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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 22 through 26.

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.

Famous people (Pope John Paul II, actors, actresses, singers, musical groups, etc.)

Pope John Paul II, also with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana

2003 Pope John Paul II (His Holiness John Paul II) Sheetlet of Six



The UPU circular describes another sheetlet very similar to the above sheetlet only inscribed as the souvenir sheet below. I could not find it anywhere on the internet.

2003 Pope John Paul II (Holy Father John Paul II) Souvenir Sheet



2003 Pope John Paul II, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa Souvenir Sheet



2003 Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa Souvenir Sheet

In the UPU circular this souvenir sheet is described in detail. A second description is added in for this imaged CTO souvenir sheet describing the cancel in detail. I could not find the mint version anywhere.



2003 Pope John Paul II and Princess Diana Souvenir Sheets

The smaller images are from a website that is notorious for selling illegal stamps. The larger one from Delcampe.



2003 Pope John Paul II Souvenir Sheets

There are other versions of this same style that exist.



2003 Princess Diana and Pope John Paul II Diana Souvenir Sheets



2003 Princess Diana and Pope John Paul II Diana Sheetlet of Nine

Various famous women (actresses, singers)

2003 Actresses (Les Actrices) Souvenir Sheetlet of Six



2003 Britney Spears Sheetlet of Nine



2002 Isabella Rosselini Sheetlet of Nine



2002 Isabella Rosselini Souvenir Sheets



2003 Madonna with Rotary International Emblem Souvenir Sheet



2003 Madonna with Rotary International Emblem Souvenir Sheetlets of Four



2002 Nadja Auermann Souvenir Sheet

Elvis Presley

2002 Elvis Presley Souvenir Sheetlet of Six



2002 Elvis Presley and 2003 Elvis Presley Souvenir Sheets



2002 Elvis Presley Sheetlet of Nine



2003 Elvis Presley Sheetlets of Six

The UPU circular also describes these being sold individually as imperforates and singles being sold separately.



2003 Elvis Presley Sheetlet of Six



2002 Elvis Presley Walt Disney Sheetlet of Six



2002 Elvis Presley Walt Disney Souvenir Sheet



2003 Elvis Presley Sheetlet of Ten

Again this sheetlet appears only available on the website noted previously that only gives small images.



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

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