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wuh-pish, wuh-pish, some bizarre North Carolinian
inner hellscape collage from Jon Foster, 2023 |
It's 2024 here on Earth according to the common calendar used by the majority of humans on Earth. Does anybody really know what time it is? It could in fact really be the year 13.7 billion or even 26.7 billion depending on who you ask at NASA about the age of the universe. While that's being worked out in detail, I'm going with the year 2024. Enter the Dragon.
I'm happy to report that I have a perforating machine now, a birthday present from Mail Art News media specialist, Ariel Greenwood. Get your own here. It works well enough for my purposes, but there's no precise way to line up exactly where the holes will be punched. You just have to feel it out with your eyes each time. The AI generated intergalactic postage stamps look pretty good.
You may have noticed my absence for several weeks. That's because November and December were extra busy this year at my day job, so for mental health reasons, I temporarily paused all Mail Art News publishing activities, but that doesn't mean the incoming mail took a break. Nay.
Here's a look at all of the crazy fun mail that showed up in Nov. and Dec. 2023, in no particular order.
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| C. Terhune |
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Note: Mail Art News correspondent Sarah Roe informed me that Cameron Terhune's My Ukrainian Correspondence Saved My Life was recently included in Paper Chained magazine.
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| P. M. Wilson |
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| From Mark Rossmiller, aka Moan Lisa |
That was a lot of
mail art gold! Do you need a moment? Sorry, there's a lot more to show you. How about these postcards from the early 1900s? The following were included in a set of old mailings from a seller on etsy. Mail Art News media specialist,
Ariel Greenwood strikes again!
Also included was this early example of a windowed-envelope from 1932. Who knew they've been around since 1901? Not me.
The USPS has new vans, which might look a little funny to you, but they allow a postal worker to stand up all the way in the back of the van which should be easier on their musculoskeletal systems, which should provide for more efficient delivery of your correspondence art.
And now we can take a look at a number of interesting finds from the internet.
Note: Thank you to
Jimmy H for documenting this mail I sent to him (below).
One more thing though. What are QSL cards? Beginning around 1916, the QSL card has served as a mailed confirmation of radio contact between two amateur radio operators, also known as "HAM radio".
Happy, healthy, productive 2024 to you and yours. What's coming up next at Mail Art News? In the next week or two, I will get my interview with Ruud Janssen ready for posting. You may have heard of him. And of course there will be the the weekly reviews of incoming / outgoing mail and finds from the internet. If you have any ideas or suggestions or requests, send an email to mailartnews@gmail.com. As always, thank you for reading.
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Thanks for making the BLOG. Always good to see what is happening out there!
ReplyDeleteRuuuud! Thank you for visiting and commenting. Feel free to email me info about any mail art happenings I may have missed. Of course I miss a lot because this is just my view from my corner of the mail art universe.
Deletethx, Jon, for the stroll through your garden
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