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 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.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 12, 2011 at 8:28pm: Hello David!

This might be a stupid question, and, if it is, do please forgive me, but what do you raise worms for?

Regards, Val

Comment by David Stafford on February 12, 2011 at 6:33pm: Thank you, katerina. If anyone would like to see the complete (almost) collection of the cards I sent out for this mail call please email me at wormguy@cybermesa.com (yes, I raise worms) and I'll send you a PDF of the cards. I really like the way they turned out.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 12, 2011 at 5:49pm: Valentine Weekend..here is a "minimal" greeting for all!

(Swan US postage stamp issued, 1997)

Comment by DKeys on February 11, 2011 at 1:35pm: Jen, now you're scaring me--you seem to know too much about all this genetic engineering stuff. You must be from the future-and if so I bet those Forever stamps are coming in very handy!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 11, 2011 at 1:35pm: This "HEART" stamp was on a card from Helene in France. The French know how to honor romance through the postal services! Whalaa!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 11, 2011 at 1:31pm: San Valentino Weekend coming up, Monday is Feb.14! And thank you to all who have sent so far! Today was the "Love Gun" from David! Fantastic!

Comment by Jen Staggs on February 11, 2011 at 4:15am: Hey, give your clone some slack. You will get her back eventually when you harvest her liver and kidneys.

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