Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice
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The Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice (CNPD) is a Cinderella stamp producer founded by British musician Jimmy Cauty.
It produces parodies of Royal Mail stamps, some of which are in turn collected by enthusiasts. The Aquarium online notes as follows about the history and topics covered by the postal authority:
Exploiting the decidedly low-brow tradition of stamp collecting, the CNPD (Cautese National Postal Disservice) first day covers, prints and books – marketed as low-priced limited editions – comment pointedly on the absurdities of national identity, art and iconography. Past provocations include images of the queen in a gas mask, and burning Houses of Parliament with the legend ‘5/11’; now supplemented with the ‘America Shut Up’ series and the Angel of the North upside down with its head in bedrock, ridiculing the “we’ve never had it so good” cultural triumphalism of the Sage, Baltic, et al.
Stamps issued by the Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice may not be used legally for postage.
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