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Comment by Lisa Malmar on December 30, 2010 at 3:19pm

Val, 

Wabi sabi, right? The beauty of the art lies in it's history so thank-you Mr. Postman! 

Comment by Ruud Janssen on December 30, 2010 at 2:45pm

yes it is....!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on December 30, 2010 at 2:43pm

Good idea! Thanks. is this in the post to me?

Regards, Val

Comment by Ruud Janssen on December 30, 2010 at 10:44am

you should complain and show them your membership card....!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on December 30, 2010 at 9:48am

Thanks Lisa and Ruud, My latest effort to automail a large (10 x 4 inch/ 25 x 10 cms) card resulted in the postman folding it in half and stuffing it in my post box. Sad!

Comment by Ruud Janssen on December 29, 2010 at 4:13pm

The fun in mail-art is the unexpected. So just try and find out what goes.... The postal workers are mostly very helpfull.

Comment by Lisa Malmar on December 29, 2010 at 3:03pm

I've send a large card cut from a box before. I just used extra postage and it arrived fine. Isn't that the fun of mailart? :-)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on December 28, 2010 at 6:03pm

Merci Katerina, and yes I am "dotty", and yes, there should have been dots. If the size of a postcard seems to be determined by its weight, then is there any reason why I couldn't send, say, a large piece cut from a cardboard box? I wonder if it would be treated as 'letter post' 'large letter post' or even 'parcel post'?

Regards, Val

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 28, 2010 at 12:09pm

Kalimera Val!

There is a "dot" for that standard US and Royal mail in centimeters? 9.0 x 12.7 cms and 10.8 x 15.2 cms seems pretty standard for Greek, Hellenic Post, too.

Postcards were 10 x 15 cm and fit nicely into my standard air mail envelopes: 11 x 16 cm with no extra charge up to 20 grms weight. Now, however, tourist postcards have increased in size: 12 x 17 cm and are sent for standard postage outside an envelope.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on December 28, 2010 at 10:03am

Bonjour! I would like to 'Ask Anything' the following question: What are the largest and smallest sizes of postcards that can be sent -- and, of course, accepted by the postal services -- for Mail Art purposes?

It seems that the US Postal Service sets minimum and maximum sizes that seem to be pretty universally accepted: the minimum size is 3 1/2 x 5 inches (90 x 127 cms), the maximum 4 1/4 x 6 inches (108 x152). Exceed the maximum size and there is a higher postal tariff -- but this is of no concern to me sending Mail Art from France as it goes at the higher international tariif anyway.

The Royal Mail in the UK defines a postcard at the largest size of a standard letter, 161 x 240 cms. Exceed this and you must pay more.

The issue would seem straightforward BUT -- living in the world of IOUMA -- I've received some quite smaller and much larger postcards than those determined by USPS and Royal Mail regulations.

Of course, the larger the postcard, the bigger the 'canvas' I have to work on. But small can be beautiful, too.

Any guidance on this please?

Regards, Val

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