... he complete helmet collection by Angela Behrendt (Germany) ...

No. 403 - arriving mail art "alles Otto oder was?" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 403 - arriving mail art "alles Otto oder was?" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - an artprinted postcard with several Bismarck portraits on it. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 402 - arriving mail art "please add and return it to" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 402 - arriving mail art "please add and return it to" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz used a comercial card for his collage which he got from Angela Behrendt (I suppose) to add something to it. Thank you very much.

No. 401 - arriving mail art "Infocard" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 401 - arriving mail art "Infocard" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has sent a photograph of an embroidery sample once again, but this time as a postal experiment without paying for the postage stamps - see also No. 372. Thank you very much

No. 400 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Thursday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 400 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Thursday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 8th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - so the collection is complete - this time with a little stickman on top of the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "Bismarck's first helemt". Thank you very much.

No. 399 - arriving mail art from Tom Johnson (USA)

No. 399 - arriving mail art from Tom Johnson (USA) - Tom has used several old postcards and create something new with tiny little micro collages . For example Otto von Bismarck as a child together with a dog. Backsides he used a painted medaillon which I have sent to him once, inside he puts also some tiny little Bismarck images. A really charming collage. In front of the train you can see actress Marion Michael, backsides the face of Brigitte Bardot - both are the collecting items of Tom. So send him some mail art concerning these two actresses or /and together with dogs. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://snowballbelly.blogspot.com/

No. 397 & No. 398 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Wednesday" & a Bismarck Ocean Liner from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 397 & No. 398 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Wednesday" & an Bismarck Ocean Liner from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 7th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a emblem on top of the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "Von Adel". The other one is an ocean liner with its new name Bismarck on it. Thank you very much.

No. 395 & No. 396 - arriving mail art "Hauptschalter aus..." & "Der Bismarckhering Version 4 Meisterstück" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 395 & No. 396 - arriving mail art "Hauptschalter aus..." & "Der Bismarckhering Version 4 Meisterstück" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz called the first one "Der Steuermann verlässt das Schiff" which refers to the famous image "dropping the pilot". The main switch on board was turned off. The second one refers to mail art No. 1 from Angela Behrendt, here another version of it. In the official postage stamp Heinz fixed a little portrait of Angela. Thank you very much.

No. 394 - arriving mail art "Wohnwochen bei Otto" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 394 - arriving mail art "Wohnwochen bei Otto" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged postcard with a banknote and a Bismarck portrait on it. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 393 - arriving mail art from Ivan Zemtsov (Russia)

No. 393 - arriving mail art from Ivan Zemtsov (Russia) - a nicely decorated envelope filled with several stuff about his mail art projects - documentation flyers. The portrait on the envelope is drawn with thousands of little tiny spots. Inside the envelope a handpainted ATC with a Bismarck portrait on it, similar to that on the envelope, it become part of the so-called domino principle, he sent me also some of the domino principle artistamps, some of these with Bismarck portrait on it. Thank you very much.

see his blog with his new mail art call: http://runningmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 392 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Tuesday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 392 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Tuesday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 6th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a peaceful flower on the peak of the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "Peace". Thank you very much.

No. 390 & No. 391 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 390 & No. 391 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more of his collages, one sent anonymously with the statement "Ihr Kommentar Herr Halbritter" the other one is about the destillation of Vodka. Thank you very much.

No. 389 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Merchandise" from Heike Sackmann (Germany)

No. 389 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Merchandise" from Heike Sackmann (Germany) - one of her artprints afer a drawing with an illustration about a t-shirt with the word "Egoist" and a Bismarck portrait on it. Thank you very much.
see her blog: http://bzw-plus-n.blogspot.com/

No. 388 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Saturday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 388 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Saturday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 5th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a tassel instead of a peak on the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "Mit Troddel (für'nen Trottel". It is a wordpun on the german word for tassel with the word Trottel which means fool. Thank you very much.

No. 387 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark not sinking" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 387 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark not sinking" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged postcard with a Bismarck tie. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 386 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Friday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 386 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Friday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 4th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a pinched fish on the peak of the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "friday is my day". It refers to the habit to eat fish on fridays. Thank you very much.

No. 385 - arriving mail art "wenn einer eine Reise macht!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 385 - arriving mail art "wenn einer eine Reise macht!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz sent in an incredible collage which I would never have been dared to do that. It is an old calender board form around 1900 with a colour lithograph of a harbor. In the center he collaged a bloody portrait of Bismarck, and a folded ship which is from the well known turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen. Heinz got it from the opening exhibition "shipped ships" in 2001. On the backside of this board he collaged another szenery, the assassination attempt to Bismarck which take place in Bad Kissingen 1874. Nearby a bloody jacket. Thank you very much.

No. 384 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas ..." from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 384 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas ..." from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a funny painting by Servane, a combination of two of my mail art calls. Otto von Bismarck is dancing with Andreas Hofer (my former call). Thank you very much.
see her blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

Servane has a mail art call about the seven world antique wonders: http://merveillesdumondemailart.blogspot.com/

No. 383 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Sunday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 383 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Sunday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the third stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a cross on the peak of the helmet. Backseides she worte "Hallelujah". Thank you very much.

