Free City of Loffburg fantasy stamps tied to Adanaland

Today, I’m writing about some stamps that have been in my queue for several weeks now. They came to me by way of England’s Alan B., the creator of Adanaland stamps, but this block purports to be from the Free City of Loffburg.

According to the approval card on which the block is mounted, Loffburg was mistakenly excluded from the terms of the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890, the agreement by which Germany gained control of Heligoland and German East Africa in exchange for recognizing British authority in Zanzibar. It was subsequently declared a free city and became a member of the Adanaland Commonwealth.

These stamps are, of course, fantasy creations through and through. Loffburg doesn’t really exist! Nevertheless, the designs seem appropriate to the time period in which they supposedly originated, and they’re certainly not something you’re likely to run across every day. This sort of material is, to me, one of the things that make stamp collecting fun!

Published 2024-11-06