The first day cover of the first stamp of Tramscamster Bog, the Sheep issue (click on the image to view a larger image).
Several years ago, I bought two non-contiguous souvenir plots of land, each one square foot of peat bog, in Camster Burn Estate in Caithness, Scotland. The vendors of these plots said that purchasers could call themselves "Laird of Camster", but I've never used the title because there can be only one laird of a particular territorial designation, and in any case, Lord Lyon doesn't recognize any territorial designation for Camster. So what to do with two square feet of Scottish wasteland?
There's a tradition of British island owners issuing local stamps for their islands, so why not be the first to issue stamps for landlocked property? After naming my two square feet of land "Transcamster Bog" ("trans" means you have to cross Camster to go from one plot to the other), I issued this stamp showing a sheep in front of one of the Grey Cairns of Camster, Neolithic stone tombs that are over 5,000 years old.
The stamp's illustration of the sheep was drawn by the Canadian artist Tina Olah.
The stamp is imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).
Transcamster Bog stamps are available on eBay, with sales in U.S. dollars on U.S. eBay and sales in British pounds on U.K. eBay.
If you want to buy in U.S. dollars and add different items to the cart, click here and look for sales in U.S. dollars:
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If you want to buy in U.K. pounds and add different items to the cart, click here and look for sales in U.K. pounds:
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You may also purchase stamps from me outside of eBay. Send an email to dmakTO@rogers.com for information.
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