My stamps are frequently cancelled in the mail. Royal Mail produces so many new designs that hardly anyone ever sees, the staff probably just cancel everything just in case it's real.
Thanks Ficus and Bradford for the links to the faux postage and Artistamps of Donald Evans in the atlasobscura. As a newcomer to creating artistamps, I found it to be very useful and timely.
Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city.
Dorigo Sempere made the product to showcase the qualities and ingredients of algae paper.
Otherwise known as Shiro Alga Carta, this material was first produced in 1992 by Venetian paper company Favini . . . [for more, click on the link at the top]
Florian Schneider of the German band-Kraftwerk tribute issue. He passed away last April 7, 2020. He was one of the progenitors of "synthpop" and "electronic music"
Domenico Ferrara Foria
Thanks for the compliments.
Nov 16, 2019
Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann
I just published an article about making this stamp sheet, and the article includes a PDF download that you can use as a template.
Here is a link to the article - http://www.chasenfratz.com/wp/low-tech-faux-postage/Nov 18, 2019
Alan Brignull
My stamps are frequently cancelled in the mail. Royal Mail produces so many new designs that hardly anyone ever sees, the staff probably just cancel everything just in case it's real.
Dec 11, 2019
Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann
Uploaded another faux postage tutorial yesterday. I hope it is useful!
Low-Tech Faux Postage Part 2
http://www.chasenfratz.com/wp/lowtechpart2/
Dec 16, 2019
William M
Breathe. A new small set of rubber stamped artistamps.
Dec 19, 2019
Ficus strangulensis
Oooooooh! NICE!
Dec 19, 2019
William M
thanks ficus! been thinking quite a bit about hong kong these days.
Dec 20, 2019
irene ronchetti
UFO
Dec 24, 2019
Carmen Kennedy
Love your Hong Kong stamps, William. So hoping things get better in 2020.
Jan 1, 2020
William M
thanks carmen. me too, but sadly i don't think it's going to end well. :(
Jan 2, 2020
Alan Brignull
Received today from Alexander Limarev in Novosibirsk — a striking sheet of stamps from Red Zombia Post. Thanks, Alexander!
Jan 15, 2020
Domenico Ferrara Foria
Jan 18, 2020
Ficus strangulensis
a partially used sheet of artistamps combining references to jakalopes, Johnson, bunny crackers and goodness nose wot else.
Jan 29, 2020
William M
fantastic ficus!
Jan 29, 2020
Alan Brignull
ficastic fantus!
Jan 29, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Love the artistamps, Ficus!
Jan 30, 2020
Domenico Ferrara Foria
Feb 5, 2020
Ficus strangulensis
Here's an article on faux postage of micronations.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/micronation-stamps?utm_source...
Feb 10, 2020
Bradford
I got that article on my newsfeed on my phone, but forgot to go back to it. Thanks for sharing here.
Feb 10, 2020
Bradford
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
Feb 10, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Thanks Ficus and Bradford for the links to the faux postage and Artistamps of Donald Evans in the atlasobscura. As a newcomer to creating artistamps, I found it to be very useful and timely.
Feb 12, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Here is my :second attempt at creating perforated artistamps:
Feb 12, 2020
Adam Roussopoulos
New Artistamps "self portrait"
Mar 13, 2020
William M
so cool adam!
Mar 13, 2020
Domenico Ferrara Foria
Mar 16, 2020
Bradford
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/19/venice-lagoon-canals-algae-stamps...
Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city.
Dorigo Sempere made the product to showcase the qualities and ingredients of algae paper.
Otherwise known as Shiro Alga Carta, this material was first produced in 1992 by Venetian paper company Favini . . . [for more, click on the link at the top]
Mar 20, 2020
Heide Monster
Nice looking paper
Mar 20, 2020
William M
such cool paper!
Mar 21, 2020
borderlinegrafix
Mar 30, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Covida Series, Good Friday 2020
Apr 12, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
Awesome -
Apr 12, 2020
Debra Mulnick
Inspired by Adam Roussopoulous to carve!
Apr 12, 2020
Adam Roussopoulos
Debra! Those are beautiful!!
Apr 12, 2020
William M
i'm with adam debra! those are really great. carmen i'm digging your covida series too.
Apr 12, 2020
William M
My latest set of artistamps.
Apr 12, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
@carmenkennedy- I love that covid- sheet! mind if I exchange a sheet with you? I will post some of my recent sheets if you are intersetd.
Apr 13, 2020
Adam Roussopoulos
New Artistamps!
Apr 13, 2020
William M
loving your rubber stamped artistamps adam!
Apr 13, 2020
Debra Mulnick
Apr 19, 2020
Debra Mulnick
Apr 19, 2020
Debra Mulnick
New plate block stamps
Apr 19, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Covid Artistamps, Series No. 2 - inspired by a collage I created.
Apr 20, 2020
Carmen Kennedy
Playing with some mini-sheets of perforated paper from 100 Proof Press
A girl has to have some fun, right? (Smile)
Apr 24, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
May 6, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
toxic masculinity issue (2017) for artistamp mail art exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey
May 6, 2020
Adam Roussopoulos
Started a new series with my new toy
May 6, 2020
Alan Brignull
Congratulations — that's some toy, Adam!
May 6, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
Florian Schneider of the German band-Kraftwerk tribute issue. He passed away last April 7, 2020. He was one of the progenitors of "synthpop" and "electronic music"
May 17, 2020
Michelangelo Mayo
"asymptomatic mail carrier" (2020)
My tribute to the great postal workers who continues to perform their duties amidst the danger of the pandemic
May 17, 2020
William M
love that tribute to florian!
May 17, 2020