UZBEKISTAN ILLEGAL STAMPS
KARAKALPAKIA ILLEGAL STAMPS
O'ZBEKISTON ILLEGAL STAMPS
KARAKALPAKISTON ILLEGAL STAMPS
2001

Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Uzbekistan dating 2001 according to U.P.U. Circulars 70 and 61 and other resources

The Universal Postal Union published the following Circular on March 3, 2003 denouncing illegal stamps at the request of the Postal Administration for Uzbekistan. This Circular was validated by K. J. S. McKeown, Director of Markets of the UPU Secretariat. The circular is number 70. You can view it in the linked file below:

UPU Circular Number 70

Here is what was stated in the circular.

Dear Sir/Madam

The Communications and Information Agency of UZBEKISTAN asks me to inform
you of the following:
"Unidentified individuals have been seeking to discredit our country through the
circulation of illegal postage stamp issues. We have been informed of the appearance
on the philatelic market of counterfeit postage stamps marked
"O’ZBEKISTON". These stamps, whose value is marked in Uzbekistan sums, have
not been issued by the postal administration of Uzbekistan.
"Our administration wishes to make the postal administrations of Union member
countries, the philatelic community and collectors aware of the emergence of these
counterfeit postage stamps, and urges them not to accept these stamps as postal
prepayment or purchase them.
"The postal administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan also asks the postal
administrations of Union member countries to inform their philatelic partners of the
existence and circulation of these counterfeit stamps and exercise vigilance.
"A list of the counterfeit postage stamps is annexed."

Yours faithfully,

K J S McKEOWN
Director of Markets

The circular goes on to describe counterfeit illegal stamp sets inscribed with their country name O’ZBEKISTON.

The Universal Postal Union published another Circular on March 2, 2009 denouncing illegal stamps at the request of the Postal Administration for Uzbekistan. This Circular was again validated by K. J. S. McKeown, Director of Markets of the UPU Secretariat. The circular is number 61. You can view it in the linked file below:

UPU Circular Number 61

The second circular describes counterfeit sets made in the name of Uzbekistan inscribed O’ZBEKISTON and counterfeit sets made in the name of the Republic of Karakalpakistan which are inscribed KARAKALPAKIA, Republic KARAKALPAKIA or KARAKALPAKISTON. The Republic of Karakalpakistan is part of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It does not issue its own postage stamps and has never had authority to have any made ever! No local issues either for those looking to try to convince us any of the following illegal stamps have any sort of legitimate value at all.

This research was difficult to complete namely because of the different country names used by the counterfeiters. The counterfeiters once again are the British producer and his buddies. A few later sets were made by the Eastern European counterfeiters but for the most part it was all done by the British producer. It is quite simple to know this by simply comparing them with all the other counterfeits these clowns made. Yes, the Feigenbaum/Montero bunch. Documented by numerous reports from various countries and sales by the connected group of illegal stamp dealers who have sold and continue to sell these counterfeits to this day, virtually three decades later! They and this needs to be ended....permanently!

Uzbekistan caught onto this late in the game. They did not know nor realize that these clowns were producing counterfeits in the name of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakistan since 1991! They started by producing fake overprints in the name of both republics on Russian stamps. What really causes confusion for collectors of this country is that Uzbekistan did have some of the same Russian stamps overprinted!

Uzbekistan was under Russian control until December 1991 when they gained independence. In May of 1992 they issued their first independent postage stamps. Before that they used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995 Uzbekistan indeed had Soviet stamps overprinted as supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low. The British counterfeiters must have jumped for joy when this happened as it did and still does cause confusion as to what are real and what are counterfeit. These earlier overprint counterfeits have never actually been recognized by collectors because they were made in the name of an independent republic that does not belong to the Russian Federation and were therefore not listed in the numerous Russian Federation circulars of which all of those have been directly connected to Feigenbaum and Montero via numerous countries, dealers and the dossier I found in the National Postal Archives.

These counterfeit illegal stamps, yes counterfeit as noted in the circulars, are everywhere now. They are in collections and dealer stocks all over the world. They are still to this day being proliferated by the same criminals who were involved in the production and proliferation of them them when they were first produced! Anyone selling them should be shunned because either they are selling them with full intent to rip you off or they lack the knowledge because of being too lazy or ignorant to do the research to find out what they are. They are obviously not listed in the major catalogs which is the first and most simple way to know there is something wrong with them. Anyone who is selling them that cannot take the time to do this first check is a bogus seller in my book and is not a seller to be trusted by any means of the word.

I have traced the counterfeits back to 1991 and do believe them to be the first.

