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 Jen Staggs on February 10, 2011 at 8:30pm: Nobody's gonna expire. You know we will all have robot parts in a few years and we will live forever. Plus, someone has to be around to watch all the episodes of "Saved by the Bell" on Netflix Premium. That's where they download shows and movies directly to your brain. No mail necessary.

Comment by David Stafford on February 10, 2011 at 8:24pm: Diane, that is way beyond my expiration date...you may have to let me know via ether-mail when that date rolls around.

Comment by DKeys on February 10, 2011 at 8:15pm: you're right David-hanging on to those red envelopes for dear life. but will ebay be around in 2050?

Comment by David Stafford on February 10, 2011 at 5:32pm: From an eBay catalog circa 2050: "This rare Netflix envelope is worth approximately 50 million yuan. Once ubiquitous, they became a collectible around 2015 when the post office restricted all mail to letters, postcards and mail art."

Comment by Marcia Cirillo (Fifi LePew) on February 10, 2011 at 5:10pm: I will miss seeing those Red Envelopes. Guess I should save a few for posterity?

Comment by David Stafford on February 9, 2011 at 2:18pm: I wanted to do something like this but Marcia beat me to it. This brief moment in postal history, soon to be eclipsed by online viewing, will be known as The Hour of the Red Envelopes.

Comment by Jen Staggs on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pm: Marcia sent me a visual history of the early years of Netflix. Greatness!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2011 at 12:40pm: ...and great Postal History with Marcia's Valentine. This is amazing..Benjamiin Franklin was First Postmaster in America, 1737! And on the "heart" side, we see a 1976 US postage stamp in his honor. but there are 16 AMAZING Franklin stamps on the other side, dating from 1902-1927! Treasures each one! One is stamped"Chicago", another: Seattle, Wash., and another Danbury, Conn.Plus many other cancels and details! Thank you so much, Marcia!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2011 at 12:32pm: Passion Valentine from Valentine (who is "not" participating...passionately, ha!)

but is very dear to us all. Hi Val! Love-Struck-Thanks!

Comment by Mary Jo Cartledgehayes on February 8, 2011 at 10:02pm: I feel the same way, Katerina. And I dearly love the pieces I'm sending. Must go to Home Depot and look at their sandpaper. First time I've ever been in a sandpaper department, so I expect a big adventure!

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