BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Bunkum Shipping Company Express courier
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
BUNKUM SHIPPING COMPANY EXPRESS
a phantom courier post of Barbaru
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamps
copyright by the artist
A DEFINITION OF PHANTOM STAMPS
Melville, in 1923, wrote a classic philatelic treatise on what he called 'phantom' stamps. A phantom basically is a fantasy issue. A phantom country is one that is made up from imagination.
These stamps have nothing to do with ghosts.
Barbaru Frie Stajt was originally a colony established by Scarabeus Binkel. After he was lost at sea, an expedition from his home county sent a fleet of ships to find him. These were Binkel's cousins, the Digby Brothers. After arriving in Barbaru Frie Stajt, they reorganized the government, establishing Southern Digbyland, which issued stamps until partisans and allies of Binkel reclaimed the colony for Barbaru.
The stamps and covers seen here are from the new government of Barbaru which operates out of it's capital Attulio, as Binkel's Landing, the old capital had suffered so much damage from the attack of Sea Serpents of the Sea of Glass, who came to throw out the Digby Brothers.
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Bunkum Shipping Company Express courier
with land deliveries by Bunkum Gopher Express
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
BY LAND AND BY SEA
The cover above shows the use of two different courier services.., As this letter, intended for overseas delivery was sent orginally from Tommyrot, an inland town in Barbaru, the Bunkum Gopher Express carried the mail.
But after the letter entered the hands of a ship's captain, the Bunkum Shipping Company Express took over the duties of delivery until the mail reached Scarabia Wharf.
Inland Revenue in Barbaru customarily surcharges mail with postal tax stamps. The cover above is surchraged one eighth of a barbaroon. This monetary unit today is sometimes called a 'piece of eight.'
BUNKUM SHIPPING COMPANY EXPRESS
a phantom courier post of Barbaru
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamps
copyright by the artist
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Bunkum Shipping Company Express courier
with land deliveries by Bunkum Gopher Express
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
'The Pirate Maiden'
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Bunkum Shipping Company Express courier
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Inland Revenue Postal Tax Stamps
2015
Eric Whollem
cyberstamp sheet
copyright by the artist
BARBARU FRIE STAJT
Bunkum Shipping Company Express courier
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
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