Friday, July 21, 2017

PIRATE STAMP COVERS FROM ROTTER'S PIT AND KLOP'S ISLE/ Salvaged Mail by Eric Whollem/ 'Sea Damage'




ROTTER'S PIT
Salvaged Mail with Sea Damage
1899/ 2017 LOL
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist


LES ETATS BARBARU

Les Etats Barbaru is a federation of pirate nations off along the coast of West Merreminde. Rotter's Pit is a small autonomous republic to the east of Klop's Isle.

The cover  you see above was salvaged from the wreck of the postal transport ship out of  Besmooth. LOL The cover below shows the ink stains from the letter within. The blue cancels are designed from old insignias of the Barbaru region. LOL

Member states of Les Etats Barbaru include Klop's Isle, Skag Dog Republic, Rotter's Pit, Mukka Republic and Pelly's Nest. LOL [Those familiar with earth history may recognize Barbaru as a faux take off on 'Barbarun' or 'Barbary,' which are how the historically sensitive folk of that planet designate what more properly, by Amphoran standards, is known as the Barbaru Coast, a region 'first explored' by Scarabeus Binkel, but in actually colonized many centuries earlier by the multifarious indigenous peoples of West Merreminde.]

After the fall of the Binklish Empire, many crew members of Binkel's realm joined the pirates of the Barbaru Coast. LOL





KLOP'S ISLE
Salvaged Mail with 'Sea Damage'
1899/ 2017 LOL
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist



FRANCOIS DUCAT

Ducat was a well known French-Turkish pirate of old. The brown cameo cachet to the lower right hand of this cover is a historical image of an Italian-Turkish pirate, Ulluj Ali.




KLOP'S ISLE
Paquebot Mail from the Al Hurra Paquebot Company
1899/ 2017 LOL
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist



TURKISH PIRATES

Kiklop Ada is an island enclave of Turkish pirates, The female pirate Saddiya Al Hurra is the leader of the pirates of Kiklop Ada. Seen on the stamp to the lower right is the famous Barbarossa.

Onceliki Posta means 'priority mail' in Turkish.

Klop's Isle is the popular (Anglicized) pirate rendition of the name Kiklop Ada, which means Isle of the Cyclops.


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