Fantasy issue

Fantasy (or novelty) issues can be made to honor a person or event, for advertising purposes, for humor, for artistic purposes, or to show how a note might have looked had it been actually issued.

[1] Fantasy issues from the United States are popular, featuring, for example, celebrities or non-standard denominations.

In Britain, such fantasy or satirical paper issues are known as skit notes.

[3] Fantasy issues are often made by separatist or similar political movements.

[3] Other Yugoslavian issues were made in the late 40's and early 50's, known as the "Informburo series", produced in Germany by Manfred Dietl.