IVORY COAST ILLEGAL STAMPS
2013
Cote d'Ivoire

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for the Ivory Coast Created in 2013

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for the Ivory Coast. 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 the Ivory coast visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Cote d'Ivoire section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Ivory Coast

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 Ivory Coast Illegal Stamps

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

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Ivory Coast

According to the postal administration for the Ivory Coast all officially issued stamps for the Ivory Coast starting in 2002 are listed on the WNS website and are updated to the present time. This means that if the stamp is not listed on the WNS system that it is an illegal stamp. There is no argument against this that can be made. If you have an argument against any of the following determined illegal stamp issues as to their validity, then take it up with the Ivory Coast postal administration. You will find...you cannot win. You can also 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.

In 2004 when the Ivory Coast produced circular 63 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.

2013

Due to political conflicts stamp production virtually ceased for the Ivory Coast until 2013. In 2008 two stamps were officially issued. After that it was not until 2013 that any more official stamps were issued for the Ivory Coast according to the WNS system.

It is strange that illegal stamp production virtually ceased between the years 2005 until 2009. See the previous pages to see what happened.

In 2013 Ivory Coast officially issued 12 different stamp issues.

Ivory Coast 2013 30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with China Scott 1187
Issued March 2, 2013 Printer is unknown
The Scott number covers the four stamps in a strip of four.


Ivory Coast 2013 30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with China Souvenir Sheet Scott 1188
Issued March 2, 2013 Printer is unknown
The Scott Catalog states the souvenir is on plastic with no gum.


Ivory Coast 2013 Historic Sites and Monuments Scott 1189-1191
Issued August 1, 2013 Printer is Cartor


Ivory Coast 2013 Turtle and Waterfall Scott 1192
Issued August 12, 2013 Printer is Cartor
Scott catalog separated this stamp from the Flora issue below. I theorize because it is not strictly "flora".


Ivory Coast 2013 Flora Parasitic and Aquatic Plants Scott 1193-1195
Issued August 12, 2013 Printer is Cartor


In 2013 illegal stamp production in the name of the Ivory Coast increased. Other illegal stamp producers began circulating their fake stamps and new styles are introduced. Huge sets were produced for some topics.

Any stamps with the Cote d'Ivoire country name other than the official stamps shown above dating 2013 are illegal stamps. There is no denial of that fact.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for the Ivory coast dating 2013. 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.

2013 African Fauna in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Aircraft Carriers in Souvenir Sheet of 2

Note this clown seller wants to watermark all over it. On some the seller has "Do not copy" on them. Really? Sue me dude....



2013 Anniversaries in Souvenir Sheets of 2

Here we have another "new design". Note the watermarked ones. There's that stampgroup.eu one again. How about naming your "group" fake-stampgroup.eu? Ahhh and of course....Marlen Stamps....



2013 Art Impressionism Paintings in Souvenir Sheets of 2

This next set is so huge I need to break it up just to get it to download properly. Again the "new design". All of them are fakes. Most of the images from yours truly....Marlen Stamps. Have the originals as proof. All being offered on eBay without any description as to what they are.....illegal stamps.
Only asking $14-20.00 for one!
I found 82 different ones. There are probably a few more.

















2013 Art Impressionism Paintings Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet on Fake First Day Cover

The asking price around $25.00. It is not even worth 25c! Practically all of these are offered on fake covers with fake cancels.



2013 Bats in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Battle of Koursk in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Battle of Koursk in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Biplanes Airplanes in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Birds in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Butterflies in Sheetlets of 6



2013 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheets of 1 (triangles)



2013 Cars Ferrari in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Cats in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Cats in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Chess in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Dinosaurs in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Dogs in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Dogs in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Eagles in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Eagles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Falcons in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Famous Leaders in Souvenir Sheets of 1

This next set is also so huge I need to break it up just to get it to download properly. This "set" is a carry over from the 2012 set. Guess pieces of it sold so well (as they still are today) the pigs decided to make a massive set of them.















2013 Famous Leaders Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet on Fake First Day Cover

The asking price around $25.00. It is not even worth 25c! Again, practically all of these are offered on fake covers with fake cancels.



2013 First Woman in Space in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Doesn't this style of souvenir sheet seem familiar? Kind of like the massive onslaught of abusive issues made by certain stamp agencies....



2013 First Woman in Space in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Fish in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Fish in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Paul Gauguin Fake Maxi-cards

These are from the Art Impressionists souvenir sheet shown above. No stamps like this issued in 2013, therefore these are illegal stamps on a postcards and that is all they are.



2013 Gorillas in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Horses in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Locomotives in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Locomotives in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Mao Zedong on Single Stamps with no Date Inscription



2013 Mao Zedong in Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Mao Zedong in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Margaret Thatcher in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Margaret Thatcher in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Motorcycles Harley Davidson in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Mushrooms in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Owls in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Pandas in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Parrots in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Penguins in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Penguins Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet on Fake First Day Cover

The asking price around $25.00. It is not even worth 25c!



2013 Science Large Hadron Collider in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Shells in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Ships in Sheetlets of 6



2013 Space Stations in Souvenir Sheets of 1




2013 Starfish in Sheetlet of 6



2013 Turtles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Whales in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Year of the Horse in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Year of the Horse in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Year of the Serpent in Souvenir Sheet of 1



In 2014 production of illegal stamps virtually ceases until 2016! Why??

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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