No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France)

No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France) - Lisette has sent a wonderful watercolour portrait of Bismarck, who poke is tongue out. Thank you very much.

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany) - a collaged photograph about students from Geesthacht who did a research on Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has tried to sent a postcard without using a postage stamp, not even a faked one. It failed, because I have to pay postal taxe for it. On the front page you can see Emperor Wilhelm II. who is hammering a nail into the brain of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy)

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy) - Bruno has sent a collaged photograph with some Bismarck images on it. Thank you very much.

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria)

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria) - one of the postal experiment which succeeded, I used the envelope again and put one Octopus Bismarck inside, than the envelope was dropped again into the mail box without any valid postage stamp and it came back.

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA)

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA) - Keith has sent a photograph of his gradfather from 1881, which were once forced to go to a Bismarck Military school at the age of 9. The grand-grand parents left Germany to emigrate to the USA. Thank you very much.

see his page at open fluxus: http://openfluxus.ning.com/profile/KeithABuchholz

or: http://keithbuchholz.blogspot.com/

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. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the No. 214 refers to a research theme I did once about breverl, a special kind of amulet. Inside a letter filled will several stuff from nature (f. ex.: bones, a dried spider, sea shells) combined with other found objects, similar to the arrangements you can find inside of breverls. No. 215 refers to my former mail art call about socks. Thank you very much.

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a decorated envelope; backsides with an illustration of a pulp fiction story about the battle around the warship Bismarck. Thank you very much.

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

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - a little drawing showing Bismarck on a throne. Thank you very much.

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - an envelope without using a valid postage stamp arrived today. The envelope is collaged with a portrait of the german comedian Otto Waalkes, but here with the typical outfit of the other Otto. Inside the sender (I suppose it was Heinz Lotz) used one of my artistamps.

Thank you very much.

... found in the city of Bad Kissingen ...

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the next funny collage with a Bismarck head. Thank you very much.

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt ..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt um zu genießen und glücklich zu sein, sondern um unserer Schudigkeit zu tun..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a photography of nuts together with a Bismarck nutcracker. The artistamp is made out of the same image and is a faked postage stamp - it arrived without any taxes. Thank you very much.

... Bismarck Octopus ...

for Carlos Botana's artisbook project about octopus

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - a postal experiment with no valid postaage stamp arrived - but in a way it failed, because I have to pay taxe for it. According to the handwriting it was made by Angela Behrendt. She used an advertising label of the Touriseum, which I perforated once. Backsides an image of abandoned streetart. Thank you very much.

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - the modified mail art No. 183 came back in this way - see as well the status before and the conceptual idea behind: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/search?q=No.+183,. Thank you very much.

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - four more mail art submissions to my project. No. 204 "Deutsche Träume - Albträume"; No. 205 "Bismarck Line" a new airline in the shape of a Hering; No. 206 "Ich kauf mir einen Otto"; No. 207 "wir wollen keine Kürbisköpfe feiern" All are very funny collaged postcards. Thank you very much.

... the next postal experiment ...

I will drop this already used envelope inside the postal mail box. I just put some extra Bismarck labels on it to see what will happen with it. I got this envelope from France some days ago. It is the third envelope which turns into this kind of conceptual art.

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - it seems to be a postal experiment as well, an already sent envelope - in the center there is a faked collaged postal stamp with a little Bismarck on it. Inside the letter just advertising materials as it has been already there before. Thank you very much.

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a repro after and old postcards with a german restaurant from Chicago. Thank you very much.

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and the past" from Peter Backes (France)

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and from the past" from Peter Backes (France) - this time Peter has sent me a postcard from his holiday in France, from the city Metz, the postcard is a so-called postcard from the future. Peter has collaged some of his Bismarck Portraits to it. Thank you very much.

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - another stitched postcard, this time with a bottle of alcohol with a Bismarck label on it. Thank you very much.

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia)

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia) - a painted postcard about the the the thme freedom. Thank you very much.