Editing Mail art (section)

===Rubberstamps and artistamps===
[[File:Post 1211- The End Issue 2024.jpg|right|thumb|"The End" Issue Sheet by Post 1211 (2024) that was featured in issue 40 of the Artistamp Review<ref>{{cite journal	| last1 =Roussopoulos| first1 =Adam| date = May 2024| title =The End| journal =The Artistamp Review| volume = One| issue = 40}}</ref>]]
[[File:Rubberstamps Klafki Pawson(1980s).jpg|right|thumb|Mail art rubber stamps by Jo Klafki (left) and Mark Pawson (right), 1980s]]
Mail art has adopted and appropriated several of graphic forms already associated with the postal system. The rubber stamp officially used for franking mail, already utilized by [[Dada]] and Fluxus artists, has been embraced by mail artists who, in addition to reusing ready-made rubber stamps, have them professionally made to their own designs. They also carve into erasers with linocut tools to create handmade ones. These unofficial rubber stamps, whether disseminating mail artists' messages or simply announcing the identity of the sender, help to transform regular postcards into artworks and make envelopes an important part of the mail art experience.<ref name=WelchAnthology />

[[File:CarvedEraser ArtNahpro(c.1990).jpg|right|thumb|Carved eraser print by Paul Jackson, a.k.a. Art Nahpro, c. 1990]]
Mail art has also appropriated the postage stamp as a format for individual expression. Inspired by the example of Cinderella stamps and Fluxus faux-stamps, the [[artistamp]] has spawned a vibrant sub-network of artists dedicated to creating and exchanging their own stamps and stamp sheets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpost.be/site/fr/particuliers/timbres-poste/philat%C3%A9lie/timbres/2003/emission-sp%C3%A9ciale-09-du-19-mai |title=Emission spéciale 09 du 19 mai 2003Epuisée &#124; bpost |access-date=2015-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526171811/http://www.bpost.be/site/fr/particuliers/timbres-poste/philat%C3%A9lie/timbres/2003/emission-sp%C3%A9ciale-09-du-19-mai |archive-date=2015-05-26 }} Belgian Postal Service, Guy Bleus & Jean Spiroux, ''Journée du Timbre: Mail-Art'', 2003.</ref> Artist [[Jerry Dreva]] of the conceptual art group Les Petits Bonbons created a set of stamps and sent them to [[David Bowie]] who then used them as the inspiration for the cover of the single "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]" released in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Griffin|first1=Roger|title=Scary Monsters|url=http://www.bowiegoldenyears.com/scarymonsters.html|website=Bowie Golden Years}}</ref> Artistamps and rubber stamps, have become important staples of mail artworks, particularly in the enhancement of postcards and envelopes.<ref name=":0">Frank, Peter, E.F. Higgins III, Rudolf Ungváry. "[http://www.artpool.hu/Artistamp/PFranke.html Postal Modernism: Artists' Stamps and Stamp Images]." ''World Art Post'', Artpool Archive, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, April 1982 (pp.&nbsp;1–4)</ref> The most important anthology of rubberstamp art was published by the artist Hervé Fischer in his book ''Art and Marginal Communication'', Balland, Paris, 1974 – in French, English and German, to note also the catalog of the exhibition "Timbres d'artistes", Published of Musée de la Poste, Paris, 1993, organized by the French artist Jean-Noël Laszlo – in French, English. Recently, an extensive compilation of artistamp artists was featured in 40 issues of the Artistamp Review. It was published by artist Adam Roussopoulos from 2019 through May 2024.<ref>{{cite journal	| last1 =Roussopoulos| first1 =Adam| date = May 2024| title =The End| journal =The Artistamp Review| volume = One| issue = 40}}</ref> Many notable artists were featured in the review including Jas Felter, E.F. Higgins III, John Held Jr., Michael Leigh, Chuck Welch, Vittore Baroni, and H.R. Fricker.