To find out what stamps are real and legitimate for Uzbekistan you can first go to their own website and view their catalog of stamps which shows you what was issued from beginning to present time.

The Uzbekistan Post Catalog of Stamps

You can visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Uzbekistan section. Sadly it appears Uzbekistan has not updated there since 2012.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

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

The Colnect Online Catalog for Uzbekistan

Some of the illegal stamps are shown in their Illegal section and noted as such. Still nothing close to what is out there as you will see.

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for Uzbekistan: Karakalpakstan

The Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamp Section for Uzbekistan

I have also found the Stampworld online catalog to be very useful as well.

The Stampworld Online Catalog for Uzbekistan

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 counterfeit illegal stamps.

Here we go!

2001

In 2001 the British counterfeit producer and his distributors continued producing illegal stamps in the name of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakistan. This time bold enough to make a huge Train series and a number of larger souvenir sheets blatantly using the name of Uzbekistan and selling them as if they came from there.

I will again place notes with the illegal stamps that are described in the circulars letting you know which circular the counterfeit sheet(s) are described in.

KARAKALPAKIA 2001 ILLEGAL STAMPS

All of these are correctly verified as illegal in the Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamps section for Karakalpakistan 2001.

2001 KARAKALPAKIA Dogs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 12



2001 KARAKALPAKIA Dogs Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 3 and 2



In 2001 the ghouls must have had a lot of the 1997 Fish counterfeit souvenir sheets left because they proceeded to overprint them with Conservation Year overprints. I found three different colors of overprints. Those being gold, red and green. There may be other colors like silver as well. Overprinted or not they are worthless garbage created by criminals with full intent to rip you off!

2001 KARAKALPAKIA the 1997 Fish Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 8 Overprinted for Conservation Year with Rotary and Scouts Logo's

O’ZBEKISTON 2001 ILLEGAL STAMPS

Only some of the History of the Steam Train counterfeit souvenir sheets are verified in the Colnect Online Catalog Illegal Stamps section for Uzbekistan 2001.

Impressionists France

These are described and denounced as illegal in U.P.U. Circular 61. There are only six souvenir sheets. The circular is in error stating there are nine.

2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Alfred Sisley Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Berthe Morisot Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Claude Monet Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Edgar Degas Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Edouard Manet Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



2001 O’ZBEKISTON Paintings Impressionists From France Paul Cezanne Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheet of 6



A History of the Steam Train with Rotary Logo and Emblem of Uzbekistan

These are described and denounced as illegal in U.P.U. Circular 70.

Because these are being sold individually all over the internet, I am showing them individually for maximum exposure.
The first four worthless counterfeit illegal stamps are arranged in the order according to the Avion Stamps website which suddenly ends at the fourth one. All of them have a white border. The images without border are chosen because of clarity.

2001 O’ZBEKISTON History of the Steam Train with Rotary Logo Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 1

Sheet 1 Class 232D
Shay #2704 2/1914, 70t


Sheet 2 Class 2-6-2c
Backhead from the Willamette #24


Sheet 3 Class SL34
Shay 3-PC-13 #3330 2/1929, 90t


Sheet 4 Class 4-8-6
Mikado 2-8-2 #57705, 3/1924, 76t


Sheet 5 Class 626G
Shay #3282, 6/1925, 90t


Sheet 6 Class 4-4X
Willamette geared Engine (Shay type) #22, 3/1926, 70t


Sheet 7 City train
Heisler #1487, 7/1923, 80t


Sheet 8 Class 2-6-4
Willamette geared Engine (Shay type) #22, 3/1926, 70t


Sheet 9 Class 434
Climax #864, 8/1908, 38t


Sheet 10 Class 2-6-4CV
Mallet 2-6-6-2T #58064, 11/1924, 110t


Sheet 11 Class 2-6-6-2
English number 12 near Conway, ca. 1930


Sheet 12 Class 4-4S
Small industrial engine


Sheet 13 Class 4-6-4
Shay #2868, 9/1916, 70t


Sheet 14 City train
SRLC speeder


2001 O’ZBEKISTON The O'zbekistan Trains with Emblem of Uzbekistan Counterfeit Illegal Stamp Souvenir Sheets of 8

These are described and denounced as illegal in U.P.U. Circular 70.

Sheet 1


Sheet 2


Sheet 3


Sheet 4


In 2002 the British counterfeit producer creates several more large sets and souvenir sheets in the name of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakistan. It was at this time that the criminals charade was noticed by the postal authorities of Uzbekistan. A bit too late as the damage was already done.

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References taken from:
U.P.U. Circular No. 70 and 61
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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