No. 382 - arriving mail art from Friedrich Hucke (Germany)

No. 382 - arriving mail art from Friedrich Hucke (Germany) - Friedrich, an artist which lived in Spain, has sent this colourful collecetion of artprints from Germany to my home. Some of the images where printed in big size sheets (DIN A3), full of irony, the battleship Bismarck with sexy girls, another one with clowns even one with Jonathan Meese on board, another with the tower of Babel or with exploding fishes etc. simply a wonderfull collection of his typical art works in this surrealistic style. Thank you very much.

see his page with his Casa del Arte: http://www.fincafritz.realxxl.de/

No. 380 & No. 381 - arriving mail art "Fröhlich & Kaufmann ... und Otto" & "Mit Uhu oder..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 380 & No. 381 - arriving mail art "Fröhlich & Kaufmann ... und Otto" & "Mit Uhu oder..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more funny sendings from Heinz, the first one is an advertising from a bookstore in which he includes a helmet dog. the second refers to teh assassination attempt on Bismarck which took place in Bad Kissingen in 1874. Thank you very much.

No. 379 - arriving mail art "Motto-Birel" from Ahrlich van Ohlen (Italy)

No. 379 - arriving mail art "Motto-Birel" from Ahrlich van Ohlen (Italy) - this time Ahrlich has sent his mail art from Rome, where he had his Rome-Walks. He modified one of the skulpture of Marc Aurel into a Bismarck skulpture. Thank you very much.

No. 378 - arriving mail art "Image Fulgurator" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 378 - arriving mail art "Image Fulgurator" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - Wolfgang has sent me infiormation about the artist Julius von Bismarck which has invented the so-called image fulgurator. Thank you very much. (By the way I have to pay postage due for it.)

see his blog: http://bananaunderground.blogspot.com/

No. 377 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Birthday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 377 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Birthday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the second helmet of Angela's hilarious idea. Here the helmet Bismarck has worn on his birthdays, instead of a peak there is a candle. Backside she wrote "ths same procedure like every year..."Thank you very much.

No. 376 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Monday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 376 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Monday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a hilarious idea from Angela, she stitched the helmet for Monday with real pimples on the peak. On the backside she worte "Eine echte Pickelhaube" literally a real pimple helmet. Thank you very much.

No. 375 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Jennifer Zoellner (USA)

No. 375 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Jennifer Zoellner (USA) - a collage made out of a colourful bird with several cronw around. Thank you very much.

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

I have some of these sheets left, if anybody is interesting in having one of it, please let me know in a comment - it is a little article about my mail art project - only in german

No. 374 - arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Peter Dowker (Canada)

No. 374 - arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Peter Dowker (Canada) - Peter has sent it as a postcard, it is the 7th submission of conceptual pot by Takako Saito (which can be seen here: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-138-arriving-mail-art-from-takako.html). Peter put three letters of the sign language "O V B" inside the pot. Thank you very much.see his blog: http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 373 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 373 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the embroidery sample which was sent by Uli Grohmann to Angela (see No. 372) has been modified in this way, Angela just stitched the frame around and said "no more cross stitchings any more" on the backside she fixed some colour threads to stitch it myself. Thank you very much.

No. 372 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 372 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has sent a photograph of an embroidery sample he has sent to Angela Behrendt. The very same day this modified sample came into my mail box - see No. 373. Thank you very much

No. 370 & No. 371 - arriving mail art "Ottos Asche" & "Otto finde ich gut" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 370 & No. 371 - arriving mail art "Ottos Asche" & "Otto finde ich gut" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more funny sendings from Heinz, the first one is sent in an envelope he got from Angela Behrendt, inside he puts a matchbox the the ash of Otto. The second is a collage: Otto is surfing on his helmet. Thank you very much.

No. 369 - arriving mail art from Stan Askew (USA)

No. 369 - arriving mail art from Stan Askew (USA) - an artprint made out different postage stamp in which he collaged a Bismarck portrait. Backsides another Bismarck with butterfly wings. Thank you very much.

No. 368 - arriving mail art "es gibt immer eine Lösung" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 368 - arriving mail art "es gibt immer eine Lösung" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz refers to his very much sendings I got fot this call and asked me whether I'm overlotzed. Thank you very much.

No. 367 - arriving mail art "Das ist langsam zu einseitig!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 367 - arriving mail art "Das ist langsam zu einseitig!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - lots of little Bismarcks all are calling "Bismarck" except one who told that this is becoming lopsided. And indeed Ahlrich just illustrate only one side of the card - the other side is blanc. Thank you very much.

No. 366 - arriving mail art "geliebt und gefürchtet - Der Bismarck Hammer" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany)

No. 366 - arriving mail art "geliebt und gefürchtet - Der Bismarck Hammer" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany) - a modified commercial postcard with a hammer on it. Thank you very much.

