BENIN ILLEGAL STAMPS
2005

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Benin Created in 2005

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 find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Benin visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Benin section.
Sadly, it has been found out that most series displayed in the 2002-3 listings which were submitted by the stamp agent were declared invalid by the Benin Postal administration and never released in Benin.

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 fully complete and shows many more illegal stamps not shown here.

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.

2005

In 2005 Benin officially issued 33 stamp issues.

The WNS system only shows 6 official stamp issues. They apparently do not recognize surcharged stamps. Some of the surcharged stamps have been recognized as official stamps according to the Scott Catalog. I will show the official issues recognized on both the WNS system and the Colnect online Catalog first. Then the surcharged issues.

Benin 2005 Centenary of Rotary International Scott 1328-1333
Issued February 1, 2005 Printer is Cartor Security Printing


Not shown on the WNS system.
Benin 2005 Centenary of Rotary International Souvenir Sheet Scott 1333a


Surcharged stamps with Scott Numbers.

Benin 2005 Surcharged Stamps with Scott Numbers Scott 1334,1347,1355,1356


Surcharged stamps without Scott Numbers but listed in Michel.

Benin 2005 Surcharged Stamps listed in Michel


You can see that a lot of the surcharged stamps listed by Michel are stamps that were unauthorized by Benin in their original issue dates. this is most likely why they are not listed in the Scott catalog. Where is the proof that these were actually even surcharged by the Benin postal authorities? An interesting research project for someone.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Benin dating 2005. 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.

2005 Bats and Frogs in Souvenir Sheets of 1

See below for counterfeit illegal stamps of the opposite format "Frogs and Bats".



2005 Belgium Royal Family in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 Big Cats and Scouts in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2005 Big Cats and Scouts in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 Birds of Prey in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2005 Butterflies and Minerals in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2005 Butterflies and Orchids in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2005 Butterflies and Scouts Logo in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 Dalmations Disneyland 50th Anniversary in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 Dalmations Disneyland 50th Anniversary Fake Proof



2005 Dinosaurs and Scouts Logo in Sheetlet of 9



2005 Dinosaurs and Scouts Logo in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 Dogs in Sheetlet of 9



2005 Elvis Presley in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 EUROPA in Sheetlet of 9



2005 EUROPA in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2005 Frogs and Bats in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 Gandhi in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 Orchids and Minerals in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2005 Orchids with Scouts Logo in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 Owls and Turtles in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheets of 2



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheets of 1 (Horizontal)



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheets of 1 (Vertical)



2005 Rolling Stones in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 The Beatles in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2005 Tiger Woods Golf in Souvenir Sheet of 1



In 2006 the assault of illegal stamps in the name of Benin continues and got a little worse.

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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