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

The Afghan Postal Authority reconstituted in 2002. In 2007 only nine stamps were officially issued. They were:

2007 Anniversary of Parliamentary Elections - Successful Completion of Bonn Process Official Stamp Issued April 19


2007 800th Anniversary of birth of Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi Roomi Official Stamp Issued May 24


2007 National Dance - Aten Milli Official Stamp Issued August 19


2007 National Day of Fine Arts - Awal Mir, Master Singer of Afghanistan Official Stamp Issued September 25


2007 First Female singer of Afghanistan - Lat Par Official Stamp Issued September 25


2007 3rd Meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities Official Stamp Issued December 22


2007 National Unity Official Stamps Issued December 22


Here we go!

All imaged illegal stamps are for the year 2007.

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.

2007 (Illegal Stamps)

From this point on all illegal stamps imaged are based on the WNS Stamp system. If they are not listed there....they are illegal stamps!

The criminal illegal stamp producers gave it one more shot for Afghanistan.

2007 Art of the Middle Ages Diego Velazquez Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Art of the Middle Ages Rembrandt Van Rijn Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Art of the Middle Ages Peter Paul Rubens Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Art of the Middle Ages Nicolas Poussin Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Art of the Middle Ages Caravaggio Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Fauna Prehistoric Animals Barnum Brown Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two
There are probably other pieces to this oversized group.


2007 Fauna Prehistoric Animals Richard Owen Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


2007 Fauna Prehistoric Animals Andrew Carnegie Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


2007 Fauna Prehistoric Animals Edward Drinker Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


2007 Fauna Prehistoric Animals Othniel Marsh Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


2007 Walt Disney Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Mother Teresa Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 The Beatles Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two


2007 Scout Centenary Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


2007 Beijing Summer Olympics (2008) Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of Two


After 2007 production of the illegal stamps for Afghanistan appears to have stopped. At least....for now.

This is the end of the study at present for Illegal Stamps for Afghanistan. It shows us the same producers of these illegal issues are producing illegal stamps in the name of many countries. It continues to this day and nobody has yet come forward to punish the producers and the sellers.

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

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