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Equal parts Fluxus celebration and felonious enterprise, this is desktop philately taken to its ill-advised extreme. Conceived, printed and perforated myself, these stamps travel the world in search of that indelible emblem of official approval- the cancellation.

Ukrainian stamps, Ukrainian war stamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps, stamp art, artistamps,
Stamps
8.5 x 11
2022
Ukrainian stamp, Fake Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian war stamp, anti-Russian Ukrainian stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps, Ukrainian stamps
2022
Ukrainian stamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps, stamp sheets, stamp art,
Stamps
8.5 x 11
2022
Ukrainian war stamp, fake stamps, Michael Thompson chicago artist, Ukrainian stamp
digital print, envelope
4" x 5"
2023
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian war stamp, Ukraine postage stamp, Ukrainian war stamp, fake Ukrainian stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps
2022
Ukrainian war stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Fake Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian war stamp, fake stamps, Ukrainian anti- Russian stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist
2022
Ukrainian stamp, Fake Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian war stamp,fake stamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Ukrainian war stamps
2022
Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian war stamp, Ukrainian Art postage stamp, michael thompson Chicago artist, Ukrainian Protest postage stamp
Digital
4” x 6”
2022
Fake stamps, Ukrainian war stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Ukrainian protest stamp
Digital
2” x 1”
2022
Ukrainian stamp, Ukrainian postage stamp, Anti-war Ukrainian postage stamp, michael thompson chicago artist
Digital
2" x 1"
2022
Michael thompson Chicago artist, faux postage stamps, global warming stamp, artist amps
Ink-jet print
10" x 4"
2021
Michael thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, fake postage stamps
4" x 5"
2021
Michael thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artistamps
4" x 5"
2021
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Kurt Vonnegut Museum, fake postage stamps, Chinese stamps, Dalai Lama
Published in Kurt Vonnegut Museum Literary Magazine
2021
Michael Thompson art.com, fake postage stamps, artistamps,
Ink-jet print
4.25" x 10"
2020
Michael Thompson art.com, fake postage stamps, artistamps, Chinese stamps, Cheng Lei detention
Ink-jet print
4" x 6"
2020
Michael Thompson art.com, fake postage stamps, artistamps, Chinese stamps, Cheng Lei detention
Ink-jet print
4" x 6"
2020
Michael Thompson art.com, fake postage stamps, artistamps, erotic postage stamps, French sex chair
Ink-jet print
4" x 5"
2020
Michael Thompson art.com, fake postage stamps, artistamps,
Ink-jet print
4" x 5"
2020
artistamps, trump postage stamp, michael thompson chicago artist, fake stamps, art stamps
Ink-Jet print
8.5 x 11
2020
Trump stamp, artistamp, michael thompson chicago artist, fake stamp
Ink-jet
8" x 3"
2020
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Artist Postcard, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink, paper, postcard
5' x 7'
2020
Italian stamp, Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Fake stamp and envelope
6.75 x 3.5
2020
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, nude collage, billboard art, ironic art, collage, Chicago artist
Digital Media
8.5" x 11"
2020
 Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Nude postage stamps , fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Digital Media
1.5" x 1.2"
2020
 Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Artist Postcard, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
ink-jet print of stamp and drawingn
1.25" x 1.5"
2020
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Artist Postcard, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
ink-jet print of stamp and drawing
4' x 7'
2020
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Donald Trump Stamp, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
3.5" x 8"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Donald Trump Stamp, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
.5" x 4"
2019
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, Trump postage stamp, art stamps
Ink-jet
8.5" x 11"
2018
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
4" x 6"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
8.5" x 11"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
6" x 4"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
8.5" x 11"
2019
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artistamps,  artist stamps, Trump postage stamp, art stamps
Ink-jet
8.5" x 11"
2017
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, Trump postage stamp, art stamps
Ink Jet
8.5" x 11"
2017
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps, trump stamps, Donald Trump Postage stamp
ink-Jet
6" x 9"
2018
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
4" x 9"
2018
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
4" x 9"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Taiwan stamps, fake Taiwan stamps, artistamps, fake stamps
ink-Jet print
4.24" x 8.25"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Taiwan stamps, fake Taiwan stamps, artistamps, fake stamps
Ink-Jet print
8.5" x 11"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Chinese stamp on envelope, Chinese stamps,  Xi Jinping stamp, fake Chinese stamps, fake Xi Jinping stamp, artistamps, fake stamps
Offset Print, ink-jet print, water color pads
4" x 9"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Chinese stamps,  Xi Jinping stamp, fake chinese stamps, fake Xi Jinping stamp, artistamps, fake stamps
Ink-Jet print
11" x 8.5"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Hong Kong Democracy Movement, Umbrella Movement, artistamps, michael thompson stamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Offset Print, ink-jet print, water color pads
4" x 9"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Hong Kong Democracy Movement, Umbrella Movement, artistamps, michael thompson stamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Offset Print, ink-jet print, water color pads
8.5" x 11"
2018
I Love The Electorate...
