DJIBOUTI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2004

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Djibouti Created in 2004

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Djibouti. 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 verify what stamps are real and legitimate for Djibouti visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Djibouti section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

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.

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be helpful.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Djibouti

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It is far from complete but will help you verify many as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Djibouti Illegal Stamps

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be helpful as well.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Djibouti

In 2004 when Djibouti produced circular 226 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.

2004

In 2004 Djibouti officially issued 7 different stamp issues.

Djibouti 2004 Unknown Soldier Scott 832


Djibouti 2004 27th Anniversary of Independence Scott 833


Djibouti 2004 Dragon Tree Scott 834


Djibouti 2004 UNICEF Scott 835


Djibouti 2004 Camel Caravan Scott 836


Djibouti 2004 National Arms Scott 838


Djibouti 2004 Friendship with China Scott 839-843


Note how all the genuine stamp issues are of the same style and how the themes are about things within the country. Djibouti has always been a conservative stamp issuing entity since 1977.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Djibouti dating 2004 that are not listed in circular 226. 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.

2004 Cats in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Chess in Sheetlets of 6



2004 Concorde in Sheetlet of 6

This sheetlet was not described in circular 226 with the sheetlet of 25 and souvenir sheet of 2.



2004 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 1

This souvenir sheet was not described in circular 226 with the sheetlet of 25.



2004 Elvis Presley in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Fire Engines in Souvenir Sheets of 1

These souvenir sheets were not described in circular 226 with the sheetlets of 25.



2004 Lighthouses in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Orchids in Souvenir Sheetlet of 4



2004 Owls in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2004 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2004 Ronald Reagan in Souvenir Sheet of 1



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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 226
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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