OGYGIA
Kered-Sebo Goat Cart Route Cover
with Goat Fodder Fee 5f paid
2019
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
THE GOAT CART DELIVERY SERVICE OF OGYGIA
Ogygia, being a remote island, had to be innovative when it came to mail delivery. As goats were quite common on the island, it seemed logical to use them for mail transport....The only difficulty was being sure that the goats were properly fed before venturing forth on the treacherous mountain trails of Ogygia.
Postage due was seldom seen among Ogygian letters, as the funds surcharged for axel grease, ruminant relief funds, and goat fodder more than made up for insufficient postage.
OGYGIA'S LOCATION
in the world of
Homer
A map of Ogygia appears on the stamps reproduced here. Historians from ancient Greece to the modern Middle Ages preoccupied themselves with developing a history of Ogygia, which has been located as far afield as Gozo in the Maltese Archipelago to the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
OGYGIA
Map produced by the Ogygian Cartographic Society LOL
2016
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
Ogygia has long been considered as a likely candidate for the True Atlantis. LOL
OGYGIA
Inaugural Goat Cart Courier Route
cover with Goat Damage
2019
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
OGYGIA
Mt. Eregon Goat Cart Delivery
Ogygian Overland Express Mail
2019
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
OGYGIA
Ogygian Overland Express
Axle Grease Fee 5f
2019
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
OGYGIA
The Five Lakes of Cronos
2016
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
OGYGIA
Goat Cart Delivery Mail
2019
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
OGYGIA
ATLANTIS
conceived as an island where Odysseus
was imprisoned by Calypso
Calypso
2016
Eric Whollem
copyright by the artist
an island north of Malta
among the many isles interpreted as Ogygia
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