Envelope and stamp
5" x 11.5"
2017
Ivanka Trump Stamps, Fake stamps, Fake postage stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist
8.5 x 11
2017
fake postage stamp, Brexit stamp, artistamps
Inkjet print
1.5" x 7.5"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson stamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Ink-jet
4" x 5"
2016
Commemorate the Counterfeiter
Inkjet print, envelope
3.5" x 7"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Black Panther Postage stamp
Ink-Jet print
4.24" x 8.25"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Henry the 8th Wives
postage stamps on envelope
3" x 4"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Yves Klein Postage stamp
postage stamps
3"x4"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Yves Klein Postage stamp
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Mt. Rushmore stamp
Ink-Jet
1.25" x 4"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Mt. Rushmore stamp
Ink-jet
10"x 1'25"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, 7 deadly sins
Ink-Jet
1.5" x 10"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Dalai Lama stamp
Ink-Jet
11" x 8.5"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Dalai Lama stamp, fake chinese stamps, fake dalai lama stamp, artistamps, fake stamps
Ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2014
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Erotic postage stamps, Costa Rican Postage stamps
Postage Stamps
8.5 x 11
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Christmas seals
Postage Stamps
8.5 x 11
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Henry the 8th Wives
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Haile Selassie, Jamaica
Ink-jet
8.5" x 11"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Haile Selassie, Jamaica
Ink-jet
4" x 5"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Columbian Postage stamp, Poppy stamp
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Columbian Postage stamp, Poppy stamp
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Marie Antoinette stamp, Marie Antoinette, fake stamps, artistamps, Marie Antoinette commemorative stamp
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Marie Antoinette postage stamp
Ink-jet
11" x 5"
2016
Melania Trump Postage Stamp, fake stamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Bangladeshi postage stamp
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2014
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, South African Stamp, The necklace
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, Bangladeshi stamp
Laser print
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps, artiststamps, art stamps, English stamp, Fox Hunting Stamp
Ink-jet
1.25" x 2.25"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps, artistamps,Fake Curacao stamp, curacao postage, fake stamps, artistamps, curacaoan postage, Dutch colonialism
Ink-jet
8.5" x 11"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps,Malaysian stamps, artistamps, fake stamps, anti-chinese stamps, Beting Serupai, Chinese Maritime disputes, the Spratly islands
Ink-jet
4" x 5"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Hitler stamp, Hitler paintings, fake WW ll stamps, artistamps, fake stamps, winston churchill stamps, eisenhower stamps
Ink-jet print, envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artist amps, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square Anniversary stamp, fake chinese stamp
Ink-jet print, envelope
4" x 6"
2010
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square Anniversary stamp, fake chinese stamp
ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2013
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square Anniversary stamp, Chinese stamps, Great Firewall, fake chinese stamp
ink-Jet
4" x 4"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps,
Ink-Jet
8.5 x 11
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Dalai Lama stamp, fake chinese stamps, fake dalai lama stamp, artistamps, fake stamps
ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2013
 Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamps. faux philately, artistamps
Ink-jet print
11' x 8.5"
2019
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Je Suis Charlie,
Ink-jet
4" x 10"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, J Edgar Hoover stamps, J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson stamp, famous homosexuals,fake stamps, artistamps, Hoover and Tolson
ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, j edgar hoover stamp, FBI and Homosexuals, gay FBI agents
ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2014
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Al Capone postage stamp, Al Capone image, fake stamps, artistamps, michaelthompsonart.com
Ink-jet print, envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2003
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay postage stamp
Ink-jet print
8.5" x 11"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay postage stamp, Guantanamo, fake stamps, artistamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2011
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay postage stamp, Guantanamo, fake stamps, artistamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2011
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Jyllands-Posten cartoons, muhammad, Danish Muhammad Cartoons, Danish cartoons as stamps, fake stamps,
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, fake stamps. artistamps, Courbet stamp, Origin of the World painting, Courbet
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Yves Klein Blue,
Page of Yves Klein Book
8.5" x 11"
2008
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Fake Yves Klein stamp, Yves Klein Blue stamp, fake yves klein, artistamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Fake Yves Klein stamp, Yves Klein Blue stamp, fake yves klein, artistamps
Page of Yves Klein Book, envelope
