In 1999, Angola stamps began appearing on the market that were totally bogus / illegal issues. These issues continued through at least 2003 and were all printed and sold by companies outside of Angola.
Scott makes mention of these issues in the 1999 section of the catalog stating:
“These Flora and Fauna stamps, formerly Nos. 1067-1078 were not authorized by Angola postal authorities”
Then goes on to list a number of topics of stamps inscribed Angola that are also illegal issues. Keijo at StampCollectingBlog discusses these stamps here.
The stamps from 1999 feature various denominations and various themes such as Disney, Trains, Flora, Space, Entertainers, JFK, Churchill, Pope John Paul II and more.
The Stamps of 2000 feature again, various topical themes, but interestingly all in the same denomination of 3500000 kzr.
And here are some more examples from my own collection:
Checking on eBay and you will find many examples of these bogus stamps for sale. Many times they are listed as being “Bogus”, but most often, they are not.
No complete listing of these Angola issues exist (that I am aware of) but there is at least a partial listing in Scott as well as the UPU Circular listed below.
UPU Circulars and Warnings
A warning and a list of some of the stamps from the 2000 era was issued by the UPU at the request of the Angola Postal Authorities:
| Dear Sir/MadamThe postal administration of ANGOLA asks me to inform you of the following:
“Our administration has been informed of the existence of several sets of illegal postage stamps issued by three companies located in Belgium, Great Britain and Lithuania. “We would like to point out that all the stamps produced by these companies in the name of our country are illegal and that their circulation does harm to the Angolan and international postal services and to collectors. A list of the postage stamps concerned is given in the annex. “The illegal issue of these postage stamps is contrary to the provisions of the Detailed Regulations of the UPU Convention and to the laws of the Republic of Angola. These fake postage stamps must not therefore be accepted as a means of postal prepayment.” Yours faithfully, M S RAMAN Information about the sheetlets |
| Type of issue | Denomination of stamps | Subject of stamps |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: roses 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: fish 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: bonzai 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: Cats 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: flowers |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: cactus 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: Eagles |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: birds |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: lions |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: butterflies |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: panda |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: mushrooms 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Trains of Angola 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: gorillas 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Trains of Angola 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto 2x |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: dogs |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: swans |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: turtles |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: owls |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: bees |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Animals: dinosaurs |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Trains of Angola |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: flowers |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: roses |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: Mushrooms |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: Bonzai |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: Flowers |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 3500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Flora: mushrooms |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Millennium 2000 |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 NKz (9 stamps) | Ditto |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 NKz (4 stamps) | Millennium 2000 – Centenary of the film |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 NKz (9 stamps) | Papal visit |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 NKz (6 stamps) | Personalities of the 20th century |
| Sheetlet | 950000 NKz (2 stamps) | Cardinal John O’Connor |
| Sheetlet | 2500000 (9 stamps) | Cardinal John O’Connor |