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 Jen Staggs on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pm: Marcia sent me a visual history of the early years of Netflix. Greatness!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2011 at 12:40pm: ...and great Postal History with Marcia's Valentine. This is amazing..Benjamiin Franklin was First Postmaster in America, 1737! And on the "heart" side, we see a 1976 US postage stamp in his honor. but there are 16 AMAZING Franklin stamps on the other side, dating from 1902-1927! Treasures each one! One is stamped"Chicago", another: Seattle, Wash., and another Danbury, Conn.Plus many other cancels and details! Thank you so much, Marcia!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2011 at 12:32pm: Passion Valentine from Valentine (who is "not" participating...passionately, ha!)

but is very dear to us all. Hi Val! Love-Struck-Thanks!

Comment by Mary Jo Cartledgehayes on February 8, 2011 at 10:02pm: I feel the same way, Katerina. And I dearly love the pieces I'm sending. Must go to Home Depot and look at their sandpaper. First time I've ever been in a sandpaper department, so I expect a big adventure!

Comment by Louise Kiner on February 8, 2011 at 1:57pm: Fantastic! Or, should I say, "mail-tastic"! ;-)

Comment by Susanna Lakner on February 8, 2011 at 1:41pm: That´s right, Louise, it is a hard-working bag! :-)

Comment by Louise Kiner on February 8, 2011 at 1:32pm: Love that "postal bag". I bet you can carry a lot of mail/mail art in it.

Comment by Susanna Lakner on February 8, 2011 at 12:44pm: From the Planetary Post Office of Susannia

Comment by Susanna Lakner on February 8, 2011 at 12:42pm: Stylish to the Post Office

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 8, 2011 at 5:52am: That's fine Boo...mail art arrives when mail art arrives:-) That is one of the joys of snail mail: the waiting, the anticipation. Making and sending...that is what is important! "Spread-the-Love", we'll love 'em!

My red/garnet sandpapers, the beige and browns, thick and thin grains are all from a "HOME DEPOT" type hardware/home outlet :Praktiker. Actually a German company, but with many stores here in Greece. They have a section with at least 50-60 types of colors and textures and sizes of sandpaper . You never know where you might find materials for mail art!

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