MALAWI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2007

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Malawi according to U.P.U. Circular 59 and U.P.U. Circular 66

On March 2, 2009 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 59. Here is a .pdf file of the circular.

UPU Circular Number 59

The circular describes numerous souvenir sheets that were found to be on the market in 2009. The issues described are all dated 2007 or 2008.

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.

2007

In 2007 the production of illegal stamps in the name of Malawi continues. New "styles" are introduced.

In 2007 Malawi officially issued 11 stamps according to the Colnect Online Catalog and other catalogs. The WNS system has no stamps listed from the year 2005 until 2010, so there is a conflict.
there is also a joint Sapoa issue that is not listed on the WNS system either.

Malawi 2007 Butterflies Definitives Like the 2002 Issue Scott 733-742
Issued 2007 Printer was Oriental Press of Bahrain?


Malawi 2007 Second SAPOA Joint Issue


It is therefore understood that any stamp dating 2007 (other than the above issues) in the name of Malawi is a counterfeit illegal stamp!

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Malawi dating 2007. 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.

2007 Baseball Souvenir Sheet of 8



2007 Basketball Souvenir Sheet of 8

Described in circular 59.



2007 Cactus Souvenir Sheet of 4



2007 Chess Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Coral Souvenir Sheet of 4

Described in circular 59.



2007 Crystals and Gems Sheet of 9

Described in circular 59.



2007 Disney and Fauna Sheets of 8 Plus Label

A first massive production of illegal stamps for Malawi. Described in circular 66.



2007 Disney and Fauna Souvenir Sheets of 2

Also described in circular 66.








2007 European Union Souvenir Sheet of 4

This one is described in circular 66 but with the wrong year date. It states 2008. It should be....2007.



2007 Motorcycles Souvenir Sheet of 4



2007 Owls and Mushrooms Scouts Centenary Sheet of 8 Plus Label



2007 Rugby Souvenir Sheet of 4

Described in circular 59.



2007 Space Launch Vehicles Souvenir Sheets of 2





2007 Transportation Cars Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Transportation Concorde TU 144 Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Transportation Locomotives Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Transportation Motorcycles Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Transportation Ships Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Transportation Spacecraft Souvenir Sheet of 2



2007 Volcanoes and Dinosaurs Souvenir Sheets of 6



I could not find the 2007 Armstrong Gemini 8 - Sputnik sheet listed in the circular anywhere. Perhaps you have an image of it?

In 2008 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Malawi continued to get worse.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 59
U.P.U. Circular No. 66
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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