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Mail Art News # 83: 10-10-2024

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  J. Matevish , 2015 cut to ATC size from 1995/1996 30" x 22" original I am really happy to receive the above ATC from Julie Matevish. Why? I don't know...it looks like something I might make if I sat down and received the instructions to do so from some invisible muse. The style speaks one of my languages. The card was # 9 of 64 cuts from the larger original. You can see a low resolution scan of the original below, which Julie was kind enough to print and mail to upon request. To locate the original high resolution scan would require some real searching on Julie's part, and that's too much to ask. Also below is a digital collage I made, using the print of the original as a background (with colors altered). The text is a reminder to anyone about all of the experiences, "good" and / or "bad" that they've been through, are going through now, and could possibly go through in the future.  Also included is a US postage stamp of famous slave owne
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Mail Art News #82, 9/11/2024

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  incoming from Eiichi Matsuhashi 's Street Museum of Tokyo In addition to domestic, international, and intergalactic mail, the US Postal Service now offers interdimensional mail. Visit your local post office for more information, though they may deny that they offer this service. It's all very hush hush for now. sci-fi / fantasy mail box, T. Brown, 2024  from  https://www.instagram.com/mailpostarica/ from  https://www.instagram.com/mailpostarica/ Top tier anagram from Discoflux  envelope detail from  Discoflux   (the wax seal was damaged in transit) The wax seal on mine was damaged, but here's a photo example (sent via reader mail) of another wax seal that Discoflux sent to someone else. Pretty cool! from the print magazine USA Philatelic , Fall 2024 Is there someone you'd like MAIL ART NEWS to interview? Send me a message. Or tell the person to contact me with the secret code: ANT PEOPLE. Or if you have any personal mail art related news to share, either miniscule or
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Mail Art News #81, August 21, 2024

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  digital collage turned into postcard for mailing out, T. Brown 8-2024 (combining source images from juanrg92  and Tex DeStyx , then colors altered) We'll start with Facebook. The picture below is not a video, so here's the link to the video .  posted by Julie Matevish posted by Julie Matevish What is Vittore Baroni's Arte Postale ? Let's have a look. I saw the picture below on Facebook and had to investigate a little further. I've included a translation of the original Italian article by V. Baroni about Arte Postale . You see an overview of the issues here .  from  Facebook And now, what do you think of this mini-printing press? Watch the video for more information.And here's their website . Source:  https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/postcard-printing-press/ I U O M A from Awyn to Giorgio Termignone from Dean aka Artist in Seine to Hester Todd Camplin posting some of his outgoing mail art Todd Camplin posting some of his outgoing mail art incoming from 
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