An artistamp (a portmanteau of the words "artist" and "stamp") or artist's stamp is a postage stamp-like art form used to depict or commemorate any subject its creator chooses. Artistamps are a form of Cinderella stamps in that they are not valid for postage, but they differ from forgeries or bogus Illegal stamps in that typically the creator has no intent to defraud postal authorities or stamp collectors.
Artistamp creators often include their work on legitimate mail, alongside valid postage stamps, in order to decorate the envelope with their art. In many countries this practice is legal, provided the artistamp is not passed off as or likely to be mistaken for a genuine postage stamp. When so combined (and sometimes, less strictly speaking, even when not so) the artistamp may be considered part of the mail art genre.
Irony, satire, humor, eroticism and subversion of governmental authority are frequent characteristics of artistamps. Artists may leverage the expectation of official endorsement that necessarily inheres in governmentally-issued postage for the purpose of shocking or subverting viewers' expectations, with such actions typically representing a specific political and artistic motive. Other practitioners are content to depict more homey subjects like kittens and family members. Some artists use the form to create fantasy stamps for their own postal administrations or countries – in many cases thereby developing or complementing an imaginary governmental system.
An artistamp (a portmanteau of the words "artist" and "stamp") or artist's stamp is a postage stamp-like art form used to depict or commemorate any subject...
recycled images and objects, rubber stamps, artist-created stamps (called artistamps), and paint, but can also include music, sound art, poetry, or anything...
has been described as an "entrepreneur and critic", and pioneered the artistamp, a postage-stamp-sized medium. She has been prominent in the mail art...
and printed onto envelopes or packages by authorized individuals. Some artistamp-issuing entities have issued "digital stamps", which have usually remained...
H.R. Fricker and Clemente Padin were exhibited. In 1995 he edited The Artistamp Collection, the first mail art catalogue on CD-ROM. With the participation...
computer-printed letters, however, decorated envelopes, rubber stamps and artistamps formed part of the medium of mail art. In the 2000s (decade) with the...
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such as Erinnophilie in France and Germany, or Erinnofilia in Italy. Artistamp Illegal stamps Cinderella Stamp Club Exonumia Mackay, James. Philatelic...
issued by private local posts can also have first days of issue, as can artistamps. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps...
be cancelled with a private postmark. Unofficial entities that issue artistamps may use postmark-like markings as well.[citation needed] Marcophily is...
In 1981, he began focusing on artistamps (a term he coined) and miniature art, ultimately organizing his first artistamp exhibition, entitled “Artistampex...
although Mahjaba did not have functioning postal services at that time. Artistamp artist Bruce Grenville has created a set of stamps for the Sultanate of...
activities her Gina Lotta Post Artistamp Museum and Archive grew into one of the largest comprehensive collections of original artistamps online. It includes historical...
international contemporary and avant-garde arts, such as Artist's books, artistamp, mail art, visual poetry, sound poetry, conceptual art, fluxus, installation...
titled "Cyberstamps", included the first exhibition of online digital Artistamps. Chuck Welch was one of the few mail artists who sometimes used traditional...
link] Held Jr., John (April 11, 2015). Small Scale Subversion: Mail Art & Artistamps. USA: Lulu. p. 147. ISBN 978-1329058057. Sarnacki, Aislinn (July 20, 2017)...
ISBN 0-517-05491-4 The 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album, A bound collection of humorous artistamps drawn for the strip's 20th anniversary. ISBN 0-14-012809-3 Action Figure...
became a member. It was in this period that he became involved in creating artistamps (faux postal stamps) – some of which are now in major collections – including...
he also edited the books Rubber Stamp Art by John Held Jr. (1999) and Artistamps by James Warren Felter (2002) In 2000, Baroni was Curator of the Mail...
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