Postal History Boutique

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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.

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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 January 27, 2012 at 1:54pm: We are posting Dragons here, too...for 2012 Year of the Dragon, which is being celebrated in China and elsewhere for these 15 days.

Valentine Mark Herman seems to be enjoying the Chinese celebrations while in the UK. thanks for this great mail art, xxx!

Also under-the-dragon is art and Val's stamps. 'Love it all!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 26, 2012 at 1:33pm: Hello Val...the Hermes stamp is to Greece like the Penny Stamp to the UK, me thinks. And now they have it engraved again and it is great...when I can find any!!!

Angie, and Val, watch your mail box ( or post box)...Hermes is on his way. xx

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on January 26, 2012 at 10:36am: Great stamps, Katerina!

Val (who wouldn't say 'no' if you gave hi; a mint one in Paris)

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 25, 2012 at 9:03pm: The Greek Post is celebrating 150 years since their first stamp.

It is Hermes, the messenger of the gods...and the series is all

engraved, so there is a great relief/texture on these stamps.

However, my local post office doesn't have a big supply, I had

to go all the way downtown to get a few! sigh!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2012 at 4:26pm: Nice dragon stamps...none in Greece.

Postal pictures from Niklas Heed. There is a beautiful sleeping postman on the envelope! And three postal "carriers" out-at-sea. Great drawings!

Comment by Louise Kiner on January 15, 2012 at 4:18pm: Here's Canada's Dragon stamp, Angie:

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on January 14, 2012 at 5:46am: Suggestion for a dragon mailing -- something along the lines of 'The dragon and me!'. That opens up the possibility for A&S to make a St. George & the Dragon type piece, with Angie as the brave and noble warrior, and Snooky the faithful pooch attacking the dragon's tail

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on January 11, 2012 at 5:20am: Not me, thankyou 'cios I'm not a dragon person. Look at the Mail Art Project page: there's a call for Dragon Mail Art there by a Dragon Museum (honest!) in Germany. Val

Comment by Louise Kiner on December 17, 2011 at 9:31pm: Nice collection!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 17, 2011 at 9:23pm: 'Tis the Season:

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