Friday, July 31, 2015

PARAPHILATELIC ART MAIL/ Buttoni Local Post by Eric Whollem/ Virtual Stamp Covers Franked With Postage Undue Stamps/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS/ Boobville Postal Cancellation




BUTTONI LOCAL POST COVER FROM BOOBVILLE
with postage undue stamps for underweight mail
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



BUTTONI LOCAL POST COVER FROM BOOBVILLE
with postage undue stamps for underweight mail
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



BUTTONI LOCAL POST
stamp with coupon for ticket on the B Cruze Lines
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist



BUTTONI LOCAL POST
B Cruze Line
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist






SEE MORE STAMPS FROM THE ISLE OF BUTO




Thursday, July 30, 2015

BOOBIE BIRD COURIER STAMPS/ Butuni Post Offices/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS by Eric Whollem/ Virtual Stamp Covers and Cancellations/ PARPHILATELIC ART MAIL


BUTUNI POST BOOBIE COURIER MAIL
with Roon Valley Loco Post Undue stamp affixed
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



BUTUNI LOCO POST
stamps commemorating the loss of a postal courier vessel at sea
2015
Eric Whollem
cybertamps
copyright by the artist



NOTES ON THE CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE ISLE OF BUTO

The Isle of Buto has at least three main cultural regions: Buttoni in the north, where Templetown or Templetooni is the national capital to Butuni or Butunia in the southwest, home of migrant tribes from the western seas, to Butto in the southeast, a rebellious region that instituted the Loco Post Rebellion against the central government.

Butuni soon joined Butto in it's rebellion against the Buttonians. There was outcry in the southern provinces that postal rates were too high. Thus a series of  'postage undue' stamps were created to give rebates to postal customers. 

The Boobie Courier services found in the Isle of Buto are also characterized by regional operations.
Blythe's Boobie Courier Post from Butto was the first historically. The semi-postals you see here are from Butuni.

To confuse matters even more, there are alternative spellings of many of these regional names. It is a matter for the specialist. LOL.


BUTUNI POST BOOBIE COURIER MAIL
with Roon Valley Loco Post Undue stamps affixed
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



BUTUNI POST BOOBIE COURIER MAIL
with Roon Valley Loco Post Undue stamp affixed
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



BUTTONI BOOBIE COURIER CHARITY SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist



BUTUNI POST BOOBIE COURIER MAIL
sent to the Loco Post Collector's Society of Butopolis
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist




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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Saturday, July 25, 2015

MERMAID STAMPS/ 'The Seal's Supper' by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS/ West Merreminde Selkie Stamps



THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist




THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist



THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist



THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist



THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet number 2
copyright by the artist



THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist


THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp 
copyright by the artist




THE SEAL'S SUPPER
West Merreminde
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp 
copyright by the artist



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Thursday, July 23, 2015

GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL/ Faux Postage Stamps by Eric Whollem/ Cyber Art Mail/ VIRTUAL PARAPHILATELIC POSTAL MARKINGS

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 to access slide show
 with enlargements


GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by Nedtown Gopher Post
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist

THE GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS

During the difficult period of internal strife in Southern Digbyland that indigenous partisans decided to take their original colony back. Changes were made in the mails. It occurred  to many that a special type of mail courier service was required to counter the activities of the Mole Mail tunnel system that had been developed by the Digby Brothers.

A communication network of gopher tunnels soon connected not only post offices in Southern Digbyland, but in many nation states of the Barbaru Coast.

Scarabeus Binkel, the head of government of the Frie Stajt, was imprisoned in the Nedtown Pen. He began to send important messages by way of the gophers, utilizing the unique Tunnelli-Gram System.



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by New Digby Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by Vuyana Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by Merreminde Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by Merreminde Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist

The Advantages of Gopher Mail Over Ghost Parrot Mail

The letter above, carrying cosmetic samples, could never have been delivered by Ghost Parrot. The new Gopher Couriers, working in teams, found no difficulties in transporting reasonably large parcels.

See my posts on the Ghost Parrot by clicking on the 'parrot  courier' label in my Blog Search in the column to the left.



