KYRGYZSTAN ILLEGAL STAMPS
2000
Part 1

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Kyrgyzstan Dating 2000

You can view what was stated in the U.P.U. circulars on page one.

To find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Kyrgyzstan you can visit their own postal administration website. On the site they have kindly presented every stamp issue from 1992 to present day. Sadly the site no longer exists as of 2023. But I am happy to let you know you can still view it on the Internet Archives Wayback Machine! When you get there the links to all the issues that were released from 1992-2019 are in the links at the bottom of the page. Here is the Wayback Machine link.

The Kyrgyz Republic State Enterprise Kyrgyz Stamp

Visit the UPU WNS website.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful. You will see the illegal stamps differ greatly from genuine issues.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Kyrgyzstan

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It is upgraded as of 2023 and shows counterfeits that may be missing here.

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for Kyrgyzstan

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

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Kyrgyzstan

Or 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. Catalogs like Michel and Yvert appear to have been influenced by the sellers of illegal stamps getting some listed in their catalogs. Sorry to say but they are betraying the honor and trust of the stamp collecting community by allowing these criminals to influence them.

Here we go!

UPDATED 2020

When I created these pages in 2018, a lot of information has been discovered since then. I found better images for some of the illegal stamps and found more of them as well. Links to the online catalogs for references are added as well as new notes. Hopefully this new information will help even more collectors and dealers to become aware and spread the word on this scourge on our hobby.

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and on fake First Day covers.
Most times now (2020) the souvenir sheet sets and sheetlet sets are sold individually. In some cases 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.

Because there are so many illegal stamps for the year 2000, I have split the year 2000 into two webpages to make it easier for you to download the pages.

2000

I stated on the 1999 page the problem became much worse. The British illegal stamp producer and associates were having a hayday pumping out these fake stamps. Yet again you can compare them with the authentic stamps that were issued in 2000 and see they are nothing like them.
The illegal stamp makers saw some good sales in 1999 so they expanded on many of the topics used that year in 2000. A large number of these fakes are being sold and are readily available on the internet. All imaged illegal stamps are for the year 2000.

2000 20th Century Icons Illegal Stamp Tete-beche Block

These are not located anywhere hardly except by one notorious illegal stamp seller.



2000 20th Century Icons Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 1

Sorry for the tiny image but it is all I could acquire at this time from yes, that same notorious counterfeit illegal stamp dealer. The British counterfeit producer combined both stamps from the above block into one stamp on the souvenir sheet. Cheaply done and cheaply made.



2000 20th Century Legends Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

Note the fake cancels. Pretty much all of the illegal stamps exist with fake cancels. They never even saw a post office let alone one in Kyrgyzstan!



2000 2001 A Space Odyssey Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six

Use of the Cinerama logo is a criminal offense, but these criminals fear no retaliation.



2000 72nd Academy Awards Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

I ask you, what does the academy awards have to do with Kyrgyzstan? The answer is.....nothing. They are made to sell to topical collectors only.



2000 Hot Air Balloons Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Hot Air Balloons Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

Even though these two sheetlets look completely different, they were made by the same illegal stamp producer that intends to rip you off to this day!



2000 Ally McBeal Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Antonio Banderas Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Auguste Renoir Paintings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Baby Animals Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Babylon 5 Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 308.



2000 Backstreet Boys Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 308.



2000 Ben Affleck Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Beverly Hills 90210 Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 308.



2000 Boyzone Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Brad Pitt Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Britney Spears Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Cameron Diaz Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Cartoon Animals Stories Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Four



2000 Cats Scouts Logo Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six

Here we have the criminal use of the Scouts Logo. Note the printers color guide at the bottom.



2000 Cats Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Six



2000 Charlie Chaplin Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



This next grouping is a huge production on the chess topic. Chess topical collectors were really taken advantage of in these years and still are today.

2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine (Group 1)

Note the color guide on the edge. The same illegal stamp producer again and again.



2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlets (Group 2)

Note the completely different "checkerboard" style. These four appear to be made by a different illegal stamp producer. They are not.



2000 Chess Trophee Immopar Illegal Stamp Sheetlets (Group 3)

Again a completely different style. These two appear to be made by a different illegal stamp producer and again they are not.



2000 Chess Bobby Fisher Illegal Stamp Sheetlets (Group 4)

Again a completely different style. These two appear to be made by yet another different illegal stamp producer? Wrong again. Everything made by the same producer.



2000 Chess Alexandre Alekhine Illegal Stamp Sheetlets (Group 5)

Again a completely different style. Incredible yes?



2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine

We then have these two sheetlets that are different from all the others. Same producer.



2000 Chess Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six

We then have this sheetlet that is different from all the others as well. There may be more I have not found.
The bottom line is that in the year 2000 Kyrgyzstan never issued any chess related stamps!



2000 Chinese Year of the Dragon Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Christmas Bugs Bunny Cartoons Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Cindy Crawford Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Cinema Criminal Files Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Cinema Science Fiction Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Classic Cars Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Clowns Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Christopher Columbus Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Concorde Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine

This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.



2000 David Duchovay Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Demi Moore Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Princess Diana Albert Einstein Illegal Stamp Block of Three



2000 Diego Valazquez Paintings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine



2000 Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six



2000 Dogs Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine

One of these sheetlets is described and denounced in circular 208.



2000 Dogs Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Six



That was a lot yes? The year 2000 illegal stamps continue on the next page!

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circulars
Scott Stamp Catalog
The Kyrgyz Republic State Enterprise Kyrgyz Stamp Website
Internet Research

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