Seller in China offering new Canadian 'P' stamps at 21% of face. Any chance this is legit?
Summary: phc64 starts the discussion by expressing suspicion about a Chinese seller offering Canadian 'P' stamps well below face value, suspecting they might be counterfeit. hansatrade confirms the presence of counterfeit Canada Post stamps, mentioning a professional-looking website. marnotom! highlights the website's resemblance to legitimate sites, while ilikehockeyjerseys explains the ongoing struggle with counterfeit stamps and mentions an article about similar issues in the UK. Participants agree that counterfeits are pervasive on platforms like Facebook, with reallynicestamps noting their presence there as well. hansatrade indicates difficulties in shutting down websites, but notes quick action against other fake goods online.
I often purchase eBay lots of unused (full gum) Canadian stamps which I then use for postage. I usually purchase such lots for about 65-70% of the stamps' face value.
A listing from a seller from China caught my eye. This seller is offering brand new rolls of 100 'P' stamps for C$23.13
After 'watching' the listing, the seller sent me an offer for 500 'P' stamps for C$86.71 plus C$8.15 shipping. (500 times 92 cents is $460, so including shipping the offer amounts to less than 21% of the stamps' face value).
I strongly suspect these are...ummm....self-produced stamps. To the Canadian stamp dealers on here: Is there any chance this is legit?
reallynicestamps
·2 years agoStill counterfeits.
hansatrade
·2 years agoStopping it, or shutting the websites is next to impossible, but at least they should try to stop the FB advertising. I see such ads every day.
A few weeks ago I saw similar FB ads about counterfeit canadian DL and bank notes (!!!) and the ads were removed very quickly, within one day or two.
hansatrade
·2 years agoWOW! NEW (COUNTREFEIT) STAMPS HAVE ARRIVED!
reallynicestamps
·2 years agodevon@ebay
Here we go again.
These are also showing up on Facebook - with a Canada Post logo attached so even more dangerous.
hansatrade
·2 years agoYes, they are very active on Facebook, too. 70% OFF! 😠
hansatrade
·2 years agoAttention! The counterfeit Canada Post stamps are for sale, again!
This time the website looks really (almost) professional. BEWARE!
https://ottawastamps.com/
More counterfeits of modern Canadian stamps emerge (Canadian Stamp News, 18 June 2024)
marnotom!
·2 years agoWow, I’ll say. Looks like just about everything about that site’s infrastructure has been cribbed from Toronto’s First Post Office’s Spotify-hosted site.
marnotom!
·2 years agohansatrade
·2 years agoThere is a new website, this time with an original Canada Post logo. It seems nobody cares ..... 🙄
ilikehockeyjerseys
·2 years agoI wouldn't say nobody cares, but it is always a cat and mouse game when it comes to countering counterfeit items.
It is very unfortunate. It also might be ironic, if these parcels are sent via Canada Post, but I suspect these would be drop shipped from China.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/counterfeit-stamps-cost-canada-post-millions-a-year-expert-says-1.1375040
That is an article from 10 years ago. So this has been going on for a while.
I don't know how they could resolve it.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-flooded-with-forged-stamps-despite-using-barcodes-to-prevent-just-that/#:~:text=Royal%20Mail%2C%20the%20British%20postal,it%20has%20failed%20to%20do.
Apparently, the barcoded stamps in the UK did not help.
brettjet38
·2 years agoThey will eliminate paper stamps...