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A Group for all that love and make artistamps. Stories, concepts, special issues, All there is to know

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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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Could anyone exchange my artworks for your Artistamps ? 4 Replies

Started by Kiki. Last reply by Kiki Dec 31, 2023.

Artistamp xchange 1 Reply

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Call 2 Replies

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Found some great scissors for cutting stamp edges! 10 Replies

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Help for How to Create Stamps 25 Replies

Started by Rachel Fasig. Last reply by Oscar Yeats Mar 3, 2022.

Site in Germany (Yourstamps) 9 Replies

Started by Sandra Skies Ludwig. Last reply by Paul Wilkinson Aug 15, 2021.

Where to get sheets of dry gum paper 8 Replies

Started by A Badger. Last reply by Michael French Apr 27, 2021.

love all those invented stamps !!!

Started by Ifé Niklaus Dec 24, 2020.

"To perforate or not to perforate? That is the question" 11 Replies

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Sep 23, 2019.

Newbie to Mail Art 5 Replies

Started by The Artful Writer. Last reply by The Artful Writer May 27, 2019.

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Comment by Mikel Untzilla on April 27, 2022 at 2:46pm: Paola Toffolon 220120-5

Comment by Mikel Untzilla on April 27, 2022 at 2:45pm: Paola Toffolon 220120-4

Comment by Mikel Untzilla on April 21, 2022 at 9:18pm: Paola Toffolon 220120-3

Comment by Bradford on April 19, 2022 at 6:56pm: You can use a variety of imaging software programs. If you have Microsoft Paint, that's all you need to arrange images. It's simple to use. I render my photos with Photoshop, but it's easier to create the array with Paint.

Comment by Heide Monster on April 18, 2022 at 2:37pm: I use MS Word. It's not really an image program, but I insert a table with the correct size boxes and then add images. One advantage is you can add words, such as 2¢.

Comment by Ficus strangulensis on April 18, 2022 at 11:46am: How does one print a sheet of small images suitable for perforating starting from a single image?

I've tried using Corel PhotoPaint v9 which has various multiple printing templates built in such as 2x2 up to 4x4 but so far I've been unable to avoid crowding the image off the edge or corner of the array.

HELP please!

Comment by Alan Brignull on April 18, 2022 at 11:44am: The self-adhesives are not perforation, just perf-shaped diecuts.

Some modern perforations are done with a machine which presses the sheet against a 'pimply' plate and grinds the holes away. In the old days the perforator used to do a whole row at once, in a comb shape |_|_|_|_| then move on to do the next row, so all the corners were wholly whole holes.

Comment by Ficus strangulensis on April 18, 2022 at 11:33am: How does the USPS make 'perfect' perfs? What I mean is, how do they make perfect crossings where a line of perfs crosses another and all the little holes are perfectly registered so that there are only perfect holes?

I'd wondered about getting a laser cutter/engraver and finding a way to guide it to make perfs... until I saw the price!

Comment by Mikel Untzilla on April 15, 2022 at 10:03pm: Paola Toffolon 220120-1

Comment by Mikel Untzilla on April 7, 2022 at 9:22pm: Ina Ripari 220120-1

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