MALAWI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2006

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Malawi according to U.P.U. Circular 130 and U.P.U. Circular 66

On April 23, 2007 the postal administration for Malawi by request to K.J.S. McKeown (Director of Markets Development for the U.P.U.) posted to the Universal Postal Union a circular warning of the discovery of a number of illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 130. Here is a .pdf file of the circular.

UPU Circular Number 130

The circular describes several souvenir sheets that were found to be on the market in 2005-2006. The issues described are all dated 2005.

On May 11, 2015 the postal administration for Malawi by request to Murray Buchanan (Director of Regulation, Economics and Markets Development for the U.P.U.) posted to the Universal Postal Union a circular warning of the discovery of many illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 66. Here is a .pdf file of the circular.

UPU Circular Number 66

This circular describes many illegal stamps dating between 2005 and 2013.

Many more have and are being produced since that time. Most of the illegal stamps described in this circular are still on the market today. They are available through private stamp dealers and their websites. They are available on eBay and Delcampe. They are everywhere! These illegal issues are fabrication of stamps that have never had any postal validity in Malawi and have been denounced as fraudulent. They were and are created by certain greedy, unethical and immoral stamp dealers. Any stamp seller out there that offers these "stamps" either does not know they are illegal stamps or is deceitful and they should be avoided at all costs. The deceitful ones prey upon unknowing collectors new and old. They prey upon topical collectors mostly because the majority do not have the knowledge that they are worthless in the stamp market. Some are quite obvious because they have hundreds of lots available on eBay and other public auction venues.

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Malawi. 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 find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Malawi visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Malawi section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be helpful as well although there are "conflicts" between what is listed there and what is on the WNS system.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Malawi

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. Many of the illegal stamps are listed to help you verify them as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Malawi Illegal Stamps

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be very helpful as well although again there are "conflicts" between what is listed there and what is on the WNS system.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Malawi

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.

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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 (2019) 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.

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.

2006

In 2006 a larger number of sets of souvenir sheets were produced along with several single souvenir sheet with different topics than in 2005. The majority appear to have been produced for or by the Feigenbaum's. All are available on the Avion Stamps website. I found better images from scattered sales on eBay and Delcampe but a couple are exclusive to the Stampdile database.

In 2006 Malawi did not officially issue any stamps made according to the WNS system, the Colnect Online Catalog nor any other catalog.
Therefore any stamp dating 2006 in the name of Malawi is a counterfeit illegal stamp!

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Malawi dating 2006. 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!

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

2006 Brigette Bardot Souvenir Sheet of 1

Described in circular 66.



2006 Christopher Columbus Souvenir Sheet of 1

Described in circular 66.



2006 Dinosaurs Souvenir Sheets of 1



2006 Disney Cartoons Souvenir Sheets of 1

All described in circular 66.





2006 George Stephenson British Steam Railways Souvenir Sheet of 1

Described in circular 66.



2006 Neanderthal Man Souvenir Sheets of 1

All described in circular 66.





2006 Neanderthal Man Souvenir Sheet of 1 on Fake First Day Cover

You will find that all of these are on them. Because they are counterfeit illegal stamps they are worthless. It is a criminal offense to use a false cancelling device.



2006 Northwest Passage Roald Amundsen Souvenir Sheet of 1

Described in circular 66.



2006 Pablo Picasso Souvenir Sheet of 1



2006 Space Exploration Souvenir Sheets of 1



2006 Sports Cars Souvenir Sheets of 6



In 2007 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Malawi continued with new styles introduced.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 130
U.P.U. Circular No. 66
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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