BURUNDI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2011 Fauna of the World Series

Information and Reference of Illegal Fauna Stamps for Burundi Dating 2011

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On January 23, 2012 the postal administration for Burundi by request to K.J.S. McKeown (Director of Markets Development) posted to the Universal Postal Union a circular warning of the discovery of a number of illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 8. You can view the circular in its entirety in the PDF file I have linked here.

UPU Circular Number 8

It states the following.

Republic of Burundi – Counterfeit postage stamps

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Posts and Tourism of the REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI asks me to inform UPU member countries of the following:

"The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Posts and Tourism wishes to inform you again of the existence of several illegal issues being sold online in the name of the Republic of Burundi.

The following is a list of these illegal issues in our possession released in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in the name of our country and being sold on the Internet:

– Cats – Fauna

– African Fauna – Animals of the world

– Ferrari – Butterflies

– Fish – Dinosaurs

– Birds – Male chess masters

– Parrots – Submarines

– Dogs – Locomotives

– Owls – Planes of the world war

The following illegal issues were also sold on the Internet in 2009 and 2010:

– Trains

– Animaux sauvages

– Locomotives

We condemn such practices and recall that illegal stamp issues harm the reputation of not only Burundi Post, but also philatelic services in general. Furthermore, such issues are a flagrant violation of our national legislation on the production of postage stamps and of article 8 of the Universal Postal Convention and recommendation C 26/2008 of the 24th UPU Congress.

In this connection, we are counting on the initiatives taken by the UPU and the WADP to combat this phenomenon. We are also counting on the solidarity of other designated operators and our philatelic partners, whom we would ask to take the necessary measures to help us identify the perpetrators of these acts and bring them to justice.

We should also remind our philatelic partners and UPU member countries that our legal postage stamps issued since 2002 have been registered on the following website www.wnsstamps.ch."

Yours faithfully,

K.J.S. McKeown

Director of Markets Development

The circular vaguely describes topics of counterfeit sets made between 2009 and 2011. None are specified by year. Thus, the circular causes some confusion as several of the topics were actually issued by Burundi during those years. Especially in 2011 when Stamperija gained a contract and pumped out a massive glut of stamps of which many are on the topics described in the circular.

I wish to note the title of the circular as well. It says "Counterfeit postage stamps". Yet another circular verifying that illegal stamps are
counterfeit stamps.

Presently in 2022, we can see what was issued and what was not quite easily due to catalog listings online and offline. You will see that the illegal stamps are very different from the "issued" stamps and when searching in sales by the public how they easily "pop out" at you in the images provided.

Let us begin!

To start, here are recommended sites to use for reference. As I stated, the WNS system is short and incomplete on what is real. The stamps that are shown should be researched further before you buy them.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful. Sadly because of the glut of abusive issues in some years it is a pain to go through those pages.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Burundi

Some of the illegal stamps are shown in their Illegal Stamps section and noted as such. Several years are covered well. Still nothing close to what is out there as you will see.

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for Burundi

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be very helpful as well but there are problems. Again, because of the abuse many of the pages are extremely long.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Burundi

Here we go!

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and as color proof sets as well. Many exist on fake First Day Covers too.
Most times now (2022) 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 experts and savvy collectors.

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.

2011 Fauna of the World Series

In 2011 as shown on the previous page the British producer created a massive production of illegal stamps in the name of Burundi. The number of them is so large, having the following series on the topic of Fauna of the World would almost double the size of the page. So to make it less image intense, I created this page just for the Fauna of the World series.

The topic of this series is as the title implies, fauna. The series is huge with over 50 souvenir sheets that I have found. It is probable there are more. All of the following images taken from sale offers from various dealers (most are notorious counterfeit dealers) from different venues and websites. All of these counterfeits are sold individually or in specific animal topic "sets". Avoid them and the dealers who sell them.

Circular 8 describes the topic of fauna in several forms which makes it pretty clear this series is included.

2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Armadillos Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Bats Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 2

Sheet 1

Sheet 2


2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Finches Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Gulls and Terns Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Kiwis Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds of Prey Hawks and Eagles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 4

Sheet 1

Sheet 2


2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Parrots Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Parrots Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Parrots Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Pelicans Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Pheasants and Turkeys Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Birds Pigeons and Doves Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Butterflies Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Butterflies Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Chameleons Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Crocodiles and Alligators Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Deer Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Elephants Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Fish Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Fish Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Frogs and Toads Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Gorilla and Orangutan Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Hippopotamus Hippos Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Lemurs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Monkeys Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Owls Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Owls Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Penguins Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Rhinoceros Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Rodents Martens and Polecats Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Rodents Moles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Rodents Tenrec and Solenodon Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Seals Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Sharks Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Sharks Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Snakes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Snakes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Squirrels Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Turtles Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Whales Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Wild Cats Cheetahs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Wild Cats Fossa and Genet Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Wild Cats Jaguars and Lynxes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Wild Cats Lions Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Wild Cats Lynxes Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Burundi Fauna of the World Zebras Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 4



A fiendish plot to rip off topical collectors. Shocking yes? As stated on the previous page a massive number of counterfeits with a completely different style are produced by a completely different counterfeit producer in 2012.

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References taken from:
UPU Circular Number 8
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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