Gay Republic of Kemp Land

  GAY REPUBLIC of KEMP LAND
    Ministry of Internal Affairs
   
Gardo Office Complex,
    42 Ernakulam Avenue,
    Bonjo Town, Kemp Land.
.

Welcome to Kemp Land!

  JOBS APLENTY IN KEMP LAND

Located on the pleasant shores of Antarctica, the Gay Republic of Kemp Land achieved independence in 1975.
Read our fascinating history.
View our beautiful stamps.
About our flag.     Read a media report from UK.

 
The wedding of Matthew Campbell in 1998 was celebrated by the gold overprint on the Framnes Mountains National Park stamp. Click this stamp to view another photo of Matthew Campbell on a stamp.
 
  AWARD FOR TASTE FOR KEMP LAND POST

In December 1999, the Kemp Land Post Office won the prestigious "Bad Taste Award" from the UK journal "Stamp Magazine".
To read the announcement, click here.

  AUSTRALIAN & SYRIAN HERITAGE

Our country was a colony of Australia, and was settled by Australian and African whalers and miners. More recently, a large number of Syrian people immigrated. Today, the two official languages are English and French.

 
Kemp Land 2000 Dogs of the Antarctic, good friends.
 
  ICE, COAL, & FISH EXPORTS

Our main natural resources are coal, ice, and fish, and though demand for these useful products has declined with the oil fascination of the present era, large quantities are mined throughout Kemp Land.
View a steam railway miniature sheet.

Kemp Land 2016 Gay Revolution 60c overprint
In 2015, the Gay Republic was proclaimed, and four older stamps issued by the old regime were overprinted in 2016 to celebrate our new free status.
   
  HARDCOVER CATALOGUE FOR KEMP LAND STAMPS TO BE UPDATED

In 1997, the Kemp Land Stamp Catalogue, by Simon Quaritch, won much acclaim. Now, Mr Quaritch has announced plans to publish an updated edition.
To read the announcement, click here.

Catalogue of Kemp Land Stamps 1997, by Simon Quaritch, hardcover edition.

  INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION & AID

Kemp Land is a member nation of the International Council of Independent States (ICIS), and maintains friendly relations with many countries of the Fifth World.
The Kemp Land dollar is tied to the
Australian
.
Click here to convert your currency into Australian.
        Z

  CULTURE & MUSIC

In 2009, Kemp Land, mindful of culture and its importance in our lives, issued a set of two stamps to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano.

Kemp Land 2009 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. Click this stamp to view the full set.