OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Route
cover damaged by goat/ Fodder Surcharge Label
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
GOAT CART PARCEL POST PACKAGE FRAGMENT
Ruminant Relief Fund Surcharge 5f
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
GOAT FODDER SURCHARGES OF OGYGIA
These covers include special markings indicating forms of postal taxation found in Ogygia. On the first cover there is a label reading 'GOAT DAMAGE Please Pay Your Fodder Surcharges Promptly.' The bite marks on the cover are the result of hungry goats, who have run out of food on the rocky trails that lead through the Ogygian mountains.
Unfortunately Ogygian postal goats have traditionally been fed letters from the Dead Letter Office, so that they have developed a taste for philatelic materials. The fine distinction between a living letter and a dead letter is a matter that does not seem to matter much to them. The fodder surcharge was developed at the insistence of stamp collectors who agonized over the ravaging of the mails.
The 'Ruminant Relief Fund' marking on some of these covers represents the activity of a special agency of the Ogygian Postal System. Goats are ruminants, of course. This relief fund tries to find other snack foods that appeal to goats. Thus far tin cans seem to have found a following among many billy goats and fortunately are light and easy to carry, making their use amenable to cart drivers. However some nannies are finicky eaters and prefer less roughage in their diets.
The Axle Grease fee, as seen in the cancel on the last cover in this selection, was developed to insure that the goat carts are kept in a high order of maintenance. Some hungry goats found that axle grease is quite a delicacy, a fine dessert to follow a meal of 'dead letters' or other unauthorized philatelic hors d'euvres.
OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Service
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Service
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Service
Goat Fodder Fee 5f
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Service
Ruminant Relief Fund 8f
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
OGYGIAN OVERLAND EXPRESS MAIL
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Service
Axle Grease Fee 5f
2016
Eric Whollem
handmade cover
copyright by the artist
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