East Timor

East Timor, Timor-Leste or Timor Lorosae is an island nation in Southeast Asia. In 1975, it declared independence from Portugal (see: Timor). The region was then claimed by Indonesia, sparking warfare until a United Nations peacekeeping force was installed in October 1999, called UNTAET.
 * The UN administration issued one set of stamps in 2000. UN official mail used UN stamps.
 * East Timor became an independent country in 2002, issuing its own stamp from that point.

 File:East Timor A.jpg|thumb|center|400px|2000 issue for East Timor under UN control. File:Timor Leste 2002.jpg|25c value of the indpendence issue of 2002. 

About 2000, bogus topical issues inscribed for East Timor began appearing. They are in the usual sheetlet or souvenir sheet format that these fakes are typically found, not normal for East Timor or Timor Lorosae. It appears only a few different were produced, but as they say, they can always print more. [[Category:E]]