Stamps from Congo-Brazzaville - Illegal Stamps catalogue

473 items

Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo, République Populaire du Congo), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, is a country in Central Africa. It is a former French colony. More

As with many African countries, in addition to Stamps (the official, UPU and valid as postage on letters) many Stamps have also been made. These can be found here in a separate area on Lastdodo: 'Congo-Brazzaville - Cinderella'.
The advice is: don't buy them. However, what you accidentally collect is beautiful enough to keep track of. Or to give as a present to the smaller ones to give them a start with, for example, a themed collection.
They are not stamps. Just nice pictures.

The Stamps (the real ones) that have been issued for this area since 1959 can be found here in the 'Congo-Brazzaville' area. The Stamps (real ones) that were used before in this area can be found in the LD areas 'France - Colonies (general issues)' and French Congo.

Do not confuse these with the stamps (and stamps) of Congo Kinshasa. That's a whole different story. Congo Kinshasa is many times larger and is originally (in terms of the stamp era) a former Belgian colony.
The same phenomenon there too: Stamps, and Stamps.

The UPU mops with the taps open, and hundreds of circulars are published every year, such as the example below:

Berne, 21 November 2005
International Bureau Circular 371
dem. Rep. of the Congo – Illegal issues of
postal stamps
Dear Sir/Madam
The postal administration of the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO asks
me to inform you that it has not officially issued postage stamps marking the death
or Pope John Paul II.
Yours faithfully,
KJS McKEOWN
Director of Markets

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Number of stamps

473

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Shells (1998)