IVORY COAST ILLEGAL STAMPS
2018
Cote d'Ivoire

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for the Ivory Coast Created in 2018

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.

2018

In 2018 the production and sales of illegal stamps in the name of Cote d'Ivoire continue unhindered. Not for long.....

In 2018 Ivory Coast officially has registered on the WNS system 5 different stamp issues as of December 16. I will update this page if status changes.

Ivory Coast 2018 35th Anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Ivorian diplomatic relations
Issued March 2, 2018 Printer is Imprimerie de TP Admin Postale China Beijing


Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for the Ivory coast dating 2018. 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!

Presently we can see there are 6 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
mapka666
europolstamps
globalphila

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

kir30kirill (Kicked off eBay in 2019)

On Delcampe:

mapka
w4stamps

We can see there is a competition between at least two illegal stamp producers. One is based in the Eastern Europe area. The other is unknown but could be U.S. or U.K. based. You can tell which by the extreme differences in styles.

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

2018 African Fauna in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 African Fauna in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Anniversaries Death of Roald Amundsen in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Death of Roald Amundsen in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Anniversaries Death of Charles Aznavour in Souvenir Sheets of 2 and 1

At the time I acquired the image for this counterfeit illegal stamps set they were being exclusively offered by globalphila right in the middle of 2018. This shows evidence that the eBay user is the producer and distributer of them as a ton of past (and preserved I might add) evidence has been obtained on this user showing the timing and patterns of distribution to other users. This is his image reduced in size taken from his offer on eBay. The other anniversaries sets were offered in the same fashion. First offered by globalphila for several months....then the others began offering them. The criminal network....



2018 Anniversaries Death of Martin Luther King Jr. in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Death of Martin Luther King Jr. in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Anniversaries Death of George Stephenson in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Death of George Stephenson in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Henry Dunant in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Henry Dunant in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Jules Verne in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Jules Verne in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Ernesto Guevera in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Ernesto Guevera in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Karl Marx in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Anniversaries Birth of Karl Marx in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Asteroids in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Asteroids in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Automobiles in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2018 Automobiles in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Basketball in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Basketball in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Basketball Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets on Fake First Day Covers

Nearly all of the illegal stamps of this style can be found on these fake FDC's. All are worthless....



2018 Basketball Yao Ming in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com. Here is a prime example of the competition between the counterfeit producers and distributors.



2018 Basketball Yao Ming in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Basketball Yao Ming in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Bees in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Bees in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Bees in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Bees in Souvenir Sheet of 1 (triangle)



2018 Birds Aquatic in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Birds Aquatic in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Butterflies in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Cars 140th Anniversary of Andre-Gustave Citroen in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com. More than likely these are in single stamp souvenir sheets as well. It appears the criminal dealer waits for a couple sales before offering single stamp souvenir sheets.



2018 Cars 140th Anniversary of Andre-Gustave Citroen in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Cats in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Cats in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Crocodiles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Crocodiles in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Dogs Nordic in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Dogs Nordic in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Dogs in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Dogs in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Dolphins in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Dolphins in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Eagles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Eagles in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Elephants in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Elephants in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Fake Principality d'Ivore Stamps Featuring Famous People and Buildings

In my research to find counterfeit illegal stamps, I ran across these being sold exclusively by one seller. It is guaranteed that there is no principality of the Ivory Coast. This seller was and is offering many fake "principality" stamps. Avoid any seller offering them.



2018 Fish in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Fish in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Golf in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Golf in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Golfers of the World in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Golfers of the World in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Horses in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Horses in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Ice Hockey in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Ice Hockey in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Impressionists Edgar Degas in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Noting the seller states this is the year of issue. Note there is no year date on the stamps. A complete fake. We have your user name buddy....



2018 Impressionists Claude Monet in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Lighthouses and Sailing Ships in Souvenir Sheets of 3

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



2018 Lighthouses and Sailing Ships in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Lighthouses and Shells in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Lighthouses and Shells in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Lions in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Lions in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Mao Zedong in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Mao Zedong in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Monkeys in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Monkeys in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Mushrooms (Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com. Here is another example of the competition between the counterfeit producers and distributors.



2018 Mushrooms (Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Mushrooms (Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Mushrooms (Different Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Mushrooms (Different Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Mushrooms (Different Russian Made Counterfeits) in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Nicholas II in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Nicholas II in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Nicholas II in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Olympics Champions in Souvenir Sheets of 2

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




2018 Olympics History in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Olympics History in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Olympics History in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Olympic Games in Souvenir Sheets of 3

Here's that no date guy again....



2018 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Parrots in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Parrots in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Pink Floyd in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Pink Floyd in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Pink Floyd Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet on Fake First Day Cover

Another example of a fake cover. Again worthless....



2018 Rugby in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Rugby in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Sailing Ships in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2018 Sailing Ships in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Sea Turtles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Sea Turtles in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Sharks in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Sharks in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Soccer Russia in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Soccer Russia in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Soccer in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Soccer in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Soccer (Football) World Cup in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Soccer (Football) World Cup in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Soccer (Football) World Cup in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Space Youri Gagarine in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Space Youri Gagarine in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Space Russia in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2018 Space Russia in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Space Vanguard 1 in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Space Vanguard 1 in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Space in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Our no date guy again.....



2018 Space in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Summer Olympics in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Summer Olympics in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Summer Olympics in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Table Tennis in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Table Tennis in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Tigers in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Tigers in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Whales in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 Whales in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 Winter Olympics in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Noting no date on the stamps again.



2018 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 World War 1 Aircraft in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 World War 1 Aircraft in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 World War 2 Aircraft Carriers in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 World War 2 Aircraft Carriers in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 World War 2 Aircraft in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 World War 2 Aircraft in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 World War 2 Leaders in Souvenir Sheets of 4

Again undated stamps.



2018 World War 2 Submarines in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 World War 2 Submarines in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 World War 2 Tanks in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2018 World War 2 Tanks in Souvenir Sheet of 1



2018 World War 2 Yalta Conference Joseph V. Stalin in Souvenir Sheet of 4

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



2018 World War 2 Yalta Conference Joseph V. Stalin in Souvenir Sheet of 2



2018 World War 2 Yalta Conference Joseph V. Stalin in Souvenir Sheets of 1



2018 Year of the Pig (2019) in Souvenir Sheets of 2 and 1

Again at the end of the year our friend globalphila offered this fake set long before any other seller.



The abuse continues.

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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