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.

 

Members: 92
Latest Activity: Mar 3

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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 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.
Comment by DKeys on February 11, 2011 at 1:19am
I've already been cloned, but my double doesn't like mail art OR netflix--says it's sooo 2010. She keeps hiding my glue stick and scissors from me. 
Comment by Louise Kiner on February 10, 2011 at 8:50pm
It sounds a bit like a "Torchwood " episode;)

Great site, Rose!
Comment by David Stafford on February 10, 2011 at 8:36pm
I've been out-futuristed by Jen...
Comment by Plush Possum Studio-Rose McGuinn on February 10, 2011 at 8:31pm

For those among you have yet to be informed, there is a little bit of postal ephemera now available over at the studio's blog. (It's free!)

Here's our URL:

http://www.plushpossumstudio.blogspot.com

Hope at least a few of you may find it of interest to you.

Rose

 

 

 

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