SOMALILAND ILLEGAL STAMPS
2014

Information and Reference of Counterfeit Illegal Stamps in the name of Somaliland Dating 2014

Online research shows that the first counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Somaliland (Republique of Somaliland) were produced in 1997. Although Somalia is a member of the Universal Postal Union, up to this time (March 2020) they have never formally posted a UPU circular denouncing any of them. We are working toward having this done soon.

The following images are of counterfeit illegal stamps produced in the name of Somaliland. 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.

Check out the Colnect Illegal Stamp section for reference as well. It is upgraded as of 2024 and shows counterfeits that may be missing here.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Somaliland Counterfeit Illegal Stamps

No catalogs list stamps for Somaliland in any form dating after 1960. Do not listen to these dealers trying to convince you they are something other than illegal stamps.

You will find the styles and designs of the following illegal stamps the same as other illegal stamps produced in the name of other countries.

Here we go!

All of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates. Many are found as color proofs and many fake First Day Covers have been produced as well.
Many times now (2020) the souvenir sheet sets are separated and are sold individually. Many times the stamps have been removed from the souvenir sheets. All of these "tactics" are used to avoid detection by UPU circular descriptions and/or experts like myself.

Sellers that call these "private", "locals", "Cinderella's", "unauthorized" are deceiving you. They are counterfeit 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.

2014

In 2012 the British producer completely stopped producing more counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Somaliland. New players came in.

In 2014 the Russian based dealers who I believe are also the producers appear. The company is called Topnimarka.com located in Moscow Russia.
The user name was kir30kirill on eBay (account suspended November 2019). Two more new accounts kicked off as well.
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 of pure evil 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 even 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 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 discovered in March 2020 that this counterfeit producer had made numerous counterfeit sets in the name of Somaliland dating 2014 and 2015. These the dealer has listed on their site under Somalia. I have only seen two sets on the Delcampe website in closed listings from long ago being sold by a con user named Philove. That user banned from Delcampe long ago now. Since this dealer is in Russia it appears none of the following counterfeits have reached the main stamp market. I present them here so all will know what they are.
COUNTERFEIT ILLEGAL STAMPS!

2014 Paintings by Arthur Elsley Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1

This was one set I found on Delcampe. Leaving the frame so all can see who the seller was. Good riddance!



Topnimarka.com was mass producing the following in the name of Somaliland apparently thinking they were going to sell like hotcakes. More than likely they were attempting to move them through this philove account and got stopped in their tracks! At present in 2020 you can only find this garbage on their site and probably they are victimizing Russian collectors with it in their store in Moscow and on online venues within Russia. We will stop this company and any associates that attempt to sell this companies counterfeits on the main stamp market with brutal force!

2014 Paintings by Franz Winterhalter Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Jean Auguste Ingres Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Lucas Cranach Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Michelangelo Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings by Pieter Bruegel Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Paintings Sailing Ships by Adolf Bock Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Submarines Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1





2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1

Here is the other set that user Philove was attempting to move on Delcampe.





Topnimarka.com continued to produce more sets in 2015.

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