20" x 16"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps,
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Sheet of Marie Antoinette Postal Stamps, Fake Stamps
ink-jet
8" x 10"
2013
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Napoleon postage stamp, nude stamps, fake napoleon stamp, fake french stamp, artistamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Napoleon postage stamp, nude stamps, fake napoleon stamp, fake french stamp, artistamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Japanese stamp
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2014
michael thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Betty Boop, Boobs on postage stamps
Ink-jet print
8.5" x 11"
2015
michael thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Betty Boop, Boobs on postage stamps
ink-jet
5' x 7.5"
2004
Michael thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Betty Boop, Boobs on postage stamps
Ink-jet
4.24" x 5.25"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Sex Stamps, Nudity Stamps, fake postage stamps, sexy postage stamps, nude postage stamps
Ink-jet
4.24" x 5.25"
1993
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake postage stamp , artistamps, fake stamps
collage
8" x 4"
2013
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Magritte painting, Magritte Stamp
Print and envelope
16 x 20
2000
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson stamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Ink-Jet
8' x 4"
2018
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Inverted sheet of fake stamps, Marilyn Monroe
Ink-jet
8" x 10"
2013
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Marilyn Monroe postage stamp, fake stamps, overprinted postage stamp by Michael Thompson
Ink-jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist Gertrude Stein Commemorative stamp, Gertrude Stein stamp, fake stamp, artistamp
Ink-jet print
2" X 3"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist , artistamps
Laser Print
1.5" x 2.5"
1998
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, air mail stamps
Ink-jet print and envelope
3.5" x 3.5"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, artistamps, Lenticular, Lenticular Stamp, Fake Lenticular stamp, artistamps, fake stamps
Lenticular stamp
4.24 x 8.25 (ea)
2012
Kill All Artists, Fake stamp, Stamp and Coin Show, guns on stamps, artistamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist
ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Chernobyl, Nuclear fallout, Norwegian stamps, Chernobyl stamps, fake stamps, michael thompson artist
Ink-Jet
1.25" x 1.25"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, artistamps, Fox Hunting Commemorative stamp, British stamps, fake British stamps
Ink-Jet
4" x 5"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, artistamps, Deer Hunting Commemorative stamp, British stamps, fake American stamps
ink-Jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, artistamps,  fake American stamps
Ink-Jet print and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, artistamps,  fake American stamps
ink-jet
1.25" x 3"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, jewish gangsters, fake Israeli stamps, Bugsy Seigel, Meyer Lansky, Infamous Jewish Americans, mobsters,
ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2016
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Edward Lee Howard, Spy, Soviet Mole, Fake stamp, Order of Lenin
ink-Jet
3" x 4"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Lenin, Lenin stamps, Fake stamps, michaelthompsonart.com, artistamps
ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, The seven deadly sins, fake stamps, artistamps
Ink-jet
1.25" x 11"
2014
Hunter S Thompson postage stamps, fake stamps, Michael Thompson Chicago artist
Ink-Jet
8.5" x 11"
2009
MichaelThompson Chicago artist, Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident murdered, Ricin
Ink-Jet
1.5 x 4"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, air mail stamps
Laser Print
2" x 3.25"
1998
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Charles Ponzi stamp, Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme
Ink-Jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Bernie Madoff, pyramid schemes, charles ponzi, Ponzi Scheme
Ink-Jet
1.25" x 1.25"
2009
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Kill All Artists
ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Kill All Artists
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25 (ea)
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Ford's Theatre, Lincoln Assassination
Laser Print
8.5" x 11"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Ford's Theatre, Lincoln Assassination
Laser Print
1.5" x 2.5"
1999
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Ford's Theatre, Lincoln Assassination
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Laser Print
8.5" x 11"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Michael Thompson fake stamps, fake stamps,
Laser Print
8.5" x 11"
Alberto Fujimuri, fake Peruvian stamp, Michael Thompson Chicago artist, fake stamps
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
Lenticular, Lenticular Stamp, Fake Lenticular stamp, Op art, Michael Thompson Chicago artist
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2010
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, michael thompson stamps, michael thompson fake stamps, fake stamps, Kenny Bruce, Lenny Bruce postage stamp
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Lenny Bruce, Fake stamps
Ink-jet
1" x 2.25"
2000
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Lenny Bruce, Fake stamps
ink-jet and envelope
4.24" x 5.25"
Michael Thompson Chicago artist , artistamps
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist , artistamps
Ink-jet and envelope
4.24 x 8.25
2015
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, artistamps, Gun Support, NRA, Imaginary stamp supporting guns
Ink-jet
1.5" x 2"
2009
Fake stamps, michael thompson artist
Print
4" x 5"
2013