Monday, August 8, 2016

FANTASY REVENUE STAMPS/ Grand Duchy of Guguwuph/ Faux Stamps by Eric Whollem/ PARAPHILATELY



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist

THE GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH

By general consensus, Guguwuph is a ficticious country in the south of Amphitritonia. These revenue stamps are indicative of the national temperament of Guguwuph, which is considered to be a bit off the norm.

Guguwuphian dialect is hard to master....but these stamps are not a good source of reliable information on the grammatical structure of the tongue, insofar as it is believed by paraphilatelic experts, that these stamps were overprinted by convict labor from the national prison in Port Wippysnap, the national capital. These prisoners are a polyglot group of pirates who were apprehended at sea a few years back.

So much like ill printed license plates these stamps are a curiosity in the faux revenue genre.



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist



GRAND DUCHY OF GUGUWUPH
Revenue stamp
2016
Eric Whollem
laser edition
copyright by the artist




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