"but who knows? some future visitor to the site may find that your sense of humor is timeless, and then send you some old manhole picture they'd put aside for you years ago...
thanks for all your activity and your well wishes: right back at you."
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Valentine Mark Herman's Discussions
IS SIZE IMPORTANT IN CONTEMPORARY ART?
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It seems to be, ie the bigger the canvas the 'better' it is perceived to be, the more likely it is to be in important (museum) collections, the more money it will get at auctions, the more fame will…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian C Dengler Sep 27, 2014.
TODAY IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VINYL ART DAY
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TODAY'S THE DAY!16 June, 2014, is going to be celebrated by Vinyl Artists everwhere.For more…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gü Jun 17, 2014.
AN INSANE FRENCH ARTIST?
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The following story appeared in today's UK "Daily Telegraph":COCK-A- DOODLE OOH.... A MAN WHO SUFFERED FOR HIS ARTA South African performance artist who tied a live rooster to his penis during an…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Prairie Kittin Oct 22, 2014.
New VINYL ART Group!
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Would you like to join me in a new Group called 'VINYL ART'?I suspect that many of you, like me, have somewhere in your house/garage/attic a collection of old Vinyl records that you have probably not…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jan 31, 2015.
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"enjoyed all your creativity over these years. Hope you will have a wonderful next 14 years and even more."
"we all get older but with a wish to create even more....."
"Fabulous! I hope to send mail even though you have retired! Blessings!"
"My dear Valentine, thanks for creating all the fun groups to make life at IUOMA so interesting :-) I, too, am slowing down, age and horrid postal service in Greece may be going the way of Denmark? 'Will still keep in touch with you in beautiful…"
Group OwnerMim Golub Scalin commented on Valentine Mark Herman's blog post I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF IUOMA FOR EXACTLY 14 YEARS!
"Hi Val
i don't know how long I've been a member. Hmm!
So that means I've sent you mail for a long time
Yes to old age slow down and life getting in the way
So far I'm able to keep up with postage. I think…"
"Mark,👏👍❗
Kudos on 14 years and your creative initiatives!
I've been in this game since February 11, 2024 (experimentally, and the plan was to stay for just one year). Every 2 or 3 months, I plan to call it quits. But then, I receive some…"
Group OwnerValentine Mark Herman posted a blog post
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF IUOMA FOR EXACTLY 14 YEARS!
It changed my life for a long time and provided a channel for some of my creative urges.I founded some Groups -- including Manhole Covers, Cat Lovers and Groucho Marx -- and organised some international exhibitions of envelopes, post cards, phone boxes, etc in which many of you participated.And the IUOMA sign you see at the side of this page is one of my earlier ceations that Ruud adopted.Now I have more or less retired -- old age has caught up with me, and the cost of postage has overtaken…See More
Group for Cat-Lovers
A group for people who love Cats -- everyone's invited to join, and their cats, of course. We welcome all Cat lovers and any and all Mail Art that features anything about Cats or Kats. Group formerly known as Katerina Nikoltsou.See More
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A manhole in the middle of the stage!?!"
"A postcard featuring a view of the Market Square in the town of Przysucha, located in the southern part of the Mazovia Province. The 1960s."
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- Mail-Artist since:
- 1952 (when I sent a "Thankyou for my Birthday Present' to my Grandma, and illustrated it with a little drawing). Since then my Mail Art history has been, well, interesting
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- http://www.val-herman-art.eu
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- Well, it's like this, Doc. I've got this thing about the Postlady....
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I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF IUOMA FOR EXACTLY 14 YEARS!
Posted on September 14, 2026 at 4:44pm 8 Comments 9 Likes
It changed my life for a long time and provided a channel for some of my creative urges.
I founded some Groups -- including Manhole Covers, Cat Lovers and Groucho Marx -- and organised some international exhibitions of envelopes, post cards, phone boxes, etc in which many of you participated.
And the IUOMA sign you see at the side of this page is one of my earlier ceations that Ruud adopted.
Now I have more or less retired -- old age has caught up with me, and the cost…
ContinueMAIL -- AND MAIL ART -- IN DENMARK. FROM THE BBC
Posted on December 5, 2025 at 11:30am 5 Comments 0 Likes
Denmark posts its last letters as hallowed national mail ends
The 400-year-old postal service stops delivering letters as digital communication takes over, leaving…
Continue SMELL A STAMP!! The French postals ervice is terrible....buts niffable
Posted on October 9, 2025 at 4:59am 2 Comments 4 Likes
France's postal service rolls out croissant-scented stamp
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France has launched a croissant-scented stamp to celebrate its emblematic flaky pastry, its national postal service, La Poste, announced on Wednesday
Scented stamps designed to celebrate artisan croissants hit letterboxes across…
ContinueTOMORROW is the 2nd International Manhole Cover Day
Posted on May 30, 2025 at 10:43am 1 Comment 2 Likes
2nd International Manhole Cover Day-- Saturday 31 May, 2025
It's the time of the year to raise global awareness of Manhole Covers. They are largely ignored even though we walk, drive and cycle over them every day. And so on the 2nd International Manhole Cover Day -- Saturday 31 May TOMORROW-- please send me a photo of a Manhole Cover near your house, apartment, villa,…
Comment Wall (1,772 comments)
- At 8:21pm on September 15, 2026,
Denice Newton said…
Fabulous! I hope to send mail even though you have retired! Blessings!
- At 5:46pm on August 29, 2026,
Zorica Obradović said…
Hi🖐️❗
A manhole in the middle of the stage!?!
- At 5:45pm on May 31, 2026,
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…
Have a nice summer, Val!
- At 12:02pm on May 31, 2026,
hmmm, did you drive from Sigean to Athens this weekend, my dear Valentine?
Look what I saw down the street !
- At 7:57am on October 15, 2025,
- At 11:55pm on June 23, 2025,
Medwolf said…
your mail art card arrived today Thank You
- At 1:55pm on February 14, 2025,
- At 12:38pm on September 24, 2024,
Isabelle Vachon said…
Nous pourrons échanger en français!
et oui, j’aime les chiens!
- At 10:11am on September 22, 2024,
Group OwnerCassaglia artista Neo-Fluxus said… Non rispondo ai maleducati!!!
- At 12:36pm on August 2, 2024,
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