BENIN ILLEGAL STAMPS
2004

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Benin Created in 2004

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Benin. Please remember that the producers of these illegals are not only greedy, they are crude and sometimes disgusting which is the nature of these people.

To verify what stamps are real and legitimate for Benin visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Benin section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

You can also get a very good reference of what was officially issued from the Colnect website.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Benin

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 Benin Illegal Stamps

I have also found the StampWorld Catalog an excellent resource.

The StampWorld Online Catalog for Benin

You can also use a respectable catalog like Scott or Stanley Gibbons. Do not listen to these dealers trying to convince you they are something other than illegal stamps.

In 2004 when Benin produced circular 30 they did not know that there were more illegal stamps that were being circulated than what they listed. This has occurred for many of the victim countries. To correct it I have researched them all using the major catalog listings and the WNS system as reference to what was officially issued.

Here we go!

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and as color proof sets as well. Some exist on fake First Day Covers too.
Most times now (2018) 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 and search terms.

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.

2004

In 2004 Benin officially issued 4 stamp issues.

Benin 2004 Fight Against Children Trafficking Scott 1324-1327
Issued August 31, 2004 Printer is ITVF (Imprimerie de Timbres-Poste)


Unlike the previous year (2003) the Colnect Catalog and the WNS system are saying the same thing.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Benin dating 2004 that are not listed in circular 30. The circular was posted in February of 2004 thus these are of course....not listed. There may and probably are more. All of these I found in searches on eBay and Delcampe and all are illegal stamps made by producers bent on ripping you off!

I present them in alphabetical order of titles as there is no logical order for illegal stamps.

2004 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2004 Princess Diana and the Royal Family in Souvenir Sheets of 6

75th Birthday of Mickey Mouse

2004 Disney Mickey Mouse and Minnie in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse and Minnie at Drive-in in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Bambi in Souvenir Sheet of 1



Example of the Feigenbaum fake color proofs.

2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Bambi Souvenir Sheet Color Proofs



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Chipmunks in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Golf in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Lighthouse in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Tennis in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Baseball in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Dumbo in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Fantasia in Souvenir Sheet of 1



Another example of the Feigenbaum fake color proofs.

2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Fantasia Souvenir Sheet Color Proofs



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Goofy Baseball in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Goofy Basketball in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Lady and the Tramp in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Mary Poppins in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Minnie in Car in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Pinocchio in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse The Sword and the Stone in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Tweety Bird Jazz Band in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Wise Old Owl in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse Playing Baseball in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Disney Mickey Mouse 75th Birthday in Souvenir Sheets of 2



Yet another example of the Feigenbaum fake color proofs.

2004 Disney Mickey Mouse 75th Birthday in Souvenir Sheet of 2 Color Proofs

End of 75th Birthday of Mickey Mouse

2004 Elvis Presley in Souvenir Sheet of 6



2004 Fire Engines in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Lord of the Rings in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Owls in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2004 Owls and Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 6



2004 Owls and Turtles in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Penguins and Lighthouses in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Rugby Illegal Stamp Set of 9



2004 Rugby in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2004 Trains in Souvenir Sheet of 6



2004 Whinnie the Pooh in Souvenir Sheet of 6



In 2005 the assault of illegal stamps in the name of Benin continues.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 30
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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