BENIN ILLEGAL STAMPS
2011

Information and Reference of Illegal Stamps for Benin Created in 2011

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

To verify what stamps are real and legitimate for Benin visit the UPU WNS website and look at the Benin section.

The Universal Postal Union WNS website

You can also get a very good reference of what was officially issued from the Colnect website.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Benin

Check out their Illegal Stamp section as well. It is far from complete but will help you verify many as well.

The Colnect Online Catalog for Benin Illegal Stamps

I have also found the StampWorld Catalog an excellent resource.

The StampWorld Online Catalog for Benin

You can also 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.

In 2004 when Benin produced circular 30 they did not know that there were more illegal stamps that were being circulated than what they listed. This has occurred for many of the victim countries. To correct it I have researched them all using the major catalog listings and the WNS system as reference to what was officially issued.

Here we go!

Many of the following illegal stamps can be found as imperforates and as color proof sets as well. Some 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 and search terms.

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.

2011

In 2011 Benin officially issued 8 stamp issues.

Benin 2011 3rd Anniversary of the Death of Cardinal Gantin
Issued April 26, 2011 Printer is Cartor Security Printing


Benin 2011 Visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Issued September 22, 2011 Printer is Cartor Security Printing


Unlike as shown in previous years the Colnect Catalog and the WNS system are saying the same thing.

Following are images of the illegal stamps I have found offered for Benin dating 2011. 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.

In 2011 the production of illegal stamps of the previous styles in the name of Benin and the new producer with the shoddy ones shown in 2010 continued.

2011 Birds in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Cars 2 Animation Cartoon in Souvenir Sheets of 1




2011 Cartoons Anime in Sheetlet of 15

From our shoddy illegal stamp producer.....



2011 Cartoons Anime in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Chess in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Concorde in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheets of 4

Our shoddy illegal stamp producer with a new style!



2011 Dinosaurs in Deluxe Proof Sheet of 1

Here we go with the fake proofs again.....



2011 Dinosaurs in Souvenir Sheet of 4 (different)

At least the original illegal stamp producers have some class in style! Even though they still are pretty "simplistic".



2011 Disney Tennis in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Durer in Deluxe Proof Sheets of 1

This guy is trying everything!



2011 Jules Verne in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Nice! I watermark over the illegal stamp dealers watermarked image!



2011 Mushrooms in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Olympic Games (2012) in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Orchids in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Owls in Souvenir Sheets of 5

Oh oh...Here we go again.....



2011 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 2

Why anyone would want to buy this at the price the con is asking is beyond comprehension.



2011 Owls in Souvenir Sheet of 4

Even though I hate to admit it, this style is much better.....



2011 Royal Visit of Prince William and Kate in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Space Exploration in Deluxe Proof Sheet of 1



2011 The Beatles in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Titanic in Souvenir Sheets of 4



2011 Trains in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 World War II Fighter Aircraft in Souvenir Sheet of 4



2011 Year of Forests in Souvenir Sheets of 4



In 2012 production of illegal stamps in the name of Benin slowed down considerably!

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References taken from:
WNS Website
Major Stamp Catalogs
Internet Research

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