Cressida cressida

Identity

Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).

2002.CIV.01-02

SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.

Butterflies (2002)

2002.CIV.01 · piece 2 of 2

EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).

Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)

Year / date

2002-11-06

Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.

100 CFA - West African - Franc CFA

Format

Stamp

TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.

Illegal

Colors

Multicoloured

CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.

○ Wanted

Notes

This item has been denounced in Cote d'Ivoire 2003 UPU Circular 269 and 2004 UPU Circular 63 as illegally produced without the authorization of the postal administration. Evitar os vendedores destes produtos! This stamp is verified on the Scouts on Stamps Society website as being illegal. Illegally produced stamps by Stamperija and rejected by the Ivory Coast postal administration because IGPC was the official stamp agency at the time. These illegal stamps are of the exact same style and format as the illegal "Nature of Africa" series and legal "O Mundo Do Mar" series produced by Stamperija in 2002 in the name of Mozambique. Rather than destroy them due to the rejection of their stamps as a whole by the Ivory Coast postal administration, this agency illegally placed them onto the stamp market.