Category Archives: postal services

PDXCC/SFCC Exchange

Here are the message sides of the cards I sent for the mail art exchange between the Portland Correspondence Club  and the San Francisco Correspondence Club. Check out Mar Goman’s artistamp for the exchange! Each card has an interesting assortment … Continue reading

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Vacation Fun on Defacto Lane

How mail artists spend their vacation: this picture shows my hand putting postcards into the box at 31B Defacto Lane in Stehekin, WA, 98852, the mailbox shown on the front of the card!

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Zoo Mailbox and Dick & Jane’s Spot

I’m mailing these cards from a letter box at the Portland Zoo – it’s my favorite mailbox in Portland. Mail deposited here is hand stamped with one of the last remaining Railway Post Office cancellations. It’s a Portland treasure! I’m … Continue reading

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Stehekin, WA 98852

The Stehekin post office has a display of wooden post cards on, well,  wouldn’t you know it – wooden racks!

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Chilean Mailboxes

Imagine my delight when I found a postal museum at the main post office in Santiago, Chile! Here are some pictures of the mail boxes displayed there. I mailed cards using this mailbox on my last day in Santiago. Ciao!

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