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An artistamp (a portmanteau of the words "artist" and "stamp") or artist's stamp refers to a postage stamp-like artform. It is similar to a Cinderella stamp in that it is not valid for postage, but it differs from a forgery or a bogus stamp in that (typically) the creator has no intent to fool any post office or collector of stamps. (However, depending on how the stamp is used, it may be difficult to distinguish artistamps from local post stamps.) The artistamp is intended to be a miniature artwork which can depict or commemorate any subject its creator chooses.

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Help for How to Create Stamps

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love all those invented stamps !!!

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"To perforate or not to perforate? That is the question"

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Newbie to Mail Art

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Site in Germany (Yourstamps)

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How do you use an artistamp on mail?

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Found some great scissors for cutting stamp edges!

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Care and maintenance of perforator

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Where to get sheets of dry gum paper

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Comment by Bradford on February 10, 2020 at 7:45pm: At the same site (AtlasObscura), there is an article from 2017 that features the Artistamps of Donald Evans:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cinderella-stamps-donald-evans

Comment by Bradford on February 10, 2020 at 5:44pm: I got that article on my newsfeed on my phone, but forgot to go back to it. Thanks for sharing here.

Comment by Ficus strangulensis on February 10, 2020 at 4:22pm: Here's an article on faux postage of micronations.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/micronation-stamps?utm_source...

Comment by Domenico Ferrara Foria on February 5, 2020 at 2:09am

Comment by Carmen Kennedy on January 30, 2020 at 2:23pm: Love the artistamps, Ficus!

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 29, 2020 at 9:08pm: ficastic fantus!

Comment by William M on January 29, 2020 at 7:26pm: fantastic ficus!

Comment by Ficus strangulensis on January 29, 2020 at 5:55pm: a partially used sheet of artistamps combining references to jakalopes, Johnson, bunny crackers and goodness nose wot else.

Comment by Domenico Ferrara Foria on January 19, 2020 at 12:23am

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 15, 2020 at 7:36pm: Received today from Alexander Limarev in Novosibirsk — a striking sheet of stamps from Red Zombia Post. Thanks, Alexander!

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