KYRGYZSTAN ILLEGAL STAMPS
2001
Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Kyrgyzstan Dating 2001
You can view what was stated in the 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 (2018) 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.
2001
The production of illegal stamps in the name of Kyrgyzstan continued in 2001. The same producer and his associates produced them all.
2001 73rd Academy Awards Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
We can see that the illegal stamp producer has little imagination and instead consistently repeats the same topics with different images.
2001 All Saints Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 American Beauty Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Anpanman Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Barbie Twins Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Boris Vallejo Art Illegal Stamp Sheetlets
2001 Brigitte Bardot Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Bruce Lee Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Classic Cars Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Rolls Royce Classic Cars Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Sport Cars Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
2001 Bugs Bunny Cartoons Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six
2001 Charlie Chaplin Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Cartoons Merry Christmas Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
Bugs Bunny, South Park
2001 Civil War Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Claude Monet Paintings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Claude Monet Paintings Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two
2001 Defenders George Bush Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six
2001 Dinosaurs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six with Hologram Scouts Logo
Scout logo hologram exists with gold or silver logo.
2001 Dogs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six
2001 Dogs Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six with Hologram Scouts Logo
Scout logo hologram exists with gold or silver logo.
2001 Domestic Cats Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Elvis Presley Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Three
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 53rd Annual Emmy Awards Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 End of Mir Space Station Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 308.
2001 Famous Movies Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Formula 1 Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Goran Ivanisevic Tennis Champion Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Harley Davidson Motorcycles Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Harry Potter Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of One
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Ironman Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Jenny McCarthy Actress Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Six
2001 Jurassic Park Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Legends of Baseball Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Lord of the Rings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Marine Life Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
Note the images and styles of the illegal stamps are greatly improved from previous years. That is because the illegal stamp making criminals
are making money hand over fist from selling these fake stamps to thousands of unknowing stamp collectors! They can afford some improvements now.
So they can fool many more people into thinking these are authentic postage stamps.
2001 Mother Teresa Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Motorcycles Racing Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
2001 Movie Stars Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
2001 Panda Bears Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Paul Cezanne Paintings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Paul Gauguin Paintings Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Paul Gauguin Paintings Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Two
2001 Pearl Harbor Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Penguins Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of One
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
Note this one uses the Rotary International and Lions Club International logos illegally!
2001 Planet of the Apes Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Pope John Paul II Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Three
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 172.
2001 Poster Art Horses and Bicycles Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Princess Diana Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Three
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Robbie Williams Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Rolling Stones Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of Three
2001 Shrek Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 World Cup Soccer (Football) Korea Japan Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
2001 The Beatles Illegal Stamp Sheetlets of Nine
One of these Beatles sheetlets is described and denounced in circular 208. It does not matter which one. Both are counterfeit illegal stamps.
2001 The Mexican Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Tiger Woods Golf Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Tiger Woods Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of One
2001 Tigers Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
This sheetlet is described and denounced in circular 208.
2001 Tom Hanks Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 MTV Video Awards Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
2001 Valentines Day Illegal Stamp Sheetlet of Nine
In 2002 the problem still goes on but it slows down a lot. At least according to what is available on the internet these days.
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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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