No. 890 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 890 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a late pink correspondence card with a helmet dog. Thank you very much.

No. 862 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Germany)

No. 862 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Germany) - a new colourful sending from Ottmar, here he refers to Ottos dog. Thank you very much.

No. 850 - arriving mail art "DIe Liebe von Otto von Bismarck zur Dogge währt eviglich" from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden)

No. 850 - arriving mail art "DIe Liebe von Otto von Bismarck zur Dogge währt eviglich" from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden) - a collaged and drawn postcard refering to the Bismarcks dogs. Thank you very much.

No. 794 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden)

No. 794 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden) - one more collaged work from Ottmar concering Otto von Bismarck and his favour for dogs, here he used parts of the adverstising card from Servane Morel. Thank you very much.

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. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela refers to a saying which go back to the politics of Bismarck, the english expression for it is "the stick and the carrot". Thank you very much.

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy)

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - a collaged modified comic strip with Bismarck in it as a soldier. Thank you very much.

see his blogs: http://rossinimailart.blogspot.com/

or: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

No. 174 - arriving mail art "Bismarck" from Denis Charmot (France)

No. 174 - arriving mail art "Bismarck" from Denis Charmot (France) - Denis has used an image of his sharpei dog called Enzo and gave him a helmet and a beard which turns Enzo into a portrait of Bismarck, surrounded by battleships. Thank you very much.

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

No. 43 - arriving mail art "Ein Ständchen für Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 43 - arriving mail art "Ein Ständchen für Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela reflected on a mail art I have sent to her (http://socks-stockings.blogspot.com/2009/07/outgoing-collartage-to-amy-winehouse.html), an autograph of Bismarck dedicated to Amy Winehouse. She made a repro of the photography and did some additional collages to it. Amy is singing "thank you Otto". Angela used as well some of the Bismarck stamps I sent her some time ago. Thank you very much.

Angela has a mail art call on Amy Winehouse.