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.
Postcard by Christian Hoff, 1922.
Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954) was an American artist who studied in Japan and created woodblock prints in the Japanese manner.
Jeanne reads Cyrano de Bergerac while hiding on a houseboat in Flight of the Raven by Jean-Pierre Gibrat.
Real photo postcard courtesy of Bruce Townley. Thank you!
Oh my goodness. I just found a blog devoted to stamp engravers. It’s like Aladdin’s Cave.
First day cover of a Moebius stamp, January 29, 1988
