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Mail art no. 145


Brown envelope addressed by hand to John M. Bennett in Columbus, Ohio, featuring a collage-style stamp with a green-tinted portrait labeled ‘MUMBLES POST / NO SENSE,’ additional postage stamps, a Wichita postmark dated March 23, 1989, and a pink return address reading ‘MUMBLES, P.O. Box 8312, Wichita, KS 67208.’
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A brown Business Reply Mail envelope with the preprinted text crossed out with a thick black marker.
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Strip of four black and white stamps featuring a man's face, with "MUMBLEPOST" printed on the left edge, and "NO SENSE .0¢" at the top.
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Black-and-white illustrated poster titled “Nirvana Now,” featuring a central horned, impish creature framed by two large cobra-like snakes, with dense handwritten poetic text filling the background and the artist’s name and date at the bottom.
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Open spiral-bound notebook showing a handwritten letter on the left page and a black-and-white drawing on the right titled “Insomnia or nightmares,” depicting two nude, mirrored figures joined into a surreal, S-shaped body with the caption “The choice is yours.”
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Title

Mail art no. 145

Subject

mail art

Description

This mail art item, created by Mumbles, contains a sheet of four black and white homemade "mumblepost" postage stamps. The envelope is light brown and has a colored copy of one of the enclosed "mumblepost" stamps. Besides the affixed U.S. postage stamp there is also an "Easter Seals" stamp on the front of the envelope. Black-and-white illustrated poster titled “Nirvana Now,” featuring a central horned, impish creature framed by two large cobra-like snakes, with dense handwritten poetic text filling the background and the artist’s name and date at the bottom. Mail art recipient: John M. Bennett.

Creator

Mumbles

Source

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

Publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

Date

1989

Contributor

Basinski, Michael
Bennett, John M.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Contact the Poetry Collection for more information.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

eng

Type

Image
Text

Identifier

Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #
MA0145

Date Created

2006-04-05

Date Modified

2006-05-26

Is Part Of

Mail art. LIB-PC001

Extent

22 x 10 cm

Medium

paper (fiber product)
envelopes
postage stamps

Collection

Mail Art

Citation

Mumbles, “Mail art no. 145,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 5, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/507.