The first black-and-white FluXus artistamp originated from a design by
Wolfgang Feelisch in 1974 that was used by Ken Friedman in mail art exchanges,
according to Chuck Welch's Eternal Network, A Mail Art Anthology
(University of Calgary Press, 1995). The logo was quickly adapted and
spread in the mail art network. Friedman used Feelisch's design along with an
emblem for Fluxus Zone West by Joseph Beuys in a 1974 artistamp commemorative,
and both designs were later copied for a Fluxus Postal Kit.
In this tradition, Cascadia Artpost produced its Fluxus Seattle artistamp
in November 2009. Also designed and printed was a similar Fluxus Bellingham
stamp for Rudi Rubberoid in Bellingham, Washington to facilitate exchanges in
the Cascadia network.
Both the 1974 Fluxus West stamp and the Fluxus Seattle stamp are
illustrated above.
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