In the Mail

Thanks to some excellent help, the LetterPost will be in the mail on Monday.

This is Aussie, the editoral cat.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the issue. I also put on your envelope a small warning of expiring subscriptions. If you don't see a note on your envelope, you're in the clear for another issue or two. I hope you consider renewing your subscription. I think the themes for next year will be exciting and I hope we can expand our subscribers.
Happy Holidays!
Wyvern

Next Issue Due out Soon

I'm putting the finishing touches on the Autumn Issue of the Zine.
We have some excellent stamp images to share. A couple technique articles are included complete with examples and photos. And we've got some interesting background stories on some stamps carved for Alaska!

This Labor Day weekend, I will be "working" on finishing up the final draft, finishing off the LTCs (that I owe from the last issue as well!), and hopefully, thinking up some ideas for the next issue!

Don't forget that we are always accepting ideas and submissions! We like to have a theme for each issue and the Winter Issue's theme is Cool Refreshment.(Deadline: Novemeber 23) But since we have not chosen any themes for next year, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to be heard! If you have a theme you'd like to propose, drop us an e-mail or comment right here on our blog. Themes should be pretty general and able to be interpreted in several ways. Take Cool Refreshment for example: It could be icy drinks or a polar bear dip into icy waters! A pitcher of lemonade or a minty peppermint!
So Propose your themes to us! We'd love to hear what YOU want to see!!

Thanks!
Wyvern

In Disguise: Deadline August 25

It's never too early to start thinking about the next issue of the LetterPost!

The next issue's theme is "In Disguise". Deadline for submissions is August 25.

This is just a heads-up to anyone who would like to contribute. We'd really love to have photos to add to our issue. If you're working on the Carve This! Challenge, we'd love to share what you've done with others. I'll be working on mine in a couple weeks, hopefully! So be sure to take some photos of what you've accomplished and pass them along to us!

Thanks for your support!
Wyvern

A couple Ooopsys!

The 2nd issue of the LetterPost should be in your hands. If you have a subscription and don't have a copy of the Pests! issue yet, please e-mail me. HERE'S WHY:
We had a minor glitch with our spreadsheet and some addresses were printed incorrectly. The zip codes that started with a ZERO lost the zero and I didn't notice the slip up until they were all in the mail. SOOO, if you're zip code starts with a zero and you haven't gotten your LetterPost, let me know and I'll ship another one ASAP. OUR DEEPEST APOLOGIES FOR THIS OVERSIGHT!!!

Also: To Our Canadian Friends: I haven't mailed your issues since your Post went on strike. I didn't want them to end up lost somewhere. I still have the copies and if this isn't resolved soon, I'll find some way to get them to you.

The Morse Code chart was printed out as a jpeg file and the 4 points at the top didn't copy very well. Sorry about that! But here's what it says at the top of that Morse Code insert.
1. A dash is equal to three dots.
2. The space between parts of the same letter is equal to one dot.
3. The space between two letters is equal to three dots.
4. The space between two words is equal to seven dots.

Hope that helps! Thanks for everyone's patience with our ongoing issues! We'll keep working on getting the "bugs" out soon!
Wyvern

Summer Issue: Pests!

All subscriptions have gone out. If anyone who has a yearly subscription with us does not receive their copy in the coming week, please drop me a note. To anyone that submitted a picture to us, I still owe you an LTC. I will be mailing them out later. (like...as soon as I get them finished!)

I just wanted to post this little teaser with a bit of an explanation. I used the Nazi Tick image in the LetterPost issue. I mean no offense to anyone, it was merely part of the Conspiracy Theory that I had selected for this swap. The Plum Island Conspiracy revolves around the Laboratory that may have released Lyme Disease onto the East Coast. The lab was supposedly founded by a former Nazi scientist who had a fascination with ticks. So I just wanted to distinguish this particular tick as having come from the lab. My plan is to now remove the swastika from the carving but I just didn't remove it before I had scanned it into my computer.

I have a few copies of this LTC still if anyone is interested in trading for it! I realize it's pretty specialized with a "controversial" symbol on it so I'd rather do individual trades rather than send it into some Grab Bag swap.

Anyway, the LetterPost is on the way, officially. Thanks for your patience!
Wyvern

the LetterPost Summer Issue soon to be in your mailbox

The LetterPost Summer Issue: Pests is coming soon to a mailbox near you!
I have it all done up and am just waiting to have it copied. It will be heading out by the end of the week!

I've upgraded a few things and I hope you like the improvements!
Wyvern

Deadline Approacheth

The deadline for our Summer Issue: Pests! is approaching. If you've been thinking of sending us a stamp image, LTC image, or a few photos of that Postal LB that is dwelling in one of those pesky black holes, don't wait any longer! Our deadline is May 26th and it's firm!

I sure could use a few more photos of stamp images to round off the back cover! All skill levels are welcome...don't make me subject you all to another one of my crappy images. :) Though I do have a stamp that isn't too bad...guess, you will all have to wait to see it. Unless you already have a copy of my Plum Island Conspiracy Card!

I'd also love to have a Trailname Defined. If you've got a cool trailname (and who doesn't?!), just drop us an e-mail as to how you came by it. Was it a nickname from childhood? A combination of family names? A random draw out of a hat? Or just something that reflects the inside self of you? Let us know. If we use it, it's worth a free issue!

As a teaser, we have a Quarterly Carver interview lined up, a Carve This! Challenge, and a brief history of postal black holes. We may have room for a How-To article but I'm not promising anything yet.

As always, we'd love to have your suggestions. So just drop us an e-mail at theletterpost@gmail.com at anytime.
Wyvern