No. 365 - arriving mail art "Biß-Mark" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 365 - arriving mail art "Biß-Mark" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged postcard with different Bismarck images and labels on it, similar to his last one. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 364 - arriving mail art "Grüne Häutungen" from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 364 - arriving mail art "Grüne Häutungen" from Anonymous (Germany) - it came without any senders address, but I think it is from Heinz Lotz - if not, please rebel. It is a commercial postcard of fishes with jackets and with extra collaged Bismarck faces on their shoulders. Thank you very much.

ottos mops

ottos mops trotzt
otto: fort mops fort
ottos mops hopst fort
otto: soso

otto holt koks
otto holt obst
otto horcht
otto: mops mops
otto hofft

ottos mops klopft
otto: komm mops komm
ottos mops kommt
ottos mops kotzt
otto: ogottogott

(Ernst Jandl)

maybe you can illustrate this famous poem ?

No. 363 - arriving mail art "add&pass sheet" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 363 - arriving mail art "add&pass sheet" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has sent this add&pass sheet which refers to Otto von Bismarck, so I will keep into the collection and do not sent it once more. I have sent a biographical data sheet from Rita da Costa with some modifications to Peter Dowker, he did also some modification to the sheet and passed it on to Angela Behrendt, she did again another modifiaction to it and she sent it back to me now. Thank you very much.

No. 362 - arriving mail art "Treib's nicht weiter auf die Spitze!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 362 - arriving mail art "Treib's nicht weiter auf die Spitze!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - another wordpun from Ahlrich refers to the peaks of Bismarck's helmet and which means "do not to carry it to extremes any longer" - the helmets are peak to peak. Thank you very much.

No. 361 - arriving mail art "Fraulein, haben sie das? ... noch ein Kissinger Diktat" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 361 - arriving mail art "Fraulein, haben sie das? ... noch ein Kissinger Diktat" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli refers to the so-called Kissinger Diktat, a political statement which was written by Bismarck during his stay in Bad Kissingen. He illustrated it with a portrait of Mr. Henry Kissinger. Thank you very much

No. 359 & No. 360 - arriving mail art "the green side of life?" & "Hüte Hüte" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 359 & No. 360 - arriving mail art "the green side of life?" & "Hüte Hüte" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz made a postcard out the exhibition flyer I sent to him and which he has modified with a Bismarck face and the helmet. The other card was send without any valid postage stamp. Bismarck got here a mustache made out of a green wrapper of a candy. Thank you very much.

No. 358 - arriving mail art "Fake" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 358 - arriving mail art "Fake" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged postcard with different Bismarck images. Thank you very much.see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 357 - arriving mail art "Immer noch eisern dabei!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 357 - arriving mail art "Immer noch eisern dabei!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - another portrait of Bismarck by Ahlrich. I interpret his statement as following "still on running iron-ically" Thank you very much.

No. 355 & No. 356 - arriving mail art "Gold-Ei" & "Ottos Wohnzimmertapete" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 355 & No. 356 - arriving mail art "Gold-Ei" & "Ottos Wohnzimmertapete" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz made a postcard out of a egg box and asked the question what has Bismarck to do with eggs. The other one is collaged with wall papers, inside the flyer I sent to him and which he has modified with Otto von Bismarck and Andreas Hofer portraits (my last call). Thank you very much.

No. 354 - arriving mail art "Schöner Wohnen mit Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 354 - arriving mail art "Schöner Wohnen mit Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a funny sending from Angela, which is titled "beautiful living with Bismarck" on the envelope a couch with cushions on it. Inside the envelope a real cushion with a stitched portrait of Bismarck, worked out after my stencil I did once. Thank you very much - my home is getting now much more comfortable.

No. 353 - arriving mail art "Immer auf Zack" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 353 - arriving mail art "Immer auf Zack" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - the mail art is worked out on both sides, one side with an old historical postage stamp with a Bismarck portrait - Ahlrich worte on it "du bist ja ne Marke" a wordpun on the name of Bis-marck. On the other side he is playing with the helmet where the A of the word "Zack" is the pin of it. Thank you very much.

No. 352 - arriving mail art "wenn ich Bismarck wär..." from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany)

No. 352 - arriving mail art "wenn ich Bismarck wär..." from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany) - a modified commercial postcard with a helmet person who was thinking to be Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 351 arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Vittore Baroni (Italy)

No. 351 arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Vittore Baroni (Italy) - Vittore has sent lots of paper stuff and the sixth submission of conceptual pot by Takako Saito (which can be seen here: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-138-arriving-mail-art-from-takako.html). Vittore collaged a big sized artistamp on it with his face and made some drawings on it: the typical helmet, besides some rubberstamp prints and further information. Thank you very much.

No. 350 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Postage" from William L. Philyaw (USA)

No. 350 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Postage" from William L. Philyaw (USA) - William has made an artistamp sheet with a Bismarck portrait. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://cutphoto.blogspot.com/