THE BENIN ILLEGAL STAMPS Continued
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Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Benin according to U.P.U. Circular 30

You can view circular 30 in PDF form by clicking on this link.

UPU Circular Number 30

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

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be helpful as well.

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

Here we go!

All imaged illegals are in the order listed in UPU Circular 30 page 14 through 16.

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and as color proof sets as well.
Most times now (2016) 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.

FLORA (Orchids) and Butterflies

The first sheetlet described in the UPU Circular seems not to exist! A sheetlet of nine stamps depicting orchids. I did find a sheetlet of six stamps featuring orchids which is not described in the circular but is of the exact same style as other illegal stamp sheetlets for other topics. So I am displaying it in place of the sheetlet described in the circular.

2003 Orchids Sheetlet with Six Stamps



2002 Orchids and Butterflies with Scouting Emblem Souvenir Sheetlet with Six Stamps

FILMS

2003 Actors and Actresses 75th Annual Academy Awards Sheetlets with Six Stamps



2003 Classic Movies Sheetlets with Six Stamps



2002 Actors and Actresses Sheetlet with Nine Stamps



2002/2003 Harry Potter Sheetlets with Nine Stamps



2003 James Bond 50th Anniversary Sheetlet with Six Stamps



2003 James Bond 50th Anniversary Souvenir Sheets



2002 Spiderman Sheetlet with Eight Stamps



2003 The Lord of the Rings, The Twin Towers Sheetlets with Nine Stamps

Fake First Day Covers exist for this as well.



2003 Terminator 3 Sheetlet with Nine Stamps

Leisure (Chess)

2002 Chess with Scouting Emblem Souvenir Sheet

WINDMILLS

2003 Windmills Sheetlets with Nine Stamps



2003 Windmills Souvenir Sheets

ORGANIZATIONS

2003 Red Cross Sheetlet with Nine Stamps



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

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