Stripygoose Sue: Trying to Decide; To bird or not to bird, that is the question:

[Dean aka Artist in Seine]

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The birds and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a seabird of troubles,
And by opposing birds, end them?

Which leads to another question; Why do we always have to put on the correct postage on our Mail Art?  If 97p gets it here, then why pay more?But the real question of this Mail Art piece lies deeper in thought. Is it a bird, a plane, no, it's something from space.And just by looking at it, we know it's art.  No question about it.  And I'm not just saying it because there was a 5 euro note stuck on the back!

Thank you Sue.  I like your new direction of flight.

[stripygoose]

Thanks Dean - impressive! I have tried to memorise all this and it has gven me a headache so now I'm going for a cuppa.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

This is art-of-the-mail-art-postage!

Great card from Stripygoose!

Great fun blog, InSeine!

[Dean aka Artist in Seine]

Looking forward to seeing the birds again.  I just watched (while on a machine in the gym) the 1962 film The Birdman of Alcatraz starring Burt Lancaster.  I loved the quote;

“Fly my avian friends, I give you the illusion of freedom.  Enjoy it.”

Which is likely to appear in Mail Art someday!

Yep, postage went up again on 30 March. Don't complain because postage in France for international mail went up 26%.

But now for this one time offer, you too can have a Dean's guide to UK postage rates.  Enjoy it!  Personally I have a copy pasted on the back of a photo of my children* which I carry around with me everywhere.

UK	1-10g	11-20g	21-40g	41-60g	61-80g	81-100g	101-250g
Letter 24 x 16.5 x .5cm		http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder
UK 1st						£0.63	No rate
UK 2nd						£0.54	No rate
Large 35.3 x 25 x 2.5cm
UK 1st						£0.95	£1.26
UK 2nd						£0.74	£1.19
Letter min. 15 x 10   Max Letter 24 x 16.5 x .5cm
Europe 1st	£1.00	£1.00	£1.52	£1.52	£1.52	£1.52	No rate
World 1st	£1.00	£1.33	£2.25	£2.25	£2.25	£2.25	No rate
LARGE max. 35.3 x 25 x 2.5cm
Europe 1st	£2.45	£2.45	£2.45	£2.45	£2.45	£2.45	£3.70
World 1st Z1	£3.15	£3.15	£3.15	£3.15	£3.15	£3.15	£4.75
World 1st Z2	£3.30	£3.30	£3.30	£3.30	£3.30	£3.30	£5.05
Z2= Singapore & AUS * The ones I know about!

[stripygoose]

Not enough postage - bah humbug! Thanks for the blog my friend but just
to warn you the birds haven't completely flown the nest... they'll be back!