SHOW ME YOUR POST OFFICE

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Comment by Carien van Hest on February 22, 2023 at 10:56am

No post office in my hometown anymore, except for a few 'postal service points'. But here is my handsome postman, who was willing to pose with me and declared how lovely the creations are that he delivers on my address.

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on December 16, 2022 at 3:08pm

Thank you Mail Art Martha.
I, too,by pleasure of sending and receiving mail, I will continue to make mail-art

Comment by Mail Art Martha on December 16, 2022 at 12:26pm

Rchard and Hélène, I of course feel the same and I am putting up a good fight but I will embrace Mail Art in any form rather than give it up.

Look at this beauty by Hélène, in collaboration with the French postal services, part of an envelope and now a favourite bookmark:

It is mounted on white card but it does not show well.

Comment by Richard Canard on December 14, 2022 at 7:16am

14.12.22 Dare Ms. Mail Art Martha (via Ms. Maxima Strange & SHOW ME YOUR POST OFFICE),....."embrace e-mail or die. It is only evolution in action"---Perhaps a logical response but I see your comment as a profound & perceptive observation. For several years now, I've watched  postal rates rise habitually & have found it all somewhat difficult to meet my own needs in terms of  postage stamps. Am finding myself  increasingly out of place in the 21st century &  increasingly nostalgic about the 20th.   Just a couple of year's back, I saw on my street a typical U.S. Mail truck  driven by a uniformed postman with a red Mohawk. Things are changing. All best to you ( in the traditional sense). SinCelery, Richard Canard 

Comment by Mail Art Martha on December 14, 2022 at 6:30am

  I win! In Britain, now, it costs £1.85 to send a letter abroad. That is 2.15 Euros or  $2.29!
For 60 grams to Europe but 20 grs only for the rest of the world.
Also going up soon. Definitely they are killing the letterpost service.

We will have to embrace e-mail art, or die. It is only evolution in action, the organism that does not evolve becomes extinct, unfortunately.

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on December 12, 2022 at 6:35am

And I want to send letters with beautiful stamps (French artists, engravers are paid for this and I like it!) all over the world. I don’t want to use e-mail messages!

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on December 12, 2022 at 6:31am

Monster, unfortunately yes, this policy of privatization of public services so harmful, affects many countries. I fear that in the near future it will no longer be possible to send mail-art.

Comment by Monster A GoGo on December 11, 2022 at 6:53am

Helene, it is the same here. it was announced that our postal prices are rising again in January as well---and we already had a postal rate hike earlier this year.

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on December 11, 2022 at 6:41am

I just learned that postal rates are increasing (still!) in France. And especially for letters sent abroad.
Already there is only one rate to send a mail to Belgium and Singapore... A few years ago there was a rate for European countries and a rate for the rest of the world.
And from 1 January 2023 the price for a letter sent internationally; for a weight up to 20grs will increase from 1.65 euros to 1.80 euros!
I am very unhappy, especially given the continuing deterioration of postal services. Everything is done to discourage citizens from writing so that the Post Office can focus on more lucrative business services.

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on November 25, 2022 at 8:46am

We are also lucky in France to still have post offices. But it is mostly in big cities. In the countryside they closed and in a general way the service deteriorated.

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