IVORY COAST ILLEGAL STAMPS
2016
Cote d'Ivoire

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for the Ivory Coast Created in 2016

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.

2016

In 2016 the production of illegal stamps in the name of Cote d'Ivoire returned in full force! Why?

In 2016 Ivory Coast did not officially issue any stamp issues.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for the Ivory coast dating 2016. 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!

From 2016 to present day we can see there are 4 main sellers of the newest illegal stamps on eBay. All are "big" dealers. Because of the fact that now (2018) these dealers are offering the latest and "greatest" illegal stamps for the Ivory Coast, it shows collaboration with or evidence that they are directly connected with the producers or are the producers themselves. They are:

snowflower2008
eren3049
marlen-stamps
europolstamps

Now we add the Russian based user that was outside the group and a competitor to them.

kir30kirill kicked off eBay in 2019

I present them in alphabetical order of titles as there is no logical order for illegal stamps.

2016 Battle of Jutland in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Battle of Jutland in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Richard Byrd in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2016 Richard Byrd in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Richard Byrd in Souvenir Sheets of 1




2016 Cats in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Cats in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Chess in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Chess in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Columbus in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Columbus in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Emperors of China in Sheetlets of 16



2016 Emperors of China in Sheetlets of 12



2016 Emperors of China in Sheetlet of 6



2016 Emperors of China in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2016 Fire Engines in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Fire Engines in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Gandhi in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Gandhi in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Lighthouses in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Lighthouses in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Locomotives in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Locomotives in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Minerals in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Minerals in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Napoleon in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Napoleon in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Napoleon in Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 1

Here we have our "Russia" based illegal stamp producer spewing out another pile of junk.




2016 Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2016 Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2016 Olympic Champions Ski Freestyle Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2016 Olympic Champions Ski Freestyle Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Olympic Champions Ski Freestyle Turin 2006 in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2016 History of the Summer Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2016 History of the Summer Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 History of the Summer Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2016 120th Anniversary of the Olympic Movement in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com. This set has no date inscription.



2016 120th Anniversary of the Olympic Movement in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 120th Anniversary of the Olympic Movement in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2016 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Pandas in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Pandas in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Parrots in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Parrots in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Pope Francis in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Pope Francis in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Prehistoric Animals in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Prehistoric Animals in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Red Cross in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Red Cross in Souvenir Sheet of 1



This next bunch of fakes are famous science related people.

2016 Science Albert Einstein in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Albert Einstein in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Dmitri Mendeleiev in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Dmitri Mendeleiev in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Ernst Rutherford in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Ernst Rutherford in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science George Ohm in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science George Ohm in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Isaac Newton in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Isaac Newton in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Lev Landau in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Lev Landau in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Marie Curie in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Marie Curie in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Neils Bohr in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Neils Bohr in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Robert Oppenheimer in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Robert Oppenheimer in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Science Sergei Korolev in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Science Sergei Korolev in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Scouts Baden Powell in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Scouts Baden Powell in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Sea Shells in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Sea Shells in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Sled Dogs in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Sled Dogs in Souvenir Sheet of 1



Now space related fakes.

2016 Space Apollo 15 in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Space Apollo 15 in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Space Station MIR in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Space Station MIR in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Space New Horizons in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Space New Horizons in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Space Shuttle Columbia in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Space Shuttle Columbia in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Submarines in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Submarines in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Submarines Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets on Fake First Day Covers with Fake Cancels

You can find most of these two stamp or triangle stamp fake FDC's being sold by Marlen Stamps.



2016 Summer Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Summer Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Walt Disney in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Walt Disney in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Winston Churchill in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Winston Churchill in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 World Cup Soccer in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 World Cup Soccer in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Year of the Monkey in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Year of the Monkey in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2016 Year of the Rooster in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2016 Year of the Rooster in Souvenir Sheet of 1



In 2017 production of illegal stamps continues at a steady pace unhindered.

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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