Worldwide Stamp New Issues - Laos.

Last updated 1 November 2002.

WARNING: Some stamps claiming to be those of Laos, listed at the bottom of this page, are "illegal issues", according to a Universal Postal Union circular reproduced on the Philatelic Webmasters' Organization web site at http://pwmo.org/Illegals/frame-illegals-en.htm .

The information presented here is deduced from stamps in my own collection. Some sets mentioned here may contain other values not noted.

• 1997. Soccer World Cup, France, 1998.
  • 700k Soccer player kicking ball.
    Other values may exist.
• 1998 or thereabouts. Pictorial stamps.
  • 2000k Wooden yoke and plough.
  • 3000k Statue of Buddha.
    Other values may exist.

Laotian Philatelic Links.

Illegal Issues.

The following stamps are "illegal issues", according to a Universal Postal Union circular reproduced on the Philatelic Webmasters' Organization web site at http://pwmo.org/Illegals/frame-illegals-en.htm . They are not legitimate postage stamps of Laos.

• 1999. Three of the Greats of the Golf World.
  • Tiger Woods.
  • Payne Stewart.
  • Arnold Palmer.
    These three stamps were issued, together, in a miniature sheet.
• 2000. Great People of the 20th Century. Series 3.
  • Elvis Presley.
  • Elvis Presley.
  • Elvis Presley.
  • Marilyn Monroe.
  • Marilyn Monroe.
  • Marilyn Monroe.
  • John Lennon and the Beatles.
  • John Lennon and the Beatles.
  • John Lennon and the Beatles.
    These nine stamps were issued in a sheetlet.
  • Elvis Presley (Miniature sheet).
  • Elvis Presley (Miniature sheet).
  • Elvis Presley (Miniature sheet).
  • Marilyn Monroe (Miniature sheet).
  • Marilyn Monroe (Miniature sheet).
  • Marilyn Monroe (Miniature sheet).
  • John Lennon and the Beatles (Miniature sheet).
  • John Lennon and the Beatles (Miniature sheet).
  • John Lennon and the Beatles (Miniature sheet).

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