... some mail art which has been sent to the Museum itself ...

two mail art postcards from Dörthe Siemers-Wulff (Germany)

one of the cards I wrote to every Bismarck Museum in Germany

the failed postal experiment with a faked postage stamp

Bruno Chiarlone (Italy) an add&pass postcard I sent to him

a postal experiment with a faked postage stamps that worked

Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

the mail art I sent to the Director of the Museum

Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) and his lot(z) of collages inside

I did not give numbers to these mail art because it is not my collection, but of course these cards will also be seen in the exhibition which will take place in 2011.

No. 331 - arriving mail art "Der Bismarck Hummer" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany)

No. 331 - arriving mail art "Der Bismarck Hummer" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany) - Wolfgnag has modified an adverstising postcard with a lobster on it combined with some happy new year greetings. Inside the envelope some more paper material. Thank you very much.

No. 330 - arriving mail art "Historisches aus Berlin" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 330 - arriving mail art "Historisches aus Berlin" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - Ahlrich has modified a commercial postcard from Berlin and collaged Bismarck to the upper right corner. Thank you very much.

No. 329 - arriving mail art "2010 Happy New Year" from Lisette Candela (France)

No. 329 - arriving mail art "2010 Happy New Year" from Lisette Candela (France) - Lisette has made an arrangement with the typical helmet of the Bismarck aera. Inside she wrote Happy new year for you and Mister B. Thank you very much.

No. 328 - arriving mail art "Die Sache mit dem Kreuz" from Heike Sackmann (Germany)

No. 328 - arriving mail art "Die Sache mit dem Kreuz" from Heike Sackmann (Germany) - one of her artprints with an illustration about the iron cross. Thank you very much.

No. 326 & No. 327 - arriving mail art "Auf und davon mit B." & "Der Ausblick lässt hoffen" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 326 & No. 327 - arriving mail art "Auf und davon mit B." & "Der Ausblick lässt hoffen" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - another two collages in the serie from Ahlrich about war and peace around Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 325 - arriving mail art from John Held jr. (USA)

No. 325 - arriving mail art from John Held jr. (USA) - some time ago I sent one of the conceptual pot by Takako Saito to John and now he has sent it back to me. The pot has become a funny Bismarck portrait. Inside the letter also a modified Ray Johnson image. Thank you very much.

No. 324 - arriving mail art "ABI 1832 - na wie war ich?" from Regina-M. Jaene (Germany)

No. 324 - arriving mail art "ABI 1832 - na wie war ich?" from Regina-M. Jaene (Germany) - a funny idea showing Bismarck with his textile t-shirt and the stitched dates of his university entrance qualification combined with collages and drawings. Thank you very much.

No. 323 - arriving mail art "Otto van Bismarck" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 323 - arriving mail art "Otto van Bismarck" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - again a wonderful portrait of Bismarck in the colour of the former german flag black, white and red. It seems to be a new name of Bismarck with this "van" instead of "von" - netherlandish? Thank you very much.

see her blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/and her new mail art call about the seven world antique wonders: http://merveillesdumondemailart.blogspot.com/

No. 322 - arriving mail art from Karl-Friedrich Hacker (Germany)

No. 322 - arriving mail art from Karl-Friedrich Hacker (Germany) - a kind of lincut showing a portrait of Bismarck inside a page of a lexicon. Thank you very much.

No. 321 - arriving mail art "German Mail Art" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 321 - arriving mail art "German Mail Art" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a modified portrait of Bismarck. Backsides with a famous quotation of Otto, that the first generation make the money, the second generation hold the money, the third is studying history of art an the fourth will degenerate completely (well this is fitting a bit to my person because I have been studying this subject - so I'm the third generation, but I swear there were no money left from the second generation). Wolfgang has used an artistamp which I have sent to him once. Thank you very much.

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

No. 320 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Archipel" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

No. 320 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Archipel" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged map of the archipel which was named after Bismarck . Thank you very much.see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 319 - arriving mail art "Gestatten Hering - Gestatten Bismarck" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 319 - arriving mail art "Gestatten Hering - Gestatten Bismarck" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - god save Bismarck, the war is over. Bismarck is now talking to Hering. Thank you very much.

No. 318 - arriving mail art "New York - the big Apple" from Angela Behrendt (USA)

No. 318 - arriving mail art "New York - the big Apple" from Angela Behrendt (USA) - from her christmas holidays in the USA, Angela made me this collage of Bismarck - the big apple?. Backsides she used a special variation of her stitiched blue artistamp with a Bismarck portrait in it. Thank you very much.

No. 317 - arriving mail art from Miguel Jimenez - El Taller de Zenon (Spain)

No. 317 - arriving mail art from Miguel Jiminez - El Taller de Zenon (Spain) - Inside a decorated envelope there are two collages with the typical Bismarck Helmet. Thank you very much.

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

No. 316 - arriving mail art "10/01" from Marco Ambrosi (Italy)

No. 316 - arriving mail art "10/01" from Marco Ambrosi (Italy) - a new years greeting with a an artist booklet inside in which he reproduced the mail art "Biss Marck" which he has sent me some time ago. Inside a card with adhesive artistamps on it. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.ambrosigraphics.com/
or his blog: http://ambrosigraphics.blogspot.com/

No. 315 - arriving mail art "Das Kissinger Diktat" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 315 - arriving mail art "Das Kissinger Diktat" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli refers to a political statement of Bismarck which he worte down in Bad Kissingen. Thank you very much