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"MOVE Your Archives" from Vittore Baroni

Cards and stickers from Vittore have inspired me to ORGANIZE the mail art archives!

It seems it is "official": 2016 is the Year of the Clean-up-the-Mess!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 22, 2016 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

Radiogram #7 from Marie in Japan, or ADAM?

Here it comes...

"Love and Kisses" fromADAM... New York, or Boston :-)

Thank you, Marie, I'm lovin' em all!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 21, 2016 at 3:18pm — 3 Comments

Yep, mail art in from Artist in Seine, here, too

And it looks like "almost" an envelope!

From the U.S. Capital perhaps?

Well enclosed goodies , within a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 21, 2016 at 11:39am — 4 Comments

It's Thom Courcelle!

So happy to see Thom in the mail! Yay!

Sunshine and music ...

And look at this "flowery poetry" :-) Excellent!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 20, 2016 at 8:54am — No Comments

Polar Bear Hop from MailArt Martha

Poor Polar Bear, no ice to dance on?

BLUE card in envelope gives wise advice however:

And that is a Teddy! ;-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 20, 2016 at 8:53am — 2 Comments

Torma Cauli sends a vintage card...of 1929?

She is lovely ...and vintage :-) (not old)

What is this recycled card...of 1929?

"Marhalevel" may mean "passport" card in Hungarian? Stunning!

So good to see Cauli in-the-mail!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 19, 2016 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Ryosuke on artistamps from C.T. Chew

Really Fluxus portraits on these FluXus Cohen stamps:

several depictions...amazing:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 19, 2016 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

The Banana BlueS from Angela Behrendt in Germany

Beautifully stitched, of course!

This is a blue-skinned banana :-) came as a postcard: MIT LUFTPOST:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 19, 2016 at 11:29am — 1 Comment

SNOW and a card at dawn from Dawn

Actually, the postman came at noontime, not at dawn...

but, here's a fine reminder: "all good things evolve"!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 18, 2016 at 9:16am — 3 Comments

Also folded: a Star and more from Lynne Gurnee

Holiday greetings from Lynne,

It is a Star...a fun folded card by Edge, with happy critters:

and this too,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 17, 2016 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Folded...origami, and more from Tomoe in Japan

Is it a red rocket ship? A red folded flower? A red and white pointing arrow?

NO...it is a Holiday SANTA! Of course :-)

"Santa" came along with many "mail art omens" in the envelope from Tomoe,

beautiful stamps:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 17, 2016 at 6:16pm — 1 Comment

Maria Tereza from Padova (Terry) sends original painted art work

Beautiful BLUE stunning envelope,

with "mail art on the go",and this fun stamping, too:

...an original…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 17, 2016 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Folded...and perforated from John Held Jr. x2

Really stunning the way John "marks" his art,

It is Bay Area Dada from SanFran :-)

The back is also amazing with the perforations:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 17, 2016 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Funny and Folded from Finland by Carina

Who is that on the envelope?

Funny little guy, strollin' along...

hoppin' through an "acordion" folded boekie by Carina that came

in this stitched little packet:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2016 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Rachel Carter sent "security spirals"

Beautiful BLUE hand-torn spirals from a security envelope,

atop blown watercolors and with a vintage postage stamp! Fabulous!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2016 at 5:15pm — 2 Comments

Monsenhor sends the Dark Side?

Very minimal spray aye aye aye...OR could be 9/11?

but with fun/celebrating postage from Portugal :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2016 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Holidays with the Peeps

and from Stewart Charlebois. Nice postcard and fun stamps:

Thanks and Happy 2016 to…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2016 at 7:55am — No Comments

BLUE is the envelope from Theo Nelson

I had to open it wide...to get the full effect:

It is a "window" envie, and lovin' this stamp..from the Republic of Whimsy:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2016 at 7:55am — No Comments

Suus in Mokum sends hand stitched beauty

Just well done in a clear envelope

postman loved seeing this, too.

Cross-stitched detail...tiny and…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 15, 2016 at 8:30am — 6 Comments

Stars and celebration from tonipoet (Toni Hanner)

Exciting splashing card from Toni,

came safely wrapped in bubbles :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 15, 2016 at 8:30am — No Comments

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