Good Post is not a Thing of the Past.

PostMuse sent me this charming PodPost mailbox postcard. I wish they still sold it, but I don't think they do. At least, I can't find it on their website. But I love the meta-mailbox mood. The postcard/artwork title is "Good Post is not a Thing of the Past." Hear, hear!



It also came with these awesome vintage stamps, neither of which I'd seen before.



So in keeping with the meta-mail theme, I responded with this postcard, showing "The Letter" by Albert Lynch.



And I included a few vintage stamps of me own.

Snail-riding Pixies

Here is another fantastic issue in the UK Mythical Creatures stamp set, which I blogged about in greater detail earlier.

Of course I love that the pixie is riding a snail (even with a fabulous harness)... Could he be making a snail-mail delivery, perhaps?

Looking at the beautiful and subtle wavy lines over the stamp makes me marvel at how much more artful UK stamp cancellations are than those in the USA. Or is the grass just greener on the other side of the pond?

Muppets' Animal + atoms for peace

Still having fun with vintage stamps over here. I didn't photograph the card inside the envelope, but it is of the Muppets' Animal saying "ROCK." It's not part of the Jim Henson Muppet stamp series, but a fortuitous match.

Vintage postal atoms for peace

One good red deserves another. In response to the letter I featured in yesterday's Raise the red lantern blog post, I wrote on vintage Hallmark Muppet stationery, which includes these bright red envelopes.

And I used some of my favorite vintage meta postal stamps:



I love the Universal Postal Congress old mail truck image, and I adore the 70s-feel U.S. Postal Service stamps with their pictures of mail on its journey, but how can you beat the atoms for peace stamp?