IVORY COAST ILLEGAL STAMPS
2014
Cote d'Ivoire

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for the Ivory Coast Created in 2014

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.

2014

In 2014 the stamp agency Stamperija gained a contract with the Ivory Coast. When this occurred illegal stamp production virtually ceased for the Ivory Coast. There is only one reason possible as to why this could be. The patterns are showing us that Stamperija and the earlier agency Impressor S.A. have influence with illegal stamp producers.

During 2014 Stamperija had 19 souvenir sheets of 4 and numerous single stamp souvenir sheets produced. All have very similar styles to the earlier (and later) illegal stamps. All have the same use of topics not related to anything about the Ivory Coast. Here are a couple of examples of the "issues".

Ivory Coast 2014 Endangered Species Scott 1219 and 1243



Ivory Coast 2014 Dinosaurs Scott 1218 and 1242



These have been listed by the major catalogs. They have not been listed on the WNS system. Why? Stamperija only had a contract with the Ivory Coast for 2014. After that....nothing.

Following are images of the only verified illegal stamps I have found offered for the Ivory coast dating 2014. There appear not to be any more. These I found in searches on eBay and Delcampe and all are illegal stamps made by producers bent on ripping you off!

2014 World Cup Soccer (FIFA) in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2014 World Cup Soccer (FIFA) in Souvenir Sheet of 2



In 2015 the Russian based dealers who I believe are also the producers appear. The company is called Topnimarka.com located in Moscow Russia.
They have created a new website called stamps-world.eu as well in 2019. Everything they are selling on both sites is fake and counterfeit stamps.
They are of pure evil mass producing counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of many countries. The "styles" unique to themselves, these people are producing and selling counterfeit stamps at a massive rate dating to current times. They are even producing fake stamps for countries controlled by Stamperija. Stamperija's owner has stated that he knows who most of the counterfeit producers are and has some control over stopping their productions at least for countries he has contracts with. This is not the case for this producer. Being located in Russia, I guess they believe that nobody can stop them. I am exposing them which is the first step.
I will note them all "Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps".

I have discovered that this company is producing counterfeit stamps in later years and back dating them. This is the case for the 2014 sets.

2014 Ice Hockey World Championship Belarus in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com.



2014 Ice Hockey World Championship Belarus in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2014 Paralympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com.



2014 Paralympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2014 Paralympic Games in Souvenir Sheets of 1



And that is all I could find dating 2014!

In 2015 production of illegal stamps was slow. It appears only the Russian producer made a few sets.

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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