Jimmy Connors (9)

Rabbit, Lion, Human being, Birds.
Thank you very much, Jimmy COnnors!

K Rolina Artist

I was surprised by K Rolina, who sent me a pretty envelope, with inside a beautiful booklet containing eight collages.
Above you see two of them, below the front side of the booklet:



And the back side of the colourful envelope:



Thank you very much, K Rolina!

Jimmy Connors (8)

Lovely Birds and a nice word play by Jimmy Connors. 'Gans' (in both German and Dutch) means 'Goose'. So it is clear the animals above are HooliGans!



Inside the decorated envelope some goodies arrived, like this matchbox named 'Vögel und Fische', which means 'Birds and Fish':



And look at this Mail Pigeon on a mail certificate (of which I have to find out how it works to send mail - and in what locations, a mystery since the last Dutch post offices has disappeared in 2010) (I think I'll keep this UPU paper as it is, because it is beautiful!



Thank you very much, vielen Dank, Jimmy!

Antonia Mayol (7)

Dog stamp, for a happy 2018 and a happy Year of the Dog!

Created and sent from Spain by Antonia Mayol.



Thank you very much, muchas gracias, Antonia!

Gin

Great portrait, drawn by Gin.

And an add and pass:



Thank you very much, Gin!

Fraenz (2)

Fraenz has hosted several mail art projects, including digital projects. Among them this digital ephemeral project.

I've drawn an analogue barcode Cow, scanned it to make it digital, added some words to it and emailed this Cow to Fraenz. And he was so kind to send me this documentation - on paper - from Luxembourg.



See more documentation on digitalephemeral.blogspot.lu.



Thank you very much, Fraenz!

Jimmy Connors (7)

This Human being is said to be a vega sausage (?) but maybe it also is a weird collage?

Created and sent by Jimmy Connors from Germany.



THank you very much, herzlichen Dank, Jimmy!

Boscographix

This surprise mail I received from Boscographix from the USA. Between the postage stamps and the airmail stamp a tiny Squirrel eating an oak seed, that's a good alibi to post this mail art on this blog. And the great rubber stamps of Humans, are of course too.



And inside the envelope a great surprise: Dutch postage stamps of bells and a street organ! (How did the sender know that I love music, too?!)



Thank you very much, Boscographix!

Keith S. Chambers (6,7)

'Ceci n'est pas un aquarium', 'This is not an aquarium'




From Keith S. Chambers two nice envelope arrives. One almost two months ago, containing pretty stamps and Mail Pigeons in front:





The print inside shows a rather, er, dead person, however the dandelion represents new life:



The print came along with great artistamps:



And more artistamps:

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And the other - orange - envelope, which arrived two days ago, contained great fish stamps:


'Hippurus hoc non est', 'this is not a goldfish'


And the Fish, shown on top (in not an aquarium), with an autumn poem on the back:




Banana swords:



And two peculiar official USPS stamps on the envelope:



Thank you very much, Keith!

Jimmy Connors (3)

Collage of a weird looking/watching Human being, created by Jimmy Connors from Germany.



On the back side stamps showing sporty people. Jimmy added kind words about the Dutch women's soccer team who has won the European Championship recently, and I think it great he has added a German women's soccer stamp to the text also.
And as a mail lover I of course like the handwritten addition on bottom (about the space, intentionally left blank) and the fact that the Post couldn't resist adding some orange and dotty letters to it.



Thank you very much, vielen Dank, Jimmy!

Erni Bär (6)

A few weeks ago Erni Bär celebrated his 70th birthday.
So I made him some mail art.

And he replied by a nourishing envelope, which contained two 'o.k.' tins. Alas my scanner refuses to scan the tins, afraid as the scanner is for scratches and holes on the glass plate.
But the envelope indeed has been scanned:



And of course the whistling Kurt:



Thank you very much, Erni!

FinnBadger (12)

Usually, if I post regular cards, I do so on an other location.
But these Dragons came in such an amazing mail art envelope, that I decided to use them as an alibi to post the envelope here on the Real Weird Animals blog.



And notice the stamps! Issued in honour of 150 years of Canada, the complete serie contains ten different stamps, depicting ten unforgettable moments from the past 50 years.

Created by FinnBadger from the USA, who managed to send it via Canada! That amazing journey is worth noting, too!

Thank you very much, FinnBadger!

Elliot

Elliot from China created this beautiful envelope. Besides the Woman, she added wonderful Horse stamps to her mail for me, plus a Year of the Dragon stamp.

And inside the envelope a kind letter, plus a wonderful stamp: Horses pictured and printed on silk!



Thank you very much, Elliot!

Jimmy Connors (2)

An new collage, a kind of Human being, by Jimmy "F." Connors from Germany.

On the back side of the card there are traces that someone (postman? mail monster?) must have eaten the stamp from top left...



Thank you very much, Jimmy! Herzlichen Dank, F.!

Alex Witter

Collage / drawing of a Human being.

Created and sent by Alex Witter from the Netherlands.

Alex has a cool mail art project: Black and White. You can join and send your contribution before September. See for information and the address to where to send your mail art to at Alex' site.

Thank you very much, hartelijk dank, Alex!

FinnBadger (10,11)

Almost three months ago already, on the 1st of May, I received a wonderful Smurf envelope, followed by a Dragon envelope on the 3rd of May.
I think FinnBadger knows well how to cause a broad smile on my face. Together with Platypus and Echidna, and Birds, both Smurfs and Dragons make my day when they arrive via mail art at my place.

I was even more amazed when I saw the Smurf stamp. First I thought it an artistamp, but looking close it turns out to be a real (read: officially issued) stamp, issued by the United Nations Postal Administration.

The Dragon is a favourite of mine, too, having been born in the Year of the Dragon.
This one pictured is a funny one, friendly as almost all dragons are, funny because she or he's fond of tacos. Surprisingly not liking the spicy salsa...
Great matching stamps, too, which make me remember the months I spent in Central America, some decades ago (tamales.. qué sabrosos!)



Inside one of the envelopes this great collage. I happened to have seen and heard the talented Gorilla in the week preceding receiving this collage!



Also this wonderful collage arrived. Amazing how two faces can make one new face.



The back side of the Dragon envelope:



FinnBadger added some leaflets of the artists Dino Nemec and Patrick Wayner, showing more animals:




Check Dino Nemec's website for more beautiful animal art; more information about Patrick Wayner and his art you can find here and here.

Thank you very much, FinnBadger!