Fraud

Year of Issue: 

2021

Country: 

  • United Arab Emirates

Material: 

  • Paper

Colors: 

  • Black, Violet / Pink, Grass Green, Blue

Shape: 

  • Triangle

Width: 

28

Height: 

31

Motif: 

  • Flower

Text on Label: 

Gulf Fruits
Premium Bananas
Product of UAE

Catalog Entry: 

Author: 

Jiranek

Post date: 

Oct 2021

Last modified: 

Jul 2026

Comments

@Pavol: You changed two

Submitted by michael on

@Pavol: You changed two labels of this set from PROMO to FRAUD, which is fine in principle. However, I think it would make sense if you also change all nine labels in the set. Otherwise, it would be unclear why two different classifications are used within the same set. Don't you think?

P.S. We originally used PROMO, in line with other homemade labels created by collectors just for fun. Javed's labels are so obviously not genuine banana labels that I don't think anyone would seriously mistake them for real banana labels. I'm also fine with using FRAUD if you think that's the better classification, but then please apply it consistently to the whole set.

Yes - of course! I am not the

Submitted by eukoko on

Yes - of course! I am not the master of my time, I had to turn off the PC.
It is already marked as FRAUD.

A scam of such a format is unprecedented!!

Promo - some other series are also more than suspicious, but they are not (hopefully) speculative to the detriment of collectors. Javed asked for €2,000 for a complete set, which is a very huge amount of money by Indian standards (I know who paid him...). Promo labels of collectors that are stuck on letters or series of collector's events - OK, I can collect those! But the question is how to get these - exchange them - no one gives them to me for free!

Thanks for updating the

Submitted by michael on

Thanks for updating the classification for the whole set. The labels themselves are so obviously homemade that anyone who still believes they are genuine banana labels should probably take a closer look.

And I agree with you. Javed was not honest with us about the homemade labels. He made us believe they were genuine banana labels and even provided staged photos to support that impression. In this case, FRAUD is indeed the better classification.

Paying money for banana

Submitted by michael on

Paying money for banana stickers creates a problem. In my opinion, the number of counterfeit stickers and misprints discarded by printing companies has increased because collectors have created a financial incentive for offering such items.