Postal History Boutique

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Postal History Boutique

Celebrate national postal history through mail art exchanges embracing stamps, postcards, envelopes, stickers, postboxes and whatever else anyone comes up with. Managed by Valentine Mark Herman.

 

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Leap Year : : 29 February 2016 19 Replies

It only happens twenty-five times in each century, that odd day on the calendar, 29 February. What a great opportunity to sneak in some postal history to your mail art this year.At the end of this…Continue

Started by Keith S. Chambers. Last reply by Heleen de Vaan Jun 22, 2016.

FIVE: Postal History Boutique Special July Mailing 123 Replies

Bonjour boys and girls! Angie and Snooky told us yesterday that:"This year July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years."I propose that we celebrate it…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Jul 26, 2011.

Stop stealing the UK's postboxes (and making them into mailboxes, too)!! 2 Replies

From today's UK Daily Telegraph Postboxes stolen and sold on eBay for thousandsBritains world-famous red Victorian postboxes are being stolen by criminals who sell them abroad for thousands of pounds…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jun 28, 2011.

A postal experiment 2 Replies

In the very early days of the postal system -- and going way back before postage stamps were introduced (in the UK in 1840 -- addresses were very simple, or even non -existent (and of course there…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by John Tingey Jun 21, 2011.

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 28, 2012 at 12:04pm

Well, Hello Dolly, lookin' strange, Dolly...it's so nice to see you home were you belong ...you're lookin swell, Dolly...we can tell , Dolly...that in the UK, there was a transformation/transgender? But the bike is fantastic! Up, up, and away to the moon (if you were a Greek postman :-)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 28, 2012 at 5:24am

I nearly got arrested for bike theft mail art, A&S, but then I dived into the nearest beauty salon and disguised myself so that the forces of law and order wouodn't find me. I had to leave the bike behind though. Dolly (ex-Val)

Comment by David Stafford on April 27, 2012 at 5:02pm

Very cool, Val. Looking forward the Chalet series...

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 27, 2012 at 4:51pm

This isn't really Postal History, but i thought you might like to know that I was very temporarily involved as a Post Man in England earlier this week...or I would have been, had the Real Post Man not claimed his bike back.Yet another Chapter in the Short Sweet Volume of "My Short Sweet Jobs". (Other Chapters include 'My Short Sweet Chalet Maid Experience' and my 'Very Short and Not at all Sweet Stint asa Dustman/Garbage Collector')

Val

Val

 

Comment by Louise Kiner on April 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

I just wanted to share my Titanic "find" from the post office today:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2012 at 6:50pm

Oh hum...me posting postage stamps, 'cause this is a boutique for 'em (forum?)

Cherry blossom time in Washington D.C....and on top: from Canada, a commemorative stamp ...that perhaps we should have had a mailing for?

100 Years on Sunday! Wow!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 9, 2012 at 8:43pm

Just stopping by to post some postage stamps....interesting "other side" of the mail art:

Comment by vizma bruns on February 13, 2012 at 10:35am

Just to make the ozone hole larger, I don't like the cold. ;-)

Although I only drive one at a time.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 12, 2012 at 5:54pm

Why do you have 5 vehicles;, Vizma? To get the sheep to school? I thought you were a Ford Gal, not a Holden one. Val

Comment by vizma bruns on February 12, 2012 at 11:50am

No, of course not, Val. I sold the VW.

 I have a Nissan Exa, Hyundai Sprint, Holden Commodore and a Mitsubishi Triton 4wd ute and a horrid Telstar something. Angie, I'll swap the Holden or Hyundai for stamps!! Telstar is free!

VW bug still my favourite!!

 

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