Jnanasagara
Shambhala Nor Postal Services
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist
The Provisional Post Office of Kalapa
These stamps are postal fantasy issues from what appears to be a
provisional post office. Provisional postage stamps are those that are
issued by a local government, city, county or province in lieu of regular
postage stamps being available from the postal authority of the country
in which the provisional post office has been set up. These have historically
been available for limited postal use, though usually the stamps are not
recognized by the Universal Postal Union or other postal authorities as
postally valid.
These stamps, being artist stamps, or faux postage renders the designation
of 'provisional post' to the realm of fantasy. Thus these are 'faux provisional
stamps.'
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Artist stamps, artistamps, cinderella stamps, cyberstamps, fantasy stamps, faux postage, mail art, micronation stamps. Digital art, serial art, figurative abstraction, abstract art.
