Even with a shrinking world, exotic locales of sorts still exist. There are breakaway republics, local posts for isolated islands, and entirely imaginary places. For a larger image, see here
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Lundy, Herm, and St. Kilda are a few of the many islands off Britain which have issued local postage for carriage of mail from their respective islands to the British mainland
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Nagaland, Maluku Selatan, and Biafra stamps were issued by regional independence movements which were later repressed by the countries of which they are now a part (India, Indonesia, and Nigeria)
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Arbah and Katin are part of the Sicmon Islands group, chronicled in the The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy
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Tui Tui and The Republic of Port Maria are members of the International Council of Independent States
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The Point de Kiss stamp was issued by Pig Wings and Promises. Donation of Jaki Ernst.
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Ankh-Morpork and Sto-Lat are on another planet altogether, a parallel universe known as "Discworld". Museum purchase from Discworld Stamps
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Qatar is an Arabian emirate and Ifni was a Spanish colony in North Africa
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