Island? That there is a sub-continent!
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@KeybillyJefe, just got your post card and laughed out loud. I want an 11x14 of that to put on my wall!
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iām asking folks to share the front image as they wish. no attribution necessary, copy, print, share.
the message is clear and should be shared widely.
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my aunt, a lovely, very liberal musician/dancer in Dallas (whom i adore!), just texted me to say she had received this card.
it was a row of fire emojis mixed with pirate flag emojis and a āpower fistā.
she knows!
edit: yeah, she know, unlike her republican brotherā¦ oops! thatād be my fatherā¦ 
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I received mine today! I love it (and so does my husband). Thank you, KeybillyJefe!!
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i hope we are talking about the same one. i sent out two in quick succession.
No Spoilers!
i (we?) are not talking about fish.
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I received mine yesterday. I put it in a plastic sleeve and taped the sleeve to the inside of my front doorās glass storm door.
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Not fish.
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Not fish. I do like the ātaped to the doorā idea!
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We just got ours too! Lovely texture to the ink and the image?
I couldnāt find a pirate chef giving a kiss. So imagine this guy giving a chef kiss
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I stuck mine up in the window nearest the front door 
Thanks!!!
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so pleased that so many enjoyed this one!
large areas of solid color like that are challenging in letterpress. i am using woodcut plates - actual wood, sometimes linoleum mounted to wood. this would not be possible without the ink rollers (brayers) from Takach Press. i use their 2.25 inch diameter, soft durometer rollers in 6 inch and 8 inch width. this gives me a 7 inch application path of ink, without image ghosting. i love those rollers!
the Legion Paper Bamboo 525gsm stock takes that ink like a sponge and looks really good.
i did use the laser engraver to āburnā (cut) the image, but even that is no simple thing. iām just happy folks like my efforts at this āmail artā.
pay close attention to the stamps - both my own and the USPS postage. images, placement and orientation are all part of the message.
especially this one. did yāall catch the USPS stamp and how it was used? i have never used that stamp on any other card, and it is purposely positioned just so.
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I did now. 
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stamps are a long thread through my upbringing - collecting postage stamps from around the world with my brother as kids, having āpen palsā in far-off places like Australia, Cambodia, Greece, Spainā¦ and more! we loved to get those letters back with little vignettes of exotic scenery, animals and people of the world.
in my letterpress apprenticeship i met and did work for a gentleman who clued me into a new-to-me thing of producing āCinderella Stampsā, non-postage stamps that reflect anything the artist wished. all those places, people and exotic creatures could be my own! and i was hooked!
Cinderella stamps led to mail art and there it is.
i like to think of the simple post card as a stage where each little act plays out with the main image as the performance, the descritive blurb as libretto, and my stamp creates a āsupratitleā, if you will. the required USPS postage is left to be the review in a way.
of course, the recipient is left to make sense of it all.
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I didnāt, but my spouse noticed and pointed it out. Very clever and subtle. He and I both really enjoyed this one.
I love the texture when the paper and ink is combined. There is a depth to it. At least the one I received. Iām big on textures.
Definitely noticed the Cinderella stamps before. Though I didnāt know the name, thatās neat 
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Finally got mine today! thanks
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Some inspirationā¦
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Way back, when my hobby was shortwave listening, I used to collect QSL cards, which are postcards confirming that you heard a particular international broadcaster or amateur radio operator, the more distant and exotic the better. They varied a lot in style and creativity, with the ones from state broadcasters generally the most colourful, since they had a propaganda function.
I remember Radio Habana Cuba sent me a Cuban flag in addition to the card, and ordinary postcards for a few years afterwards.
Hereās one purportedly from an Iranian ham operator, but I have my doubts. Note that his call sign is the same as his initials. Or (likely) call signs are hard to get in Iran and carefully controlled.
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