular descriptions.

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.

On this page I have separated the Scott Catalog "unauthorized printing" sets from the verified illegal stamp sets. You can see the extreme difference in styles showing us that other illegal stamp producers became involved.

2000 (Unauthorized Printing)

2000 Cats Illegal Stamp Set of Six


2000 Cats Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of One


2000 Birds (WIPA Expo) Illegal Stamp Set of Six


2000 Birds (WIPA Expo) Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of One

2000 (Illegal Stamps)

This is when new producers literally took over producing Afghanistan illegal stamps. Listed in order of U.P.U. Circular 2.

2000 Ancient Sailing Ships Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine

Images taken from the Stampdile network. i could not find these available elsewhere at the time of the creation of this page.


2000 Horses Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine (horizontal)


2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine (vertical)


2000 Eagles and Owls Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


2000 Cats Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Dogs Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Fauna Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine (vertical)


2000 Fauna Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine (horizontal)


2000 Birds of Prey Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Six


2000 Birds of Prey Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of One


2000 Flora Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


The circular is wrong in dating the Orchids souvenir sheet. It is dated 1999.

2000 Insects Beetles Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


2000 Usama Bin Laden Wanted Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


2000 Elvis Presley Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Marilyn Monroe Illegal Stamp Block of Four


2000 Marilyn Monroe Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Millennium Movie Icons of the 20th Century Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 Great People of the 20th Century Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


2000 Fish Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


2000 Antique Cars Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine


2000 English Trains Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine


In 2001 production of the illegal stamps for Afghanistan slowed.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 2 and 177
Scott Stamp Catalog
Internet Research

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