MALAWI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2012

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

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.

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 (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.

2012

In 2012 the production of illegal stamps in the name of Malawi continues. Nothing was done to stop it.

In 2012 Malawi officially issued 11 stamps and souvenir sheets according to the WNS system, Colnect Online Catalog and other catalogs. All are in agreement for this year.

Malawi 2012 Pan-African Tsetse and Trypasonomiasis Eradication Campaign Scott 770-773
Issued January 25, 2012 Printer is Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH


Malawi 2012 Pan-African Tsetse and Trypasonomiasis Eradication Campaign Souvenir Sheet Scott 774
Issued January 25, 2012 Printer is Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH


Malawi 2012 AIDS Prevention Scott 775-779
Issued September 5, 2012 Printer is Enschede Security Printers


Malawi 2012 AIDS Prevention Souvenir Sheet Michel BL100
Issued? September 5, 2012 Printer is Enschede Security Printers

The WNS system does not show this souvenir sheet nor do the major catalogs except for Michel list it. This is because as you can see it was "not for sale" and has no postage values on the stamps. It is not registered with the Malawi Philatelic Bureau as a legal issue like the stamps are. It is not mentioned by them.....at all.



It is therefore understood that any stamp dating 2012 (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 2012. 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.

2012 Aircraft Carriers Souvenir Sheets of 6



2012 Aircraft Carriers Souvenir Sheets of 4



2012 Airplanes Souvenir Sheets of 6



2012 Animals Souvenir Sheets of 6





2012 Animals Souvenir Sheet of 4



2012 Animals Souvenir Sheet of 3



2012 Birds Souvenir Sheets of 6







2012 Birds Souvenir Sheets of 3



2012 Top Boxers of All Time Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Butterflies Souvenir Sheets of 6





2012 Butterflies Souvenir Sheets of 4



2012 Butterflies and Ornithologists Souvenir Sheets of 3

A new style of illegal stamp is introduced.






2012 Cats Souvenir Sheet of 4



2012 Chess Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 3



2012 Communist Party Xi Jinping Souvenir Sheet of 1



2012 Crocodiles Souvenir Sheets of 6



2012 Dinosaurs Souvenir Sheets of 6




2012 Disneyland Whinnie the Pooh Souvenir Sheet of 6

Another new style.



2012 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 6



2012 Dogs Souvenir Sheets of 4



2012 Dogs Paintings Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Ferrari Souvenir Sheets of 4



2012 Formula I Drivers Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Frogs Souvenir Sheet of 6



2012 Frogs Souvenir Sheet of 4



2012 Horses Souvenir Sheet of 6



2012 Horses Souvenir Sheet of 4



2012 Jacques Cousteau Souvenir Sheet of 3



2012 Mushrooms and Mycologists Souvenir Sheets of 3






2012 History of Olympic Philately Sheetlets of 9






2012 Penguins Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Top Ping-Pong Players Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Pope John Paul II Sheetlet of 15



2012 Pope John Paul II Sheetlets of 10

Described in circular 66.



2012 Pope John Paul II Souvenir Sheet of 6



2012 Sea Turtles Souvenir Sheet of 6



2012 Snakes Cobra Souvenir Sheet of 4



2012 Space 50 Years Souvenir Sheets of 4

Described in circular 66.





2012 Space Sputnik I Souvenir Sheet of 3



2012 Top Tennis Players Souvenir Sheet of 8



2012 Trains Souvenir Sheets of 6





2012 Trains Souvenir Sheets of 4

Described in circular 66.







2012 Trains Souvenir Sheet of 3



2012 Turtles Souvenir Sheets of 3

Described in circular 66.



2012 Year of the Dragon Souvenir Sheet of 3



In 2013 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Malawi significantly slowed down.

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

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