RWANDA ILLEGAL STAMPS
2017
Information and Reference of illegal stamps for Rwanda
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.
2017
In 2017 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps continues in a rampant fashion. The Russian dealer/producer Topnimarka.com in Russia appears to be "taking over" production.
They should all be arrested.
The other culprits selling counterfeit illegal stamps on eBay dating 2017 in the name of Rwanda are europolstamps, globalphila, russianstampsandworld, norita20132013 and marlen-stamps.
On Delcampe it is luisgrilo2008 and p3718583218. The data and proof permanently recorded. All are problem dealers not to be trusted.
In 2017 Rwanda did not issue any stamps. Verified by Rwanda postal authorities.
It is therefore determined that any stamp dating 2017 in the name of Rwanda is a counterfeit illegal stamp!
Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Rwanda dating 2017. 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.
2017 Animals of Africa Souvenir Sheet of 6
2017 Old Concept Cars Souvenir Sheets of 4
2017 Cats Souvenir Sheet of 4
2017 Dinosaurs Souvenir Sheets of 4
2017 Coral Reef Fish Souvenir Sheet of 6
2017 Gandhi Souvenir Sheet of 4
2017 Ice Hockey Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 2
Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com.
2017 Ice Hockey Souvenir Sheets of 1
2017 Hunting Dogs Souvenir Sheets of 6
2017 Steam Locomotives Souvenir Sheet of 4
2017 Naval Battles Souvenir Sheets of 4
2017 Olympic Games Equestrian Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 2
2017 Olympic Games Equestrian Souvenir Sheets of 1
2017 Parrots Souvenir Sheet of 4
2017 Peter the Great Ships Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 2
Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com.
All sets like these are being sold at $25.00 a set! It must be stopped!
2017 Peter the Great Ships Souvenir Sheets of 1
2017 Reformation Souvenir Sheet of 2
2017 Reformation Souvenir Sheet of 1
2017 Reformation Souvenir Sheet of 2 on Fake First Day Cover
Completely fake first day cancels. Both souvenir sheets can be purchased at a high price like this.
2017 Seafarers Ferdinand Magellan Sailing Ships Souvenir Sheets of 4 and 2
Russian Made Counterfeit Illegal Stamps being pushed by this kir30kirill aka Topnimarka.com.
All sets like these are being sold at $25.00 a set! It must be stopped!
2017 Seafarers Ferdinand Magellan Sailing Ships Souvenir Sheets of 1
2017 World Cup Soccer (Football) Souvenir Sheet of 6
2017 Year of the Dog (2018) Souvenir Sheet of 2
2017 Year of the Dog (2018) Souvenir Sheet of 1
2017 Year of the Rooster Souvenir Sheet of 1
In 2018 the production of counterfeit illegal stamps in the name of Rwanda greatly increases in the Russian style productions and appears to greatly decrease in the European style productions.
Is there collaboration between the producers or is the Russian producer wiping out the competition?
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References taken from:
WNS System
Online Major Catalogs
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research
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