Mick
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What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Jan 22, 2017 23:47:28 GMT
This is from the front page of a 1976 Minkus album that a work colleague gave me.
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tomiseksj
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 23, 2017 16:10:36 GMT
The Stamp CollectorCharles Spencelayh’s painting The Stamp Collector. Print 14 ½” x 22” The Prairie Letter BoxBy R. F. Zogbaum Reproduced from the front cover of Harper’s Weekly, April 23, 1