FinnBadger's Blog – February 2019 Archive (17)

Ready, player one

These amazing stamps were issued in 2017 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Spanish video game La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime), itself based on Umberto Eco's book The Name of the Rose, which was also made into one of my favorite films starring Sean Connery.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 26, 2019 at 1:52am — No Comments

The art of writing

I have had this envelope from Eric for quite some time. It is the perfect combination, as the beautiful stamps show the evolution of writing implements, and after all, stamps were created for sending letters. These two show a fountain pen and a reed, used as an ancient writing tool. Love the colors of this envelope from Eric, and the splashes of blue on the stamps. The blue cat watching the writer in the top stamp is fantastic.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 25, 2019 at 2:41am — 1 Comment

The skulls

Keith sent me this stunning print in time for Halloween 2017.

And in the same mailing were these incredible artistamps. …

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Added by FinnBadger on February 24, 2019 at 1:29pm — 3 Comments

M is for Mammoth

This fantastic envelope is made from a paper bag, sent in 2017) from the now defunct French grocery chain, Mammouth. Eric says the bags are somewhat of a collectors item now.

And he matched the stamps perfectly. They come from a 2008 set of Prehistoric Mammals.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 23, 2019 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Clown documentation, circa Halloween 2017

This excellent documentation of the Cascadia Clown Parade arrived in time for Halloween in this envelope - I love the artistamps.

And some selected pages…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 19, 2019 at 2:55pm — No Comments

A moon from MomKat

I love this stylized collage from Katerina that she sent in 2017.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 17, 2019 at 6:58pm — 2 Comments

Pretty bad mail art from 2017

Thanks,…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 16, 2019 at 1:18pm — 2 Comments

Number 1 in the Sofa Series

Back in 2017 I received a humorous card from Stripygoose, labeled as number one of her Sofa Series.

Added by FinnBadger on February 15, 2019 at 8:22pm — No Comments

Tate

Great to get this from Eric back in 2017 - the Tate Modern is one of my favorite museums, although it is quite some time since I was able to visit.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 14, 2019 at 12:31pm — 2 Comments

The awesome orange mail snake

A wonderful piece of tactile mail art from Katerina showed up in my mail back in 2017.

Thanks again for this fab…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 12, 2019 at 4:43pm — 1 Comment

A handy cap

Back in 2017 BonnieDiva sent me this fun homemade envelope containing an entertaining collage.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 9, 2019 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Paprika and a dust bunny

In from Michael L in 2017

Added by FinnBadger on February 9, 2019 at 4:30am — No Comments

Ready to hang

Back in 2017 MomKat sent this great paper bag-based piece that comes with a convenient built-in hanger.

Thanks again for this fun piece, Kat.

Added by FinnBadger on February 7, 2019 at 1:35pm — 2 Comments

Feathered friends

Heleen sent me an unusual little package with these wonderful bird stamps back in 2017.

The stamps feature the Tjif-tjaf (Chiff-chaff) and the Groene Specht (Green Woodpecker).

This…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 6, 2019 at 6:54pm — 1 Comment

Bitchin mail from Jon F

More mail from 2017.

I have no idea how Jon printed on these cards so nicely. Each one is amazing.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 5, 2019 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

3 Pink Potatoes

A great piece of Jan Hodgman's 365 art in 2017.

Added by FinnBadger on February 3, 2019 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Sometimes a banana is just a banana

Fun banana mail received from Eric in 2017. Complete with fantastic Minion postage label.…

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Added by FinnBadger on February 2, 2019 at 2:51am — 2 Comments

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