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Dear Catherine, Hello, how are you?

creeky — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:37:05 -0800

"In April 2009, we sent a personal, handwritten letter to each of the 467 households in the small Irish village of Cushendall." Now, Michael Crowe and Lenka Clayton (previously on MeFi) intend to send a letter to everyone on the planet.

Mailbox Art: 20 Cool and Creative Postboxes

An Infinity Of Monkeys — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:01:57 -0800

Mailbox Art: 20 Cool and Creative Postboxes

Zip code with a capital C O D E.

nthdegx — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:27:50 -0800

Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test - "To put them to the test, Harriet Russell concealed the addresses of 130 letters to herself in a series of increasingly complex puzzles and ciphers. Among the disguises she employed were dot-to-dot drawings, anagrams and cartoons. The answer, it seems, was very far indeed. Amazingly, only 10 failed to complete their journey back to her." Be sure to click the "more pictures" link to the right for more samples. Via one.point.zero.

Geo Info Postcards

divabat — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:28:01 -0800

How's the weather? Is it polluted? Do you have plenty of rainforests? Send someone a Geography Information Postcard and tell them about where you live by filling out infographics. (via)

Artomatic!

indiebass — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:48:22 -0800

Got a Secret? (Discussed briefly previouslyhere) The idea behind Frank Warren Artomatic exhibit was simple: distribute 3,000 post cards asking the public to share a secret with him anonymously by reply mail, and sit back and wait for the replies. Some of the post cards are now on display at the Anne C. Fisher gallery, but if you can't make it to the Georgetown show don't worry, Warren has created a "Postsecret" blog where you can see some of the most interesting replies. (via DCist)

Avertising Cover, Bisect, Cinderella, and so on...

taz — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:01:33 -0800

Dear M E F I, I just love Alphabetilately, and I think you will too! Yours sincerely, taz.