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Green bananas? from Dadanautik in Bremen, Germany

Dadanautik sends bananas...and the "green" are zucchini squash, but fun!

Card inside is all Deutsch to me:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 4:24pm — 1 Comment

"Right time" from Richard Baudet in France

This very nice half A4 card arrived in Greece today.

Richard added an amazing gold watch and wonderful details:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 4:02pm — No Comments

I belong...EYE belong... from Germany

This happy postcard came from Minden, Germany, 

announcing a mail art call...postcards only, no envelopes please.

Must think about my collage art as tape art for this. 'Will…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 3:53pm — 1 Comment

Vintage postcard and postage stamp from Val in Sigean

Yes, that is a Valentine Mark Herman postcard that is up-front-and-personal with Edmund Hippo.

It depicts communications in the good ol' days...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Also La Marquesa sent to Greece

Mercedes in New Mexico has a wonderful treasure of rubber stamps,

as the envelop, front and back, is a great display in blue!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Good mail art day for Edmund Hippo in Greece

Edmund thanks you all for filling the mailbox to overflowing.

Here is a special collage card from his daddy, Erni in Hamburg!

Must be Spring! Lots of butterflies...and a bar code, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 2:18pm — 3 Comments

Original watercolor envelope from Bill Porter

A beauty of an envelope from Bill in Colorado! From the Olathe Press:

Even the Spring postage is lovely!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 10:07am — 1 Comment

Beautiful colors with a touch of BLUE from Susan McAllister

Wonderfully painted...(watercolor? acrylic?) card from Susan arrived in Greece.

Perhaps a "glass print"? Lovely effect!

'Love the colors and the blending...very relaxing! Me very happy :-)…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 10:01am — 2 Comments

From some guy named Keith

Keith Chambers in Anahein, California, sent this "minimal" beauty:

Just the stickers and the colors...and the stamping and the slash of paint: FAB!

Always fun to see Keith in the mailbox. Thanks muchly,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 11, 2014 at 9:55am — No Comments

Mysterious beauty of Nippon...from Marie Wintzer

Delicate Japanese Spring ...butterfly and dark photo...was in my mailbox !

Wonderfully, deep, mysterious card from Marie...her photo?…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2014 at 1:17pm — 3 Comments

Tape Art from Jon Foster in "Salem NEW", Winston-Salem :-)

Jon sends the mosr fascinating tape transfers and mail art. Full card:

Here are some vintage images, nice overlays...colors blend in the transfer technique:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 10, 2014 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Good to see mail art from Thom Courcelle, yay!

This happy BLUE dragon arrived in Greece from Thom!

Sure is good to see that backward stamping :-) It's been a while, and we were getting worried.

Nice fun stampings there!  And lots of good things inside the envelope:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 3, 2014 at 3:11pm — 1 Comment

WIPE No.80 arrives in Greece!

Always fun to see what type of toilet tissues and stampings will be found inside.

That's the list of the contributors to this Edition No. 80.

And take a look at a few of the pages:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 3, 2014 at 2:57pm — 2 Comments

Another rare sighting: mail art from the Crackerjack Kid! Yay!

Full of fun surprises 'twas the mailbox yesterday! It's FLUX....(US) :-)

...and it is "an original piece of mail art " . It arrived from the famous Crackerjack Kid!

Full of goodies and mail art omens:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 2, 2014 at 2:45pm — 4 Comments

From Carlos Botana in Spain

Rarely see Carlos in my mail box, but when he sends...he sends a beauty!

Gold swiiiish!

This very minimal gold and fabric card arrived in Greece yesterday, and

I am still carefully admiring it.

Mucho gracias,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 2, 2014 at 2:34pm — No Comments

Vintage from Sigean...Val sends euro millions to Greece

Very interesting card arrived in the mail yesterday...

Some old, very old "calculations" and a new view, too: lottery?

On the other side, was this huge mysterious, circular form...

what can it be? "How to win euro…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 2, 2014 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Rock 'n Roll for Edmund...fantastic surprise from Hamburg!

Edmund loved the guitar that Edmund in Hamburg got...

Sooooo, The Haptic Werewolf sent Edmund GR TWO (2) guitars!

This beauty that is RED... a super rock 'n roll super "inflated" guitar (BIG!)

AND…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 1, 2014 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Bifidus Jones sighting...yay!

Not very often that we see mail art from Bifidus,

but here is a fantastic card that was in my mailbox!

However, there is no postage date cancellation...and it does say "Hairy, Spiny"..."Happy New Year"!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 30, 2014 at 6:55pm — 8 Comments

From the Land of Topkapi Saray...collage from Dorina in Istanbul

Topkapi Saray is the Palalce of the Sultans in old Istanbul, here on beautiful Turkish postage stamps.

Dorina Harangus sent a wonderful collage card, with BLUE, and nature, and items "floating":…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 29, 2014 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

Spring from Gin in Tennessee

Butterflies on the envelope...must be Spring!

(maybe the Christmas wreath postage stamp says that some places still have snow?)

Well, Gin sent a Spring-filled envelope:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 29, 2014 at 5:49pm — 1 Comment

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