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Received from Nadia Aroca This Afternoon...

Pigs gone postal made me smile today.…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 24, 2016 at 10:50pm — No Comments

Received on Monday, March 21st...

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 23, 2016 at 4:21pm — No Comments

What I've Received Since Joining Last Month, Part Three

From Brooke Cooks in Seattle, Washington. Dry-brushed ink collage note card with cool rubber…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 19, 2016 at 6:45pm — No Comments

What I've Received Since Joining Last Month, Part Two

From Jon Foster in Winston-Salem, N.C. Incredible add & pass request package with loads of ephemera.…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 19, 2016 at 6:37pm — No Comments

What I've Received Since Joining Last Month, Part One

From Michel Goodman in West Jordan, Utah. The entire page is from a U.S. National Parks atlas or photo book.

From Katerina Nikoltsou in Thessaloniki, Greece. Reversed business reply envelope with Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 19, 2016 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Just Created This in Sketch Camera & Ribbet

Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 18, 2016 at 2:30am — No Comments

Mail Art I've Sent Last Week to...

Last week, I sent off my first batch through IUOMA. The recipients are as follows...

Amy Irwen

Tammy Riggins

LIGMA

Jenn True

Dawn Pietzsch

De Villo Sloan

Caitlin Barry

John Held, Jr.

Douglas Galloway

Marguerite Keen

Aurora Bewicke

Jon Foster

Monte Con Sin Safos

Michael L. Goodwin

The Paint Rock River Valley Postal Authority

Ficus Strangulensis

Please let me…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 14, 2016 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

Question...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but (as the postage has already been paid by the addressee/original sender) one could technically repurpose pre-metered envelopes without additional postage for personal correspondence, aye?

Back in the 1990s, a couple of friends sent me letters in these envelopes, and no one went to prison.

Thank you for any and all…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on March 3, 2016 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

"Mailing Their Way to Anarchy"

This article by Bob Black changed my life thirty years ago...

http://bostonreview.net/archives/BR11.4/black.html

Added by David Alan Goldberg on February 23, 2016 at 8:52am — 2 Comments

Why I am Here (and NOT Here)...

FYI: At the risk of appearing to be a mean s.o.b. (I've been called worse, so, pfft), I am not here to piggyback umpteen little causes. I am not a college kid with ridiculous amounts of energy. I am an artist who, while trying to think as young as possible, realistically, is at the foothills of old age. I'm here to "drink beer (and) kill war" as Bukowski said so eloquently. Mainly, I am here to make great friends without pressure of any sort, to create mail art on postcards, envelopes, and…

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Added by David Alan Goldberg on February 19, 2016 at 2:30am — No Comments

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