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I received EGG ART from Maxie Eulig

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Thank you for this lovely little muse egg.🌸 I love…

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I received Mail Art from MUSEUM OF MAIL ART

Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:45pm 0 Comments

Thank you Lubomyr.😸🌷

I received Mail Art from Mikel Untzilla

Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:40pm 1 Comment

Thank you for your nice collage card.🌷Have a great 2026!🍀😸

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Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:37pm 0 Comments

Thank you for sending this colourful bookmark.🌸😸

I received Mail Art from Edgar y Sandra

Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:30pm 0 Comments

Thank you for my biggest Christmas card ever.🌷 I love the colour mix and of course the great…

I received Mail Art from William M

Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:24pm 0 Comments

Thank you for your nice collage card.😸🌸

I received Mail Art from Voula Lazyshadows

Posted by Stefanie Maschek on February 1, 2026 at 1:16pm 0 Comments

Thank you so much for this eye candy surprise.😸🌸

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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too.  It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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end of public mail delivery 16 Replies

Alert! For the first time, since January 1, 2026, a country's public service, PostNord in Denmark, is discontinuing mail delivery. If other nations follow suit, it will spell the end of mail art sent through the public system.Continue

Started by nicolas de La Casinière in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by nicolas de La Casinière on Wednesday.

News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 2 Replies

In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by maha Jan 20.

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"Serbia is officially following 'global trends'—postage prices just went up! Still affordable, but hey, at least we’re staying trendy! 😁😁😁🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣❗"Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Jan 17.

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Is there anyone in Buffalo NY that would post a letter for me? Continue

Started by michael thompson in Mail-Art Projects Jan 16.

a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 15 Replies

NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue

Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by stash! ephemera Jan 10.

My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 5 Replies

Hello dear fellow IUOMA members,In short, I would like to monetarily support IUOMA but currently I cannot. So, I thought of this idea that I send you lots of my mail art, mostly made with my hand-carved stamps prints, and in return, you just donate…Continue

Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki Dec 25, 2025.

Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?

Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23, 2025.

Thank you Fleur!

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Started by C A McEntee in Mail-Art Projects Dec 20, 2025.

The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies

The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15, 2025.

kind words

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Started by Terry in Mail-Art Projects Dec 12, 2025.

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