Why
was Stamp Scandal
closed for 2 weeks?
Threats
from gangster thugs forced us to close
Stamp Scandal for 2 weeks but we can remain silent no longer.Our right
to freely inform the public and
to be informed is absolute.
Article
19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
says everyone has a right to freedom of opinion
and expression, which includes the right not to be
penalised for those opinions and to “seek, receive and impart”
information and ideas by whatever means, regardless of national borders.
Too often it disappears
when used to criticise those with money and power.
We
re-open the site with an exposé of the
Europa 50th Anniversary scandal.
Who
is behind the
50th Anniversary
of Europa issues?
UPDATE
We
invited Sorbourne Ltd., trading as
Filatelia International, and the Michel
catalogue to join us in tracking down those
responsible for the Benin scandal.
It's
disappointing, if not entirely unexpected,
to find that they are responsible
for
the Benin scandal.
Under
the pretense that thay have a contract
to produce these stamps - a contract from 2002,
long expired - 500,000 stamps have been printed
illegally, with a face
value of €13,500,000,
value which the Michel catalogue has inflated
to €62,500,000.
We insist that they pay the Benin government the €2,000,000 compensation and damages for fraud.
After all, they can afford it.
The
same people have paid 50% of the face value
to the Croatian
government to produce
a commemorative Europa issue.
Why couldn't they do the same for Benin?
Why
couldn't they obtain a legitimate contract
to produce the stamps?
Are African countries different?
Are these people racists?
We
are assembling detailed and startling
revelations about Mozambique and
St. Thomas and Prince Europa issues
This will be a big scandal in its own right.
UPDATE END
STOP PRESS
Benin
authorises Stamp Scandal to pursue
perpetrators of Benin Europa fraud.
In
a startling development, the Benin postal
authorities have authorised Stamp Scandal
to pursue and prosecute the perpetrators of the
Benin Europa fraud, to the sum of €2,000,000.
Click here to see the letter of authorisation.
We call on the organisers of
the 50th Anniversary issue, Sorbourne Ltd.,
trading as Filatelia
International, and
the Michel catalogue who feature the stamps
in their catalogue,to show that
they have had no part in this scandal
and join with Stamp Scandal and Benin in
tracking down the criminals responsible.
STOP PRESS END
The
50th Anniversary of Europa has
prompted the production of millions of
illegal stamps for Benin
and Afghanistan.
In our estimate, an initial investment of
€150,000 in printing costs for the Benin
and Afghanistan issues has been inflated
into a catalogue value of €120,000,000!
Our estimate of the value of Europa 50th
anniversary issues produced by other countries
mentioned in this article, based on Michel
catalogue values, is
€604,000,000, giving a
total catalogue value of €724,000,000
for the issues in question.
How is this possible?
Who is responsible for this?
Our initial investigation indicated that this may be
part of the scandal surrounding the collapse of
AFINSA and Forum Filatelico.
On deeper probing, we have found that an as yet unidentified, Geneva-based
company is inextricably
linked with the production of these issues.
What is their connection with
AFINSA and Forum Filatelico?
We have been in contact with two government authorities, Benin
and Afghanistan,
who confirm that they have never authorised an issue for the 50th Anniversary
of Europa.
Despite this, the Michel
catalogue lists issues for the anniversary from both countries,
as well as others, at values which even the most deluded collector would
never believe.
Is
this another example of the cavalier attitude of
Wolfgang Maier and the Michel catalogue?
Is
someone paying Maier to list and inflate the value
of these stamps in the Michel catalogue?
How
can a stamp catalogue, which claims to be
a reputable collector's guide, list these illegal stamps?
Is the Michel catalogue also involved in the AFINSA
and
Forum Filatelico fiasco affecting so many Spanish
investors and general public around the world?
The
Europa stamps produced by Guinea,
Congo Democratic Republic, Central African Republic, Mozambique, St.Thomas
& Principe, Chad, Laos,
Mongolia,Bosnia-Herzegovina (Souvenir Sheet/label),
Montenegro (Souvenir Sheet/label) etc.
don't appear in the WNS system of the UPU.
Are they legal or not?
If they are, why aren't they in the WNS list?
The WNS isn't a private club that you use when you want. It's designed
as a definitive list to show the world
at large which stamp issues are legal and approved
by the issuing countries.
If it does not perform that function, scrap it.
We have already brought you the story of the irregular
Europa issues from Uruguay,
Peru and Nicaragua.
Recently, we have received information
concerning Kiribati, whose stamp
issuing policy
must be a joke when you consider that their
so-called official Europa 50th
anniversary issue is documented as 8,000,
while to our knowledge the actual
number of stamps printed is 500,000.
Laos,
who have produced the same quantities,
also seems to be suffering from an inability
to accurately establish the
number of stamps
produced for their so-called official Europa
50th anniversary issue coupled with
a similarly confused stamp
policy.
Also, we have discovered that the same
quantity of imperforated were issued
as perforated, yet no-one mentions them.
Have
they disappeared?
Now
St. Helena joins the growing list.
An
island with a population of around
4,000 now
has more than 500,000 Europa commemorative
stamps to send their letters... except 500,00 of them
aren't on the island. They're being sold for profit.
It's a shame.
If they had all the stamps worth what these are
supposed to be worth (£2,500,000), they might be
able to buy themselves an airport.
We have only scratched the surface of this scandal.
How much more is there to uncover?