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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Recognition of the art form
- Controversy
- The artistamp creation process
- See also
- References
thumb|Artistamp by Elaine with Grey Cats, 2005
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “artistamp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.