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Simple yet WOW.  An old Paris map (doesn't have the velib (bicycle) stations, and a 153 year old letter in French.  Not to be mistaken for a French Letter. Yes you can google it.

   The letter in French was stamped in Newcastle on Tyne, UK (where Val comes from) on March 13, 1860.  Amazing how the two go together so well.

Thank you Mim, material do…

Very playful work that invites the viewers to interact ;)   Thank you…

What a great birthday surprise was in my mail box from Jon Foster.

Who remembers those recording tapes and "portable" tape machines? ( I do :-0 )

It is a really  old, "vintage" tape box, and it is full of wonderful mail art omens and treasures,

(no trash here :-) …

I just recently burned my lab scrubs (and all of my body hair!) in a terrible methart explosion as I was shake-and-baking some speedy art for my dearest pal Ernie.

Grigori…

 'Erni Mail' is so recognizable. JA Erni, once again fabulous. Love the Stanley Kramer inner envelope. and am i wrong to say the teethy drawing is yours?  The whole package is haptically delightful. Thank you, I'm sa·ti·ated.…

To see the shocking insights in full visit:

http://thepostalleger.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/shocking-insights-from-vizma.html

This GOTIJ piece REALLY is.  To see its exquisite beauty visit:…

Such a wonder they are! Thank you SO very much…

"E" sent a full packet of his fantastic portrait prints of mail artists.

Now I need HELP with identification...

First person to get all correct wins a mail art prize (to be determined later :-)

Great envelope stampings, too..."E" is a genius! A FluXus Flurry!…

Fabrication Franҫaise n’est-ce pas:

And Dean is the hero of mail art text collage. Pages and words piling up like the snow outside, creating some great texture. And everyone knows I love maps and stamps. I'm glad this piece arrived safely--the old patina…

The Bennetts sent a most wonderful packet full of Vispo gifts for my 7 OH day!

Artists' stamps and ATC from C. Mehrl Bennett,…

The "mighty sacred trash heap," you see, is "immortal," and very much, "not dying."…

That house is on water!…

This lady looks exhausted after chasing this bear to get her shoe back. What a fab collaged postcard from Svenja!

SIX slides from Sue!! (even though I told her not to send any!! Long arty slide story...) And the backs are always worth a…

An U sent me a boekie, and a very chunky one at that. It's It feels lovely and makes crispy, crackly noises, and my cat was smelling it VERY intently! Do you have a cat at your house, Anete?

Have a read...…

I love this! An A4 sized Champagne postcard! Le Brun! Now Dean will surely remember than I'm not Burns, the crossed out name made me laugh! I'm hoping this house might belong to some of my distant ancestors...must look into my French genealogy…

My snake talisman has arrived from Alicia Starr!! After 2 snakey episodes already this year Alicia promised to send me a new talisman... the one she sent me last year must have had an expiry date.

The Minxus Mongoose, Night Security Guard, Buddha and Holy H2O should do the trick!!…

This is where I go is a mail art exhibition with a local (Vancouver, Canada) and worldwide call for 4 by 6 inch postcards.

My objective for this exhibition is to affirm everyone’s potential for creativity and to introduce my local (Vancouver) community to a movement they can be part of. 

This project consists of an exhibition held at Britannia Art Gallery—a community art gallery– in Vancouver…

Beautiful day with snow and sun. Lil Red Bag goes for a walk in Amsterdam. This is the Westerkerk with Westertoren. Slippery pavements, careful!

Very long queue... What are all these people waiting for so early on a sunny…