It Came From Bellisseria Chat: When Stamp Collecting Gets Dangerous

 

 

From Tamarind Silverfall: "Can anyone tell me what this passport stamp from the Dannielles area looks like? I clicked the sign, and it says I got it, but I don't see it in my passport."

 

Maybe a little less attention to the passport until you're away from the shark.

 

"Just when you thought it was safe to go stamp collecting."

The Bellisseria Bureau of Bureaucracy

 

 Occasionally, the Newser will mention the Bellisseria Bureau of Bureaucracy, also known as the BBB, in an article. This is often about its passports and the stamps that many collect in them, it's embassies across Second Life, and more. This past Second Life Birthday, the Lindens got involved in their latest set of stamps. So just who are the BBB? Gemma Cleanslate recently had a talk with their founder Boo Rojyo and he had a few things to say about how they got started and what they do.

Read Gemma's story in People.

 

More on The Bellissarian Stamp Giver

 

Last week, we announced that the Newser office in HV Community was now a location one could get a stamp for the Bellisserian passports. Since then, the Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy gave us a mention in their own newsletter. 

"It's a venerable SL publication with a suitably old school HQ build," they spoke of us, "and – now – a wonderfully old-fashioned stamp!"

Other locations mentioned include a couple airports, the Willowtail Airfield, and Abbot's Historical airport. 

As for the stamp, well, the design is simple and to the point. Just as is our goal when telling the news.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Bellisserian Stamp Location At The Newser Office

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For about a year and a half, the Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy, or BBB, has been offering passports to residents. And these residents have gone about Second Life to add stamps on them representing locations. Now, the main Second Life Newser office has a passport stamper. 

Just go to our main office at HV Community, go inside, walk past the desk, and in the back is a stand marked "BBB." Touch the top of the stand to get your stamp, and you'll have another mark to show what a traveler you are. 

While you're there, why not explore around? Walk the stairs to a train station, where occasionally the Sunbeamer Express stops to pick up passengers. Just across the street is a shop, Brandi's Intimates. To the east is Sunlight Bay, with Farshore Field where one can rezz and fly a plane and the Puddlejumper Mall. To the northeast at Sunny Beach and SunWaterThree, there are the Gathering Oak and Bouncing Bunny Beach Club, in which between events one can surf or drive bumper boats. In SunWaterTwo are hidden caverns one can explore. In SunWaterOne is a German pocket Battleship and a small volcano.

Just respect privacy at homes when going about.
 
HV Community, (140, 85, 25)

Bixyl Shuftan
 

SL Video: "Adwyn Applies For Her Bellisseria Passport"

From Pring Productions on June 21, "This is a video tutorial from the BBB (Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy) to help walk Bellisserian residents through the process of applying for their Bellisseria Passport. Apply today for your own Bellisseria Passport at our main office in Lorelei, Bellisseria, Second Life. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lorelei/201/68/23 (BBB is a nonprofit community group in Bellisseria)"
  

The Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy

Do you feel like you're a little too comfortable with being able to freely go from place to place in Second Life? Do you feel uneasy without having some form of documentation on you? If you're from the new continent, there's a place that can help you out. At the Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy, or BBB, you can get a new passport or vehicle license plate. Gemma Cleanslate went there recently to check it out.

Read Gemma's article in Places.