A page from The Leaning Girl by François Schuiten and Benoit Peeters.
Mail Art, 1898
From The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects (2010) by John Tingey, a mailing using a “publicity stamp” as part of the address. The addressee was G. Forster, a dentist who used the stamps to publicize his practice, and also the cousin of Reginald Bray, the above-referenced Englishman who delighted in sending cryptic postcards. At this time, such stamps were also popular in Germany.
Too High
Postcard by Christian Hoff, 1922.
Incense by Bertha Lum
Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954) was an American artist who studied in Japan and created woodblock prints in the Japanese manner.
Refuge
Jeanne reads Cyrano de Bergerac while hiding on a houseboat in Flight of the Raven by Jean-Pierre Gibrat.
Flower Child
Real photo postcard courtesy of Bruce Townley. Thank you!
Stamp Engravers
Oh my goodness. I just found a blog devoted to stamp engravers. It’s like Aladdin’s Cave.
