Mali - Illegal Postage Stamps
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION |
Berne 11 June 2001 International Bureau Circular |
238 |
The Philatelic Webmasters Organization helps the UPU and the postal administrations in their fight against the illegal issues. For this reason we publish below an excerpt from the UPU Circular No. 238 June 11 2001 signed by Mr. K J S McKeown Director of Communications and Postal Markets UPU.
The postal administration of Mali has informed the Universal Postal Union that the following stamps brought on the market by a society established in the USA are illegal:
International Red Cross: 9 values (Jane Dalano Henri Dunant etc.) 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F
Great Composers: 9 values (Haydn Chopin Beethoven etc.) 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F
Wild Animals: 9 values (tiger lion eagle etc.) 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F
Horses: 9 values. 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION |
Berne 22 may 2000 International Bureau Circular |
165 |
Dear Sir/Madam
The postal administration of MALI asks me to inform you of the following:
"Our administration was informed on 14 March and 18 April 2000 of the existence of nine different series of postage stamps bearing the inscription "REPUBLIQUE DU MALI" and various designs.
"We would like to point out that all these stamps are illegal and that their circulation does harm to the Malian and international postal services and to collectors.
"Consequently we would ask all postal administrations not to accept correspondence prepaid by means of these false stamps.
"Legal action has already been initiated to trace the forgers and bring them to justice."
Yours faithfully
M S RAMAN
Assistant Director General
Annex 1
Pirated postage stamps purportedly issued by the Republic of Mali
Trains | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Chess | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Prehistoric animals | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Magellan | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Mushrooms | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Computers | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Dogs | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
C Columbus | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
Minerals | 9 values | 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 F |
More information about the illegal issues can be obtained directly from the UPU, Mrs. Maria Libera.