Postal History Boutique

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Postal History Boutique

Celebrate national postal history through mail art exchanges embracing stamps, postcards, envelopes, stickers, postboxes and whatever else anyone comes up with. Managed by Valentine Mark Herman.

 

Members: 93
Latest Activity: Sep 24

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Leap Year : : 29 February 2016 19 Replies

It only happens twenty-five times in each century, that odd day on the calendar, 29 February. What a great opportunity to sneak in some postal history to your mail art this year.At the end of this…Continue

Started by Keith S. Chambers. Last reply by Heleen de Vaan Jun 22, 2016.

FIVE: Postal History Boutique Special July Mailing 123 Replies

Bonjour boys and girls! Angie and Snooky told us yesterday that:"This year July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years."I propose that we celebrate it…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Jul 26, 2011.

Stop stealing the UK's postboxes (and making them into mailboxes, too)!! 2 Replies

From today's UK Daily Telegraph Postboxes stolen and sold on eBay for thousandsBritains world-famous red Victorian postboxes are being stolen by criminals who sell them abroad for thousands of pounds…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jun 28, 2011.

A postal experiment 2 Replies

In the very early days of the postal system -- and going way back before postage stamps were introduced (in the UK in 1840 -- addresses were very simple, or even non -existent (and of course there…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by John Tingey Jun 21, 2011.

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 13, 2013 at 7:19am

US postage honored this guy, who has a birthday today :-) Sept 13:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 3, 2013 at 9:09pm

Almost lost it...but "almost" doesn't count!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 3, 2013 at 9:08pm

The REAL Priceless Precious Penny Red is now safe :-)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 3, 2013 at 2:48pm

WHERE IS THE PENNY RED??

IT WAS IN THE LITTLE ENVELOPE!!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 3, 2013 at 1:46pm

Penny Red has arrived in Greece :-)

...on a very nice OLD,  vintage, envelope:

Thank you, Val!!! 

'Tis blogged:

Penny Red from Val.France :-)

Comment by David Stafford on August 25, 2013 at 10:41pm

He's the guy who wrote "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy." Something no one has ever forgiven him for.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on August 25, 2013 at 9:25pm

Who is George M Cohan? (asks Valentine M Herman)

Comment by David Stafford on August 25, 2013 at 9:13pm

I believe the man is George M. Cohan...

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on August 25, 2013 at 7:54pm

Fantastic!

And no wonder postage stamps are so expensive.

Comment by David Stafford on August 25, 2013 at 5:14pm

One of many, many wonderful pictures in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs collection.

 

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