MALI ILLEGAL STAMPS
2013

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.

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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.

2013

In 2013 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Mali continues.

In 2013 Mali did not officially issue any stamps according to the circular, the WNS system and the Colnect catalog.

It is therefore a fact that any stamp dating 2013 in the name of Mali is a counterfeit illegal stamp!

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Mali dating 2013. 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.

2013 Bees Souvenir Sheet of 3

A new three stamp design is introduce.



2013 Bees Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Butterflies and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Cats Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Cats Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Charles de Gaulle Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Charles de Gaulle Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Chinese Ceramics Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Chinese Ceramics Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Classic Bicycles Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Classic Cars Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Classic Locomotives Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Classic Motorcycles Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Classic Planes Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Constellations Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Constellations Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Coral Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Coral Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Cricket Players Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Cricket Players Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Crocodiles and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Elephants and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Gandhi Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Gandhi Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Gorillas and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 John Lennon Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 John Lennon Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Jules Verne Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Jules Verne Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Lighthouses Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Lighthouses Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Mao Zedong Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Mao Zedong Souvenir Sheets of 1



2013 Margaret Thatcher Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Margaret Thatcher Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Minerals Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Minerals Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Minerals and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Nelson Mandela Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Nelson Mandela Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Nelson Mandela with Map Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Nelson Mandela with Concorde Souvenir Sheets of 4



2013 Nobel Prize Winners Souvenir Sheets of 1





2013 Owls Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Owls Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Parrots and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Picasso Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Picasso Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Pope Francis Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Pope Francis Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Pope John Paul II Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Pope John Paul II Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Postal Vehicles Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Postal Vehicles Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Prehistoric World Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Prehistoric World Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Princess Diana Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Princess Diana Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Raptors and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Rhinoceros and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Roosevelt Franklin D. Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Roosevelt Franklin D. Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Royal Baby Birth Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Royal Baby Birth Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Russian Astronauts Souvenir Sheets of 3












2013 Scouts Scoutism Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Scouts Scoutism Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Shells Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Shells Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Sochi Spelled "Sotchi" Olympics Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Sochi Spelled "Sotchi" Olympics Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Table Tennis Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Table Tennis Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Tour de France Cycling Souvenir Sheet of 3



2013 Tour de France Cycling Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Wernher von Braun Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Wernher von Braun Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Whales and Scouts Souvenir Sheet of 2



2013 Wright Brothers Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Wright Brothers Souvenir Sheet of 1



2013 Year of the Horse Souvenir Sheet of 4



2013 Year of the Horse Souvenir Sheet of 1



In 2014 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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