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Incoming: David Stafford and Thomas Pratt

Posted by William M on February 7, 2026 at 1:36pm 0 Comments

More fine work from David. The power of Calgon be praised!



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Incoming from USA/Karen Champlin

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 7, 2026 at 6:18am 0 Comments

Three ATC of the delicate Karen. Merci à toi.

Incoming from Belgium/Jeanfi

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 7, 2026 at 6:15am 0 Comments

A very poetic postcard by Jeanfi, received on a day of persistent rain.
Merci Jeanfi, j'aime beaucoup tout ton univers.

it took 4ever to get here but it landed today, Thank You Ilya Semenenko-Basin

Posted by Medwolf on February 7, 2026 at 12:10am 1 Comment

man Russia is like many days walk from my home in the sticks lol  …

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Received from Marco Furia - Italy #BooKOfDeaD

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on February 6, 2026 at 5:01pm 0 Comments

Love this postcard recived from Marco...
love the colors...
and the bike rubber stamp...

Year of the horse

Posted by Mim Golub Scalin on February 6, 2026 at 3:54pm 1 Comment

I love everything about this postcard. First thanks for sending it to me. I’m a shut-in because I’m recovering from a fracture and mal connects to to the outer works. To state the obvious. I live the Luther Blissett return address and Darlene and Nonlocal’s names in the front and the mysterious numbers(what do they refer to) and “art trumps hate” and that it took only 3 days to get across country and that the cancellation is based…

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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too.  It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 6 Replies

Hello dear fellow IUOMA members,In short, I would like to monetarily support IUOMA but currently I cannot. So, I thought of this idea that I send you lots of my mail art, mostly made with my hand-carved stamps prints, and in return, you just donate…Continue

Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nicole Adrienne 47 minutes ago.

MEMORIAL RUGGERO MAGGI "COME  UN BATTITO D’ALI” - Progetto a cura di Sandro Bongiani

Ita COLLEZIONE BONGIANI ART MUSEUM     OPEN CALL / MEMORIAL RUGGERO MAGGI 2026http://www.collezionebongianiartmuseum.it/  Invito a partecipare al Progetto…Continue

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Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most  Far and isolated on  the planet 2 Replies

Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most Far and isolated on  the planet TRISTAN DA CUNHAPlease send one of your Art Work to :Post Office & Philatelic BureauTristan da Cunha, TDCU 1ZZSouth Atlantic OceanContinue

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Started by MoriceMarcuse in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Hélène LAGACHE on Tuesday.

end of public mail delivery 16 Replies

Alert! For the first time, since January 1, 2026, a country's public service, PostNord in Denmark, is discontinuing mail delivery. If other nations follow suit, it will spell the end of mail art sent through the public system.Continue

Started by nicolas de La Casinière in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by nicolas de La Casinière Jan 28.

News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 2 Replies

In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by maha Jan 20.

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"Serbia is officially following 'global trends'—postage prices just went up! Still affordable, but hey, at least we’re staying trendy! 😁😁😁🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣❗"Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Jan 17.

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Is there anyone in Buffalo NY that would post a letter for me? Continue

Started by michael thompson in Mail-Art Projects Jan 16.

a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 15 Replies

NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue

Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by stash! ephemera Jan 10.

Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?

Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23, 2025.

Thank you Fleur!

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Started by C A McEntee in Mail-Art Projects Dec 20, 2025.

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