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by Tommyrot City Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist



GOPHER COURIER EXPRESS MAIL
received by City of the Moon Gopher Command
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

VENUS COLONY IN INNER EARTH/ Faux Postage Stamps by Eric Whollem/ Paraphilatelic Art Mail/ Cyberstamp Space Fantasy



VENUS COLONY IN INNER EARTH
paraphilatelic art mail
2015
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist

VENUS COLONY IN INNER EARTH
paraphilatelic art mail
2015
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist



VENUS COLONY IN INNER EARTH
cyberstamp sheet/ series A
2015
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist

VENUS COLONY IN INNER EARTH
paraphilatelic art mail
2015
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist

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Monday, July 20, 2015

MOLE MAIL STAMPS/ A Mole Courier Local Post by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS





MOLE MAIL
Southern Digbyland
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist



MOLE MAIL
Southern Digbyland
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist



MOLE MAIL
Southern Digbyland
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp / series 2
copyright by the artist



MOLE MAIL
Southern Digbyland
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet/ series 2
copyright by the artist


VIEW MY POSTS ABOUT DIGBYLAND:






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Sunday, July 19, 2015

MOLE MAIL/ Local Courier Service Stamps/ SOUTHERN DIGBYLAND/ Paraphilatelic Art Mail by Eric Whollem/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS



MOLE MAIL FROM THE NEDTOWN GUARDS BLOCK PARTY
Southern Digbyland Subterranean Mail
2015
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist

THE MOLE MAIL COURIER SYSTEM OF SOUTHERN DIGBYLAND

To benefit the general welfare of the nation, the Southern Digyland Colonial Postal Administration instituted a new method of delivering senstitive government messages or official business. The Mole was chosen as the postal delivery person. 

The tunnel created by this Mole now has continuous use as the main mail route between Nedtown and the New Digby Wharf, where the fleet of the Digby Brothers is stationed.


MOLE MAIL
Mole Courier System
of Southern Digbyland
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist



MOLE MAIL WITH POSTAGE DUE
a letter from the Nedtown Pen
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist




THE NEDTOWN PEN
Southern Digbyland Postal Service
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist

THE NEDTOWN PEN

The Southern Digbyland Peniteniary is commonly known as the Nedtown Pen. The Pen is proud to host the Ned Digby Talk Show every day to all those who have a room. Every room has a radio. Station WAKO is the only broadcast band available in the colony, as radio is a great innovation on the Barbaru Coast.

The Digby Brothers's Company Store, that advertises on this stamp, sells general produce and household items, primarily to oil workers on the bay, or cotton pickers, or field hands from the poison ivy plantations. This poison ivy is the favorite food of the Gwogtonian migrants from the north, and also is a celebrated ingredient in the national drink, Gypsy Jezzie's Poison Ivy Moonshine. LOL



MOLE MAIL FROM THE WARDEN'S ACCOUNTANT
to the Nedtown Infirmary
1952-2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist

MOLE MAIL WITHIN THE NEDTOWN PEN INFRASTRUCTURE

It seems curious that the Balloon Committee should be contacting the Infirmary by Mole Mail as it was just two doors down. But this must have been an emergency, requiring for National Security, the establishment of an official Mole Tunnel between the Warden's Daughter's Office, and Nurse Nanette.

It must have been that someone was injured in a balloon popping incident and urgently required bandaid.

There is no telling for certain, as this was a secret government correspondance, entrusted to a loyal Mole.  LOL


A Short Note on the Shark Tooth Cancel

There are only three known examples of this rare cancellation from Southern Digbyland. 

It may seem odd that official government correspondance should be franked with Postage Due stamps. 

But the Southern Digbyland Postmaster General  Uriah Digby, thought it was the Patriotic Duty of every Digbylander to cough up a bit of dough for the sake of the country, no matter how and mighty they might feel in a comfy government office, or hot and sweaty they might feel after twelve hours of cotton picking, as there is no favored class system in the eyes of Ned Digby, as Ned said on his talk show just yesterday.

LOL

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Friday, July 17, 2015

GHOST PARROT COURIER MAIL/ A Series of Postcards and Letters Sent Via Ghost Parrot/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS by Eric Whollem/ PARAPHILATELIC ART MAIL


POSTCARD TO MAJOR  POLYBOG DUPPLE
from an incarcerated Scarabeus Binkel
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist


THE REMARKABLE GHOST PARROT COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE

The development of the Ghost Parrot mail courier service was an extraordinary thing. Unlike our modern email that seldom is able to get a single letter through to Heaven, Fairyland, Gerrymandered Districts or other dimensions, the Ghost Parrot can cross every boundary of time and space.

