HAITI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2005

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Haiti Dating 2005 according to U.P.U. Circular 367 and other resources

On November 21, 2005 the postal administration for Haiti by request to K.J.S. McKeown (Director of Markets) posted to the Universal Postal Union a circular warning of the discovery of illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 367. You can view it in the linked file below:

UPU Circular Number 367

The circular describes a number of sets that were created in 2005 depicting images related to Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Sadly Haiti only issued this one circular. Many more illegal stamps in the name of Haiti were created then and up to present times. The following pages will document them and show you what to avoid when buying stamps of Haiti to collect or to resell.

The illegal stamps described in the circular are still on the market today. They are available through private stamp dealers and their websites. They are available on eBay and Delcampe. They are everywhere! These illegal issues are fabrication of stamps that have never had any postal validity in Haiti and have been denounced as fraudulent. They were and are created by certain greedy, unethical and immoral stamp dealers. Any stamp seller out there that offers these "stamps" either does not know they are illegal stamps or is deceitful and they should be avoided at all costs. The deceitful ones, prey upon unknowing collectors new and old. They prey upon topical collectors mostly because the majority do not have the knowledge that they are worthless in the stamp market. Some are quite obvious because they have hundreds of lots available on eBay and other public auction venues.

For years now there has been arguments as to whether these issues should be imaged for public viewing. The against argument being that collectors that see images of them will want them for their collections. We can see by the availability on the market and the sales generated that this argument has not worked. By only relying on descriptions of the illegal stamps through the UPU circulars the majority of collectors don't even know what they are.

I am a firm advocate against illegal stamps and the creators of them and the sellers of them. Perspective buyers of them need more than UPU circulars to be alerted to the problem. They need to see them and be able to recognize them when they are searching for stamps to buy on the internet or at stamp shows or buying from local dealers.

Because I am independent and run a site that is very public for collectors, I have decided that it is time for someone to display images of these illegal issues that have and are being reported to the UPU. The countries that are being victimized by these fraudulent printers need help and the UPU is not enough. It is up to you and me to get the word out and to let everyone know and understand about them since auction venues, stamp societies and catalogs seem to want to ignore the problem. Some who sell these fakes are large volume stamp dealers with supposed impeccable reputations. Some are in high positions in the stamp societies and in the auction venues. They in turn are avoiding the very problem by allowing these kind of sellers to peddle this junk because they also sell legitimate stamps on a large scale. The only way to stop the flow is to hit them where it hurts.

If they are selling this junk then avoid them!
Even if they have legitimate stamps for sale. Buy from sellers that do not have these in their offerings. If you are buying legitimate stamps from them you are still supporting the illegal stamp trade because they are supporting it. Tell them that you do not want to buy from them because they sell illegal stamps. There is no excuse to make them available to anyone.

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Haiti. Please remember that the producers of these illegal stamps 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 Haiti visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Haiti section. You will be amazed to see that only a couple issues dating 2002 and 2003 are listed. This is because since 2003 Haiti has been in political turmoil and has had many other problems. Since 2003 they have not issued any stamps at all! Yet there a ton for sale dating many of the years in which there should be none offered.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful and will give you a much clearer picture of what stamps are real.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Haiti

Some of the illegal stamps are shown in their Cinderella section and noted as such. Still nothing close to what is out there as you will see.

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for Haiti

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

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Haiti

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 (2020) 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.

I will note the illegal stamps that are described in the circular and in Scott catalog.

2005

In 2005 the British producers began production of illegal stamps in the name of Haiti. These same producers are the ones that started the illegal stamp trade. It is pretty much obvious who they are yet they have never been fully exposed nor dealt with significantly by the victimized countries nor the UPU namely because of a lack of leadership in regards to the illegal stamp phenomena.

In 2005 Haiti did issue the circular shown but it only covered the Pope related sets. Another set of counterfeit illegal stamps were produced and placed on the market which apparently the Haiti Postal authorities were not aware of at the time they created the circular. Both sets have been extensively sold and are still being extensively offered and sold to this day in 2020. Mostly by the same distributors associated with the British producers since they were created. All of them need to be taken down....permanently.

First I will show you the souvenir sheets that are denounced in the circular. Then I will show the other set.

Sellers that are offering these counterfeit illegal stamps as of June 2020. If you compare you will find they are the same illegal stamp distributors involved in selling many counterfeit illegal stamps.

On eBay.

topic-stamps
kvant13

On Delcampe

phildom_domfil
JandR_Stamps
lewant

On Hipstamps

artstamps aka Isabeldelatour
rogerpo99
Newshop2012

All of the following Pope related counterfeit illegal stamps exist in four different languages. They are French, English, Latin and Polish.
I present them in the order as described in circular 367.

2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 6 eight gourdes



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 6 ten gourdes



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 6 fifteen gourdes



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 3 twenty gourdes



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 3 thirty gourdes



2005 Pope Benedict XVI in Souvenir Sheet of 6 eight gourdes



2005 Pope Benedict XVI in Souvenir Sheet of 6 ten gourdes



2005 Pope Benedict XVI in Souvenir Sheet of 6 fifteen gourdes



2005 Pope Benedict XVI in Souvenir Sheets of 3 twenty-five gourdes



Now for the counterfeit illegal stamps dating 2005 that are not listed in the circular.

2005 Alphonse Mucha Paintings of Women in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Label



2005 Butterflies Scouts Logo's in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Baden Powell Label



2005 Exotic Birds Scouts Logo's in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Baden Powell Label



2005 Fire Trucks Fire Engines in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Label



2005 Harley Davidson Motorcycles in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Label



2005 Lighthouses Birds Scouts Logo's in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Baden Powell Label



2005 Lighthouses Dolphin Orca Scouts Logo's in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Baden Powell Label



2005 Military Aircraft in Souvenir Sheets of 4 Plus Albert Einstein Label



2005 Military Aircraft in Souvenir Sheets of 4 Plus Albert Einstein Label on Fake First Day Covers

These fake FDC's are being exclusively sold by Espace Lollini Stamps, a notorious illegal stamp designer and distributor.



2005 Olympic Games in London 2012 in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Label



2005 Pope John Paul II in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Label



2005 Prehistoric Art Scouts Logo's in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Baden Powell Label



2005 Prehistoric Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 4 Plus Jules Verne Label



The production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Haiti in 2006.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 367
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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