Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

(October 1995). Color Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". 25 pages. Color
photocopy of artistamps produced by the editor, collaged with magazine
graphics.
([1996]). Photocopy with Rubber Stamps and Artistamps. 11 3/4"x8
1/4". (12 pages). Artistamps by the editor. Contributions by John Held, Jr.
(USA), and Dan Landrum (USA).
Poster: Official Publication of the Local Post Collectors Society,
The. Joseph J. Frasketi, Editor. Fort Myers, Florida. 1984-1985.
Vol. 12, No. 2 (March/April 1984). Photocopy, 11"x8 1/2". (pages
numbered 9-18). A philatelic newsletter focusing on "local posts," postage
stamps designed by philatelists. "Special Announcement," focuses on the
activities of "LPCS Member Chuck Welch, well known in international mail-art
circles who creates local post 'Artistamps' using his own handmade paper and
exacting watercolor etchings to salute local events (some real, some fabled)..."
Vol. 12, No. 4 (July/August 1984). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". (pages
numbered 25-42). Cover article, "Crackerjack Local Post," by Chuck Welch
(USA) . "Crackerjack Local post gets it's unusual title from my Mail Art
pseudonym, Crackerjack Kid. Mail Art is the exchange of artwork (i.e., decorated
cards, letter, artistamps, etc.) by way of international postal systems. this
international 'art movement' involves creative people of varied disciplines all of
whom communicate through a 'free exchange' of art and ideas. There are Mail
Artists, like myself, who 'specialize' in creating unusual postage stamps. These
artists, for the most part, are not tried and true philatelists. Largely, they are
artists who love to mail unusual and imaginative images."
Vol. 13, No. 4 (July/August 1985). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". (pages
numbered 33-40). "Mail Art Artist Chuck Welch (also known as the Cracker
Jack Kid) with a Post by that name & many others, had requested designs of
Peace Stamps from other Mail Art Artists which were to be distributed at Peace
Park in Hiroshima, Aug. 6 to commemorate those who lost their lives in the
atomic bombing of that city. Chuck is also extending this offer to all LPCS
members to design Peace Stamps & our efforts will be included in the video tape
'Remember Hiroshima: Stamps for Peace' documentation..."
Vol. 13, No. 5. (September/October 1985). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2".
(pages numbered 41-54). "Crackerjack Navel Academy." "Shown on this
page & the following page are examples of stampwork designs sent in by mail
artists plus instructions for joining in the fun of becoming an honorary subject of
the Umbilical Dominion by sending in a cast of your belly button!"