Mail Art and the Chagos Islands (which, I'm sure, y'all know are in the Indian Ocean). This is from the BBC

[Valentine Mark Herman]

"Mauritius has moved a symbolic step closer to wresting control of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, from the UK.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a UN agency in charge of the world's postal policies, voted to block the use of UK stamps from the remote archipelago.

All post to and from the Chagos Islands must now bear stamps from Mauritius.

The UK says it will not cede control until the islands are no longer needed for security purposes....

A set of pretty postal stamps showing sea slugs and angel fish might not seem like the sharp end of international diplomacy, the BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says.

But he adds that the near unanimous vote by the UPU to make those stamps illegal worldwide, is a blow to Britain, and another sign of its growing isolation over its claim to the Chagos Islands"

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And there was I just about to send some Mail Art with some British (and French) postage stamps on it to Yannick Sookree -- the only IUOMA member from Mauritius.

But as Yannick stopped IUOMA-ing in December 2014, I won't bother.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

oh, yes:

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Beautiful BLUE Chagos Islands!

And soon to be under water?

even an airport?