Postal History -- Val's latest idea for 2011

[Valentine Mark Herman]

Happy New Year to You and Yours!

In the British paper I read yestreday was a list of key anniversaries for 2011. It includes:

Jan 20: swearing in of JFK, 1961

Mar 3: Jean Harlow born, 1911

April 12: American Civil War began, 1861

May 31: Titanic launched, 1911

June 14 Boy George born, 1961 (I think we can overlook this one)

July 1: Princess Di born, 1961 (or morte accurately, Diana Spencer born)

August 13: Berlin Wall began, 1961

October 22: Val ran his one and only Marathon, 1983

December 29, Aethelreid, Lord of Mercia dies, 1911. His Lordship married King Alfred's daughter and fought the Vikings, but I suspect that you know all this. (Possible sighting later in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' film).

There's lots more, and I'm sure a google search would produce lots, lots more.

One of the dates in my newspaper particularly caught my eye: "February 26: Gordon Fraser, greeting card seller, born 1911 (died 1981). Sold 100 million cards a year by the time of his death."

And I thought we could have a Postal History Boutique Mail Art celebration of Gordon's birthday. All together now, "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Gordon, Happy Birthday to You!"

I thought I could send you a Postcard For Gordon on February 26.

And then I thought -- HERE IT COMES AT LAST -- we could each nominate a day in 2011 that had something (anything) to do with Postal History (defined however you like), and send a piece of Mail Art to everyone else in the Group who had nominated a day.

If you'd like to participate in this, then please send me:

i) the day, and

ii) the theme that you have chosen.

(You can, of course, choose more than one day and theme if you like)

And I'll 'manage' (ha!) a central list.

But if no-one wants to 'play' I'll raise 3 cheers for Gordon on my own.

Regards, Val

[Laurence Roberts]

Exciting ideas Val -- it's all coming together ! :)

happy new year

laurence

[Valentine Mark Herman]

One for your diary...

 

ùFrom Valentin Dolgov in Russia:

 

11 declared year of space in Russia. 50 years of Flight by Yrri Gagarin into spase!

I think you need to make this date - 12 April - in our calendar/ Valentin N. Dolgov

 

[Plush Possum Studio-Rose McGuinn]

What about author/mail artist extraordinaire, Nick Bantock's birthday? I believe it to be on or around July 16th.

Maybe we could create a special blog so he would "receive" views of everything we've sent one another?

Let me know what you think of this idea.

Rose

[Valentine Mark Herman]

Good idea to have a Birthday 'Tribute' type mailing for Nick B, me thinks.

This is very much a Do-It-Yourself Group, so Dear Plush Possum, you organise it, and I'm sure we'll get many participants.

Regards, Val

[Plush Possum Studio-Rose McGuinn]

Guess I forgot to check back here. Oops! Oh, well. II'll check it out with the rest of my group, and we'll see what's what. there's still plenty of time left.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

2011 is the unique year when everyone born before 2000 is a total of 111 years.

Take the last two numbers of your birth year and add it to your age on your birthday = 111

For example:

someone born in 1941 is this year 70 years old: 41 + 70 = 111

someone born in 1960 is this year 51 years old: 60 + 51 = 111

someone born in 1975 is this year 36 years old: 75 + 36 = 111

someone born in 1999 is this year 12 years old: 99 + 12 = 111

and if on November 11 this year it is your birthday, and you were born in 1900:

you surely will be: 111 on 11.11.11!

 

 

[Valentine Mark Herman]

It works for me (sweet 16, and never been kissed).

Val