MALI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2011

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Mali according to U.P.U. Circular 72

The Universal Postal Union published Circular No. 72 on May 5, 2014 denouncing illegal stamps at the request of the Postal Administration for Mali. This Circular was validated by Ms. Juliana Nel, Director of Markets Development of the UPU Secretariat, who was the senior officer at that time overseeing philatelic issues. Here is a .pdf file of the circular.

UPU Circular Number 72

The circular describes all the sets that were officially issued and denounces all others. The issues described are all dated between 2002 and 2014. I note that several of the issues announced as official issues in the circular are not listed in the WNS system nor on the Colnect Catalog. Why?

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Mali. 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 Mali visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Mali section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be very helpful to verify legal stamp issues.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Mali

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 for Mali 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 Mali

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.

2011

In 2011 the nightmare production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Mali continues.

In 2011 Mali did not officially issue any stamps according to the circular nor any other catalog or site.

Therefore any stamp dating 2011 in the name of Mali is a counterfeit illegal stamp!

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Mali dating 2011. 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.

2011 20th Century Personalities Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Abraham Lincoln Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Civil War Leaders Souvenir Sheets of 2



2011 Architects Antonio Gaudi Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Christopher Wren Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Filippo Brunelleschi Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Ivan Vassilievitch Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Jorn Utzon Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Michelangelo Simoni Souvenir Sheet of 1


2011 Architects Shah Jahan Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Basketball Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Birds of Africa Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Butterflies Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Butterflies of Africa Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Butterflies and Orchids Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Chinese Zodiac Souvenir Sheets of 2

Here we have a new style. Tete-beche triangles.




2011 Chinese Scientists Astronomy Su Song Souvenir Sheet of 2


2011 Chinese Scientists Paleontology and Anthropology Pei Wenzhong Souvenir Sheet of 2



2011 Concorde Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Deng Lyun Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Ella Fitzgerald Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Ferdinand Porsche Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Formula I Sebastian Vettel Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Franz Liszt Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Freddie Mercury Queen Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Fridtjof Nansen Arctic Explorer Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Youri Gagarin Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Youri Gagarin Souvenir Sheet of 1 (different)



2011 Golf and Baseball Players Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 John F. Kennedy Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Albert Monaco Creator of the Monte-Carlo Automobile Rally Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Mushrooms and Owls Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Nobel Prize Souvenir Sheets of 1

Here we go with the next flurry of these.




2011 Nobel Prize Souvenir Sheets of 1 on Fake First Day Covers



2011 Paintings Alfons Mucha Souvenir Sheets of 2



2011 Paintings Leonard de Vinci Souvenir Sheets of 2



2011 Paintings Nudes Souvenir Sheets of 2






2011 Physicians and Astronomers Souvenir Sheets of 2








2011 Popes Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Pope John Paul II Souvenir Sheets of 1



2011 Prince William and Catherine Middleton Marriage Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Railway Engineers Souvenir Sheets of 2





2011 Ronald Reagan Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Royal Visit to Denmark Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Rugby Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Serge Gainsbourg Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Space Challenger Catastrophe Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Space Chinese Astronauts Souvenir Sheets of 2



2011 Space Humans in Space Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Space Jules Verne Concorde Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Steve Jobs Apple Computers Souvenir Sheet of 1



2011 Table Tennis Chinese Souvenir Sheets of 1



2011 Trains in Africa Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Trains in Europe Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Xinhai Revolution Souvenir Sheet of 2



In 2012 the production of illegal stamps in the name of Mali continues at the same pace.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 72
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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