The Ghost Parrot can effortlessly deliver many different messages all to different locations simultaneously, unlike our modern thumb operated text messages, which are limited by spam rules and carpel tunnel syndrome.

And the Ghost Parrot Courier service is a totally secure message system. No pirates are there to rob. No hackers there to meddle into your private affairs. Of course, the Parrot himself, happened to be a pirate in his day. A reformed bird he is.




GHOST PARROT COURIER STAMPS
Barbaru Frie Stajt
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist


HOW THE GHOST PARROT BEGAN

Due to the untimely demise of Scarabeus Binkel's pet parrot, a bird who had faithfully delivered the personal mail of the captain for years, Captain Binkel developed the idea of using the friendly ghost of his parrot to continue his postal duties. At the time he had not considered the implications of the radical technological innovation that he had devised!

The letters below are examples of mail sent out from the Southern Digbyland Penitentiary, or the Nedtown Pen, as it is called. These are sent without worry about prison censors or the urgent secrecy involved in the messages communicated.

At the time it was a great concern in the City of the Moon, to affect the release of Binkel, as he was national hero of the Loonezzi.

GHOST PARROT COURIER LETTER FROM POLYBOG DUPPLE
to Scarabeus Binkel in the Nedtown Pen
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist 


POSTCARD TO MAJOR  POLYBOG DUPPLE
from an incarcerated Scarabeus Binkel
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist


GHOST PARROT COURIER LETTER FROM DOROTHEA DIMBU
of the Lady's Grog Procurement Auxilliary
to Scarabeus Binkel in the Nedtown Pen
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist


GHOST PARROT COURIER POSTCARD
from Scarabeus Binkel in the Nedtown Pen
to Dorothea, remarking how the inebriation of the prison guards
i.e. 'bellhops' was a mission successfully accomplished
2015
Eric Whollem
paraphilatelic art mail
copyright by the artist

Thursday, July 16, 2015

FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS from the City of the Moon/ A Semi-postal Charity Stamp for the Grog Relief Fund by Eric Whollem/ PARAPHILATELIC ART MAIL/ Virtual Stamp Covers




SCARABEUS' ADVENTURES IN THE AIR FORCE
of the City of the Moon
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp
copyright by the artist


HOW THE CITY OF THE MOON CAME TO THE AID OF SCARABEUS BINKEL

After Scarabeus Binkel was arrested in Southern Digbyland for unplugging his radio in the New Digby Hotel, his old friends from the City of the Moon began plans to rescue him from prison. In Southern Digbyland everyone was required to listen every day  to Ned Digby's Radio Talk Show. The Digby Brothers had taken over Barbaru Frie Stajt, Binkel's original colony and even brought in an oil company which despoiled the pristine waters of Binkel's Bay. Thus you can see that  his arrest was a move to silence him, as he was Emperor of Barbaru.

The semi-postal stamps you see here were used to raise funds for a 'Grog Relief Mission,' which was a 'covert Op' for the City of the Moon, who used agents disguising themselves as the Friends of the Nedtown Prison Guard Union. They used their rocket planes to deliver packages of Grog to the guards.

It was theorized that the Grog would numb the guards, or at least make them amenable, so that a rescue team could get Scarabeus free from jail.

This stamp was designed as subtle propaganda, showing Scarabeus as a pilot in their Air Force. In fact (LOL), Scarabeus had many honors in the City of the Moon. He was head of their Academy of Science, having stayed in the country for 200 years during a peculiar time warp that passed as seeming days to people in other regions. He had become a General in the Loonezzi Air Force of the City of the Moon, as well as Postmaster General, a great honor.


LETTER TO SCARABEUS 
Southern Digbyland Penitentiary mail
with postage due paid in Grog
2015
Eric Whollem
cybermail art
copyright by the artist


SCARABEUS' ADVENTURES IN THE AIR FORCE
of the City of the Moon
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist

LETTER TO SCARABEUS 
Southern Digbyland Penitentiary mail
with postage due paid in Grog
2015
Eric Whollem
cybermail art
copyright by the artist

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