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Stamps printed in excessive quantities

According to an article in the Philatelic Webmaster Organization, some companies that have printed stamps on behalf of poor countries (especially in Africa) are printed in excessive quantities aimed at collecting.

Stamps are only apparently approved by local postal administrations,

The article mentions in particular

many stamps and leaflets related to minerals, from countries such as:

Chad, Comoros, Mali, Niger, Congo , 

Burundi, Guinea Rep., Guiné Bissau Rep.,

Solomon Is., S.Tome & Prince, Togolaise Rep.....

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Black number = Scott catalog​

Blue or  red number = Yvert et Tellier catalog

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Minerals

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Image	Country	Year	Subject	Yvert	Set
	Djibuti	2019	Various minerals	Multi	2717-2720
	Djibuti	2019	Beryl V. Heliodor	BF 519	1 val
	Liberia	2021	Garnet family	BF 935	2 val
	Liberia	2021	Garnet family	Multi	6761-6765
	Niger	2022	Dimitri Mendeleev and various minerals	Multi	n.c.
	Niger	2022	Dimitri Mendeleev and various minerals	Multi	n.c.
	S. Tomè & Principe	2020	Various mineral	Multi	4 val
	S. Tomè & Principe	2020	Quartz	BF	1 val
	Sierra Leone	2022	Dimitri Mendeleev and various minerals	10835-38​	5 val
	Sierra Leone	2022	Dimitri Mendeleev and tetredymite	BF 2202	1 val
	Sierra Leone	2022	Dimitri Mendeleev and Bismuth + Corundum	BF 2203	1 val
	Terres Australes - France	2023	Arfvedsonite	1024	1024-1025
	Terres Australes - France	2023	Arfvedsonite  cut	1025	"

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Meteorites

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Image	Country	Year	Subject	Yvert	Set
	Andorra	2023	Tears of St. Lawrence	n.c.	1 val
	Guiné-Bissau​	2022	Various meteorites​	Multi	4 val
	Guiné-Bissau​	2022	Imilac meteorite	BF	1 val
	Guiné-Bissau​	2022	Bassikounou meteorite Mauretania 2006 ​	BF	1 val
	Liberia​	2022	Various meteorites​	Multi	4 val
	Liberia​	2022	​Chelyabisnk meteorite Henbury meteorite	Bf	1 val
	Liberia​	2022	Pallasite Condrite Campo del cielo meteorite	BF	1 val
	Mocambique	2022	Giant meteorite of 65 My ago and Darwin	BF 591	1 val

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Gems and Jewels

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Image	Country	Year	Subject	Yvert	Set
	Sri Lanka	2021	Various gems	5 val	2297-2301
	Sri Lanka	2021	Various gems	5 val	2302-2306

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