Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Guess the stamp game - the final answer. (And bonus links)






The answer to last week's envelope in question is...

... Joseph Stella's 'Brooklyn Bridge' from the Modern Art in America 1913-1931 stamp sheet.

Thanks so much to Hester and Jean for playing along, it was a lot of fun to see what guesses you would make. All the ones from last week would have been fun - I didn't even consider any of those as options.


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Bonus links today. If you haven't checked out some of Cara G's blog posts lately, you're really missing out.

She runs an anthropomorphic mail art project that is a lot of fun, and recently has had some incredible mail art from Philippe Charron.

The anthropomorphic mail art project

One of the most creative pieces of mail art I've seen - giraffe by Philippe Charron.

His home improvement monkey.

A cooking dog, with an amazing use of a postage stamp.

And his fantastic bears, made all the more beautiful by the cool French bear stamps.

There's also a jaguar general.

You can see all the entries for Cara's project by clicking here.







4 comments:

  1. I think I should get .25th of a point for suggesting an artist/designer stamp...since the one you used and the one i suggested are both 20th century modern. while hester's bird suggestion was just fine, in terms of a nice color combination, i think i knew that an 20th century modern artist-designer was the way to go. that i did not pick the exact one is a minor detail. :-)

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    1. Hopefully you like the bonus mail more than the bonus 1/4 point.

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  2. It's always fun to see your stamp choices (and creative placement.)
    I'm impressed that Hester and Jean were able to make such good guesses. I have no head for that. The only stamps I can picture are the ones in front of me right that moment.

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    1. Thanks!

      There are many great stamps out there (and some not-so-great ones). It can be fun to see if I can get a good match with an envelope. Definitely having the most fun 'hiding' Johnny Cash. I am always surprised when a current stamp goes well with a 20-year-old envelope.

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