NIGER ILLEGAL STAMPS
2015

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Niger Dating 2015

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Niger. Please remember that the producers of these illegal stamps 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 Niger visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Niger section. Sadly because the system was not online until 2002, it does not help in identifying the early era illegal stamps. It does show from 2002 through 2010 what the official stamp issues were in accordance to what the postal authority said in the circular. One should not buy any other issues unless only paying pennies for them. Again, sadly, the country has gone "rouge" against all UPU guidelines for philatelic best practices in regards to stamp production and issuing. I for one would kick them out of the UPU if they continue on this path. The stamps produced to this day are not anything but made to profit from collectors and are 99% excessive of postal needs. This is why from 2011 to present time....none are listed there.

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 Niger

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 Illegal Stamp Section for Niger

I have found the Stampworld.com Catalog to be very helpful in showing all of the abusive Stamperija issues.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Niger

Here we go!

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates as well.
Most times now (2020) 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.

2015

In 2015 the agency Stamperija continues to pump out abusive stamp sets in the name of Niger. In a search on eBay in present time (2020) over 750 listings are currently running of these abusive issues. On Delcampe over 5,000 listings of which almost all are these abusive issues is running! The majority on both sites being offered by a small group of dealers associated with the agency. Several are also notorious illegal stamp dealers. The number of stamp sets produced by this agency in 2015 according to the Stampworld online catalog was a staggering 210 different souvenir sheets! All of them common topics geared toward topical collectors having nothing to do with the culture or heritage of Niger. Divide them up to individual stamps, (nearly half the souvenir sheets having four stamps on them), you come up with over 500 individual stamps alone! This is for a country with a population of 22.4 million people in 2018. The majority never using the postal system for anything.
This is why they are called "abusive stamps".

In 2015 the Russian based dealers who I believe are also the producers appear. The company is called Topnimarka.com located in Moscow Russia.
They have created a new website called stamps-world.eu as well in 2019. Everything they are selling is fake and counterfeit stamps.
They are mass producing counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of many countries. The "styles" unique to themselves, these people are producing and selling counterfeit stamps at a massive rate dating to current times. They are producing fake stamps for countries controlled by Stamperija. Stamperija's owner has stated that he knows who most of the counterfeit producers are and has some control over stopping their productions at least for countries he has contracts with. This is shown to have happened with Niger on the 2013 abusive stamps page. No illegal stamps by the previous producers found. This is not the case for this producer. Being located in Russia, I guess they believe that nobody can stop them. I am exposing them which is the first step.
I note that Stamperija knows who these people are and what is being produced. Yet even though they know, they are not warning anyone including the postal authorities of the countries this company is distributing counterfeits in the name of that are contracted by Stamperija.

Here is the site that Stamperija diverts you to when you search for "Niger post stamps"

Niger Postage Stamps

You will see a link on the left for Illegal Stamps. Go to it and read the line at the bottom. It states:
"Currently we have no information about illegal Niger postage stamps."



This is a complete understatement and is stated on every country page like this that this agency runs contracts with. The owner knows fully about them. The explanation of what the illegal stamps are is also fully worded to divert what illegal stamps are. They are counterfeit stamps and nothing this stamp dealer owned company or any other stamp dealer states to the contrary is to be believed as you can see they all want the term counterfeit to be avoided at all costs because the selling of counterfeit goods is a crime in any country and thus a punishable offense that can be used to stop the production and sale of them permanently.

The Russian based company has produced the following counterfeit illegal stamps dating 2014 and 2015 in the name of Niger. They are not commonly seen on the main stamp market because we are fighting for you to keep them off the main market. Should this company be allowed to run accounts on the main stamp venues like eBay and Delcampe, you will see a new flood of illegal stamps worse than ever seen before. This company is consistently trying to create new accounts on the venues to move them into the main stream market. Should you see them on sites like eBay and Delcampe, you can report them to me and I can assure you that they will not be there long!

Illegal Stamps Dating 2014 Disbursed by Topnimarka.com
Республика Нигер Не настоящие Незаконньӏе Штампьӏ по
topnimarka.com Филателистический салон а также stamps-world.eu

2014 World Cup Soccer in Brazil Souvenir Sheet of 4

This set was created in 2017 and back dated 2014. It was never on the market until 2017.



2014 World Cup Soccer in Brazil Souvenir Sheet of 2



2014 World Cup Soccer in Brazil Souvenir Sheets of 1

Illegal Stamps Dating 2015 Disbursed by Topnimarka.com

In 2015 Topnimarka only "tested the waters" so to speak with Niger, producing only five sets. This status can change at any time as we have discovered the company has and will create new illegal stamp sets and "back-date" them as if made in prior years.
The "additional" sets shown here are those created after 2015 and back dated 2015. I note them as I have the 2014 set above.

2015 Bridges Souvenir Sheet of 4



2015 Bridges Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Bridges Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 4

This set was created in 2017 and back dated 2015. It was never on the market until 2017.



2015 Dogs Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Dogs Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Hockey World Championship in Moscow 2016 Souvenir Sheets of 1




2015 Lighthouses Souvenir Sheet of 4

This set was created in 2019 and back dated 2015. It was never on the market until 2019.
No souvenir sheets of 1 are offered as of May 2020.



2015 Lighthouses Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Olympic Champions in 1980 Souvenir Sheet of 4

This set was created in 2018 and back dated 2015. It was never on the market until 2018.



2015 Olympic Champions in 1980 Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Olympic Champions in 1980 Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Olympic Games in Moscow 1980 Souvenir Sheet of 4

This set was created in 2017 and back dated 2015. It was never on the market until 2017.



2015 Olympic Games in Moscow 1980 Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Olympic Games in Moscow 1980 Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Pearl Harbor Souvenir Sheet of 4



2015 Pearl Harbor Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Pearl Harbor Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Peter the Great Souvenir Sheet of 8



2015 Peter the Great Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Peter the Great Souvenir Sheets of 1



2015 Works of Alexander Pushkin Souvenir Sheet of 4



2015 Works of Alexander Pushkin Souvenir Sheet of 2



2015 Works of Alexander Pushkin Souvenir Sheets of 1



In 2016 it gets much worse. Topnimarka produces 36 more sets of counterfeit illegal stamps!

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