An imaginary country or fantasy country is often important in mail art, as it issues its own artistamps. Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium. ... Artistamp refers to a postage stamp-like artform. ...
It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between an imaginary country, which does not even attempt to make any colourable claim to sovereignty, and a micronation, which does. Micronations – which are sometimes also referred to as cybernations, fantasy countries, model countries, new country projects, and online nations – are entities that resemble independent states, but for the most part exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators. ...
There are also imaginary unions, such as the International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA). In mail art the union has turned into a real thing with their own site and their own discussion group. Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium. ...
A fictional universe is a cohesive fictional world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... This is a (theoretically) all-encompassing list of fictional things created in the media. ... A fictional country is a country that is made up, and does not exist in real life. ... A fictional country is a country that is made up, and does not exist in real life. ...
An imaginarycountry or fantasy country is often important in mail art, as it issues its own artistamps.
It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between an imaginarycountry, which does not even attempt to make any colourable claim to sovereignty, and a micronation, which does.
To further confuse the issue, some micronations later convert to imaginarycountries, such as Porto Claro.
Feeds |
Contact