CONGO REPUBLIC ILLEGAL STAMPS
2008

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Congo Republic

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Congo Republic. 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 Congo Republic visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Congo Republic section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be helpful as well although there are "conflicts" between what is listed there and what is on the WNS system.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Congo Republic

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It is upgraded as of 2023 and shows counterfeits that may be missing here.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Congo Republic Illegal Stamps

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be helpful as well although again there are "conflicts" between what is listed there and what is on the WNS system.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Congo Republic

Or 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.

You will find the styles and designs of the following illegal stamps completely different.

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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 (2019) 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.

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.

2008

In 2008 a smaller number were produced still coming from the same source.

In 2008 Congo Republic did not officially issue any stamps according to the WNS system and the Colnect Online Catalog. The Stampworld catalog lists another set being issued that year. Why is that set not shown on the other two sites?

Congo Republic 2008 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Issued? 2008 Printer is Cartor Security Printing


Therefore any stamp dating 2008 in the name of the Congo Republic other than what is shown above is a counterfeit illegal stamp!

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Congo Republic dating 2008. 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.

2008 Anti-racism Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Souvenir Sheet of 2



2008 Birds Albatross Souvenir Sheet of 2



2008 Birds and Mushrooms Souvenir Sheets of 2



2008 Butterflies and Orchids Souvenir Sheets of 2



Here is an example of fake First Day Covers. Many of the illegal stamps are on them.

2008 Butterflies and Orchids Souvenir Sheets of 2 on Fake First Day Covers



2008 Classic Cars Souvenir Sheet of 4



2008 Cats Souvenir Sheets of 4



2008 Dogs Sheetlet of 9



2008 Dogs Souvenir Sheets of 4



2008 Dogs Single Counterfeit Illegal Stamps

I found these in 2019 being exclusively sold by user kleo53 on eBay. They are broken from a souvenir sheet which at this time cannot be found intact.



2008 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 1



2008 Albert Einstein Meteorites Sheetlet of 9



2008 Explorers of Africa and Animals Souvenir Sheets of 3




These "Famous People" illegal stamps have been offered by the user on eBay named kleo53 located in Estonia for years and appears to be exclusively controlled by the dealer. At least until now this means the dealer owns the complete stock of them. At the time of discovery I could not find anyone else offering even one of them. They were broken from illegal stamp souvenir sheets. The seller has many "exclusive" sales of these type of counterfeit stamps in the name of other countries as well.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

2008 Famous People Julia Roberts Counterfeit Illegal Stamps



2008 Famous People Madonna Counterfeit Illegal Stamps



2008 Ferrari Souvenir Sheet of 4



2008 Formula I Lewis Hamilton Souvenir Sheet of 2



2008 Formula I Felipe Massa Souvenir Sheet of 2



2008 Golf Stars Souvenir Sheets of 2

Such shoddy work. The fake stamp producers got the names on the souvenir sheets reversed!



2008 Horses Souvenir Sheet of 2



2008 Sea Shells and Sea Animals Souvenir Sheets of 2



2008 Space Shuttle MIR Missions Sheetlet of 9



2008 Waterfalls and Fauna Souvenir Sheets of 2



In 2009 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Congo Republic increased and new styles are introduced.

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References taken from:
WNS Stamp System
Online Major Catalogs
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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