RWANDA ILLEGAL STAMPS
1999-2002

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Rwanda

This page is created to present counterfeit illegal stamps that were not discovered by the Rwanda postal authorities at the time that they created the U.P.U. circulars.

The following images are of illegal stamps produced for Rwanda. 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.

On January 30, 2017 the postal administration for Rwanda by request to Harald Weyerich (Acting Director of Logistics) posted to the Universal Postal Union yet another circular warning of the discovery of more illegal stamps created with their country name that are on the market. The circular is number 19. You can view the circular in its entirety in the PDF file I have linked here.

UPU Circular Number 19

The circular describes that the Mountain Gorillas set and the Art and Culture sets are the last sets issued by Rwanda and that all issues dating later are illegal stamps.
It describes and images (first time usage of images) an illegal stamp set themed "Heroes of the Soviet Union". To this day as of May 2019 the circular still holds true.
No more stamps have been issued by Rwanda since!

It is shocking to many what I am about to show you. I am presenting pages to show the Rwanda postal authorities how bad this is. I hope that this will help convince Rwanda and many other countries that actions must be taken to stop the production and sales of counterfeit illegal stamps.
The stamp dealers and producers behind this must be made accountable for the criminal damage they have done not only to the victimized countries, but to the stamp market as a whole.

To find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Rwanda from 2002 until now, visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Rwanda section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

You will find that only 3 sets of stamps have been officially issued by Rwanda since 1999 as of 2021! Everything else out there dating from 1999 until now are fake illegal stamps!

I have found the Colnect online catalog to be helpful as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Rwanda

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It lists many of the illegal stamps that will help you verify them as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Rwanda Illegal Stamps

I have also found the StampWorld Catalog an excellent resource.

The StampWorld Online Catalog for Rwanda

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. Many 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.

1999

In 1999 numerous sheets of counterfeit illegal stamps were produced in the name of Rwanda. They are described in circular 363. All are shown on the Rwanda Illegal Stamps Introductory Page. The following were not discovered at the time the circular was made.

1999 Millenium Space in the 20th Century Sheet of 9



1999 Trains Sheet of 9

2000

In 2000 numerous sheets of counterfeit illegal stamps were produced in the name of Rwanda. They are described in circular 363 and 504. All are shown on the Rwanda Illegal Stamps Introductory Page. The following were not discovered at the time the circulars was made.

2000 Sailing Ships Sheet of 9



2000 Steam Locomotives Sheet of 9



2000 Titanic Sheet of 9

The souvenir sheet of 3 was described in circular 504 but at the time apparently this sheet was not discovered.



2000 Transportation Vehicles Sheet of 9

2001

In 2001 numerous sheets of counterfeit illegal stamps were produced in the name of Rwanda. They are described in circular 504. All are shown on the Rwanda Illegal Stamps Introductory Page. The following were not discovered at the time the circular was made.

2001 Armored Dinosaurs and Horned Dinosaurs Sheet of 9



2001 Carnivorous Dinosaurs Sheet of 9



2001 Flying Reptiles Sheet of 9



2001 Primitive Reptiles Sheet of 9



2001 Primitive Dominant Reptiles Sheet of 9



2001 Semi-aquatic and Marine Reptiles Sheet of 9



2001 The Millenium Souvenir Sheets of 4

2002

For 2002 I found one set of counterfeit illegal stamps that were produced. They were not discovered at that time. 2002 Cats Set of 16



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