No. 56 - arriving mail art "Napoléon - Andreas Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 56 - arriving mail art "Napoléon - Andreas Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - another nice painting from Servane arrived today, a double Portrait of Napoleon and Andreas Hofer; thank you very much.

Servane has a mail art call about Charlie Chaplin:

see her page: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com

No. 55 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer - ein neues Markenzeichen im Norden" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 55 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer - ein neues Markenzeichen im Norden" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - another nice collage and painting Andreas Hofer is getting more and more a new landmark in the northern part of Germany. Thank you very much.

No. 54 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer schaut über den abendlichen Deich" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 54 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer schaut über den abendlichen Deich" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - another nice collage and painting how Andreas Hofer looks like in the northern part of Germany. Thank you very much.

No. 53 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Pokuland" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland)

No. 53 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Pokuland" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland) - Lothar has used a postcard from Miguel Jimenez (Spain) and recycled it with different collages into this mail art. Thank you very much.

No. 52 - arriving mail art " ? tu crees que debería rezar ?" from Daniela Lewin (Chile)

No. 52 - arriving mail art "? tu crees que debería rezar ? - do you think I should pray?" from Daniela Lewin (Chile) - a wonderful collage using a cut out of the praying Andreas Hofer as well as some nice drawings. Thank you very much.

No. 51 - arriving mail art "revolution exile Andreas Hofer 2" from Horst Baur (Germany)

No. 51 - arriving mail art "revolution exile Andreas Hofer 2" from Horst Baur (Germany) - a collage made out of old maps from Italy and Mantua, the place where Andreas Hofer were shot down. Thank you very much

No. 51 - arriving mail art "Planung für eine Andreas Hofer Allee" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 51 - arriving mail art "Planung für eine Andreas Hofer Allee" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - Ahlrich seems to plan a new avenue in Ipwege in honour of Andreas Hofer. I hope he has a valid building license. Thank you very much.

arriving email attachement from Rain Rien Nevermind (USA)

arriving email attachement from Rain Rien Nevermind (USA) - Rain Rien Nevermind has sent me this via email - it looks a bit like a Andreas Hofer - Napoleon - Gesture, thats why I post it here. Well, I still prefer real snail mail - postcards to my call. Nevertheless thanks for it.

No. 50 - arriving mail art "Leute heute - heute in Pokuland Andreas Hofer Nr. 2" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland)

No. 50 - arriving mail art "Leute heute - heute in Pokuland Andreas Hofer Nr. 2" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland) - Lothar has sent a second variation of socks and an image of Andreas Hofer. (for the first see post No. 47) The local post office put a sticker on it. Thank you very much.

No. 49 - arriving mail art "Barcode Andreas Hofer" from Scott Blake (USA)

No. 49 - arriving mail art "Barcode Andreas Hofer" from Scott Blake (USA) - the first individual mail art I got from Scott, great, one of his typical Art works, he is the master of barcode art. In this barcode you can see as well a slightly silhouette of the Andreas Hofer Portrait, just concentrate on the barcode. I like it very much. Thanks a lot.

see his page: http://www.barcodeart.com/

No. 48 - arriving mail art "Ghosts of Hofer" from William L. Philyaw (USA)

No. 48 - arriving mail art "Ghosts of Hofer" from William L. Philyaw (USA) - a digital variation of a typial Andreas Hofer picture with the austrian postage stamp on it. Thank you very much.

see William's blogs: http://cutphoto.blogspot.com/

http://addressee.blogspot.com/

http://www.dadasurplus.com/

No. 47 - arriving mail art "Leute heute - heute in Pokuland Andreas Hofer Nr. 1" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland)

No. 47 - arriving mail art "Leute heute - heute in Pokuland Andreas Hofer Nr. 1" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland) - Lothar has sent this nice combination of socks and images of Andreas Hofer, so it is fitting to both of my mail art calls. Thank you very much.

No. 46 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer calling..." from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 46 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer calling..." from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - here the second participation from Ahlrich; Andreas Hofer is probably shouting "schickt mir mal ne Karte" (send a postcard) I can hear it clearly; Thank you very much.

No. 45 - arriving mail art "I want you for Tyrolean Army" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 45 - arriving mail art "I want you for Tyrolean Army" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - Servane took a very dramatic drawing of the Andreas Hofer Monument at Bergisel-Innsbruck (Austria). Thank you very much.
Servane has a mail art call about Charlie Chaplin
see her blog: www.mailartpostal.canalblog.com

No. 44 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer ????" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 44 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer ????" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - a digtial variation with several Andreas Hofer pictures one over the others. Ahlrich explaining: "Andreas Hofer ???? aus nordeutscher Sicht unklar, aber vielschichtig. Vielleicht bringen wir noch Licht ins Dunkel". Thank you very much.

No. 43 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer stampsheet" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands)

No. 43 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer stampsheet" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) - now Ruud was creating a kind of new postage stamp by using an old one with an Andreas Hofer portrait on it; it turned into the first official postage stamp from Socks Land. Sent in another colourful painted envelope. Really funny idea. He sent several more to use it for my next outgoing mail art. Thank you very much.

see many of Ruud's pages or blogs:
http://iuoma.blogspot.com

www.iuoma.org

No. 42 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 42 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Peter Backes (Germany) - a really nice collaged art-work came today from Peter, it is a sliced Andreas Hofer and the rest of it was collaged backsides, together with an old map of Northern Italy, so that you can still see the typical silhouette of Andreas Hofer; thank you very much.

No. 41 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Fabio Sassi (Italy)

No. 41 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Fabio Sassi (Italy) - Fabio sent this nice stencil drawing - a portrait. backsides with several artistamps. Thank you very much. It was really a pleasure for me getting a mail art from Bologna, the city where I stayed a longer period and have been studying history of art - I love this city. I will try to keep on corresponding.

see his page: http://fabiosassi.blogspot.com/

No. 40 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands)

No. 40 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) - finally the icon arrived as a postcard, the first has come in the size DIN A 4, the second together with a fading out version inside of an envelope and now the real postcard. Thank you - Ruud, if you come along here, maybe you could change the address in your computer? - "Rolsnd Helbritter"

see many blogs of Ruud:

http://iuoma.blogspot.com

more to be found on this page

No. 39 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer & Napoleon" from Denis Charmot (France)

No. 39 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer & Napoleon" from Denis Charmot (France) - Denis sent a digital worked out szenerie: Napoleon on the horse is holding a kind of a crystal ball with an image of Andreas Hofer, saying the words "Il m'énerve mais qu'est ce qu'il m'énerve ce Andreas Hofer !". Thank you very much.

see his page: http://denis.charmot.free.fr

No. 38 - arriving mail art " Schnittmuster für Andreas Hofer Schürze" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 38 - arriving mail art "Schnittmuster für Andreas Hofer Schürze" from Angela Behrendt(Germany) - Angela sent a sewing pattern for a pinafore, a typical piece of clothing in South Tyrol. Thank you very much.

No. 37 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer zum Gedenken - Freiheit für Alle!" from Fraenz Frisch (Luxembourg)

No. 37 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer zum Gedenken - Freiheit für Alle!" from Fraenz Frisch (Luxembourg) - a nice drawing from Fraenz, and one of his Art Stamp; thank you very much.

see his age: http://www.mailart.lu/

No. 36 - arriving mail art (fading out) "Andreas Hofer" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands)

No. 36 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) - it is a variation of his first participation, here a small size computer printout, one of it is fading out. Thank you very much.

see his pages: http://iuoma.blogspot.com/ and there you can find several more of his pages

No. 35 - arriving mail art (Andreas Hofer's autumn) from Sylvie Gallet (France)

No. 35 - arriving mail art (Andreas Hofer's autumn) from Sylvie Gallet (France) - it is a digtial variation of a nice autumn photo together with Andreas Hofer. well not a postcard, but nevertheless thanks for it.

No. 34 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer stamps" from Johanna Goisser (Germany)

No. 34 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer stamps" from Johanna Goisser (Germany) - a sheet of real stamps with variations of potraits of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much for this nice sheet.

see her blog: http://fluxoid.blogspot.com

No. 33 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer wurde nicht erschossen..." from Siggi Liersch (Germany)

No. 33 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer wurde nicht erschossen..." from Siggi Liersch (Germany) - a new legend about the Hero was told: "Andreas Hofer wurde nicht erschossen. Nach den Befreiungskriegen nannte er sich Köttelbug und wurde der Star vieler Kurzprosastücke, die sein Angestellter Siggi Liersch niederschrieb". (Andreas Hofer wasn't shot. After the Napoleonic War of Liberation he called himself Köttelbug and became a star in little prosa poems. His secretary Siggi Liersch wrote them down) Thank you so much, but now I want to read these little prosa about Andreas Hofer-Köttelbug.

No. 31 & 32 - arriving mail art "Holareduliö !" from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

No. 31 & 33 - arriving mail art "Holareduliö !" from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - Erich sent these two postcards with funny illustrations about Andreas Hofer's life; thank you very much.

No. 30 - arriving mail art "combat - resistance - rebellion" from Isabelle Vannobel (France)

No. 30 - arriving mail art "combat - resistance - rebellion" from Isabelle Vannobel (France) - collaged postcard with different artistamps on it. Thank you very much: Isabelle has a mail art call about sheep

see her blog: http://artmoutonneux.over-blog.org/