Postal History Boutique

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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 Nikki Soppelsa on February 13, 2011 at 8:30pm: Val...do you have a copy of "The Illustrated Letter" by Charles Hamilton, 1987 ...'an extraordinary collection of embellished correspondence by celebrated artists and writers ... ?

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 13, 2011 at 6:00pm: Thanks Nikki. That's really interesting, not the least because it's a very early piece of Mail Art. I'm trying to establish who the first ever mail artist was, but that of course depends on how you define a 'mail artist'. I 'm thinking it must have something to do with an official postal system. So for me the first ever mail artist is Mr Mulready who designed the mulready envelopes that first appeared in Great Britain in May 1840. Here's one. Regards, Val

Comment by Nikki Soppelsa on February 13, 2011 at 2:33pm: I have posted this before but not within this group...it was suggested I do so! So...here it is, here you are and here I am! This piece was from 1850 pic'd in an article 'Eloquent Envelopes' published in 'American Heritage' mag, 1988.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 13, 2011 at 9:24am: Raising worms to frighten girls?

In the immortal words of Sly and the Family Stone, 'Different strokes for different strokes'.

Regards, Val (who has two rather elegant cats that do seem to attract girls...and other cats, too)

Comment by David Stafford on February 12, 2011 at 10:25pm: No, Diane. You were right.

I use my worms to scare.

Though finding girls afraid of worms

Take more time each yare (old english spelling of year).

Comment by DKeys on February 12, 2011 at 9:49pm: not sure, but I think you are calling my comment stupid. i'll go cry now

Comment by David Stafford on February 12, 2011 at 9:04pm: Fun.....

Remember, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers....

Comment by DKeys on February 12, 2011 at 8:52pm: I bet David scares girls with them!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 12, 2011 at 8:48pm: Which raises another question, Fifi LePew: what does your mom (Madame LePew?) do with them??

Val

Comment by Marcia Cirillo (Fifi LePew) on February 12, 2011 at 8:36pm: I think he sends them to my mom.

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