Carina (4)

Did I ever tell that Platypus mail art steals my heart?
Carina had the Platypus do so, by sending a wonderful piece of mail art from Finland.



Well, at first sight it was not clear. A brown envelope, showing a mushroom stamp.
And a Robot...



... or not a Robot...



But when I opened the envelope, I saw the beautiful Platypus you see on top!

Also inside, an original piece of great art by Carina, titled 'Roots':



When looking further, there suddenly appeared two cousins, two Monotremes... My favourite Australian mammals!
An other Platypus...



... and the Echidna!



Finally a nice piece of mail art, to which I hope to add something soon because it is missing something, so I can return it to Carina:



Thank you very much, Carina!

Vizma Bruns (5)

This tiny booklet arrived in this envelope - see the great Platypus and Crab stamps!



The mail art, created and sent by Vizma Bruns from Australia, reminded me of a Matruschka: I opened the envelope, and in it was a smaller Fish envelope, and in it was a smaller Panda envelope, and in that there was this bookie!

See here a graphic visual to see the sizes:



Thank you very much, Vizma!

Amy Irwen (2)

Every time I see a platypus, my heart beats faster and I feel a happy feeling deep inside.
This time it is Amy Irwen who has created this wonderful version of this amazing weird animal.

The back side of the card is wonderful as well. The artistamp you see down right is in honour of Guido Vermeulen, a great Belgian mail artist who we sadly have to miss in life, but who will live on in mail art and in our hearts.
There is more to see, so I stop writing, and you can start watching :-)



Thank you very much, Amy!

Vizma Bruns (4)

Vizma Bruns made me extremely happy by adding a lot of Platypus to her mail art. As you might know, all animals are my favourite animals, but some animals are a bit more favourite than others. The Platypus is one of them.

On the back of the envelope some beautiful rubber stamp prints. Among them many fish, an Octopus and the famous Bunny:



And inside, among others, a Painter / Artist. Some people consider painters / artists as a weird kind of humans, too, and we all know (but some of the same 'some people' don't like to concede) that also Humans are Animals :-)




Thank you very much, Vizma!

Eva (8)

Yay, the Platypus! Holding a letter, so a post-platypus, even!
Drawn and sent by Eva.

Inside this beautiful envelope two lovely hedgehogs, who resemble of course the Platypus' cousin: the Echidna.



And inside the letter, this interesting text about monotremes.



And while I always get a big smile when seeing a platypus, I guess Eva is smiling when she sees a laughing cow. Check her website, and whenever you find laughing cow, send it to her!



Thank you very much, moltes gràcies, Eva!

Valentine Mark Herman

This beautiful Platypus was created by Valentine Mark Herman from France, or from the Aborigine Settlement in Sigean to be more precise.

I love this dotted Platypus and I love the turquoise surroundings. Thank you very much, Val!

Vizma Bruns (2)

A Platypus from the land of the Platypus: Australia!

Thanks to Vizma Bruns we can learn the story of the Old Man Platypus...



.. and learn how to have a drink while being in a Fish Tank! (My bottle of course contains water, or coffee.)
(What happened to Marie?)



Nice stamps, even a Mailogram and an original Vizma Artistamp!

This Giant Lobster was on the smallest part of the mail:



And this is a piece of fabric which really asks for being added some more stitches to!



And last but not least: a great transparent dotted envelope, with on the stamp... an Echidna, yay!



Thank you very much, Vizma!

Amy Irwen

This beautiful Platypus swam to me thanks to Amy Irwen from the U.S.A.
And he/she is not alone, also a Pink Eared Duck - who has a funny bill, too - and Duckling accompanied this brave mammal.

Look at the fine pen lines! In real, the silver lines of the bill of this platypus are shining as if he/she is swimming in a silvery water. Beautiful! Thank you very much, Amy!

Katerina Nikoltsou (4)

Hurray, another Platypus!!!

Another beautiful creation, a sweet one, of this real weird and interesting creature, also known as Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Who succeeds in amazing me for more than 35 years already.

Made thanks to Onions, and above all thanks to (and by) Katerina Nikoltsou from Greece.

She also created these happily jumping Dolphins!



And here's the famous rubber stamp Blue Cat.



Amazing that all the animals in this post belong to the same 'class': Mammals.

Thank you very much, Katerina!

Nicole Eippers (11)

Yay! The Platypus!! This is one of my eldest favourite animals, I mean, I already was intrigued by this special mammal as a child. So I jumped to the ceiling when I discovered this beautiful collage in my mailbox. Created and sent by Nicole Eippers from Belgium. Whose favourite animal, I guess, is the Pig.

Thank you very much, merci beaucoup, Nicole!

Laurel

This beautiful collage of my favourite Platypus was made and sent by Laurel from the USA.
On the backside beautiful animal stamps: the Otter, Megabat (I think), Ringtail and Eastern Bluebird.



Thank you very much, Laurel!