Steampunk - what is it?

Steampunk is a genre which originated during the 1980s and early 1990s and incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, horror, and speculative fiction. It involves a setting where steam power is widely used—whether in an alternate history such as Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United States, or in a post-apocalyptic time —that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. This technology includes such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the contemporary authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld and China Mieville

Why am I telling you this?

Chocolate Baroque has released two sets of Steampunk stamps and they are amazing. I've got them in the A Look at Whats New section of the website along with quite a few others from Chocolate Baroque.

                                      
                                         Steampunk Travel A5 Rubber Stamp set $26

                                                 Steampunkery A4 Rubber Stamp Set $36

      Glenda, the owner of Chocolate Baroque made this fantastic scene using the stamps from above.

Claire from the design team of Chocolate Baroque made this.

Another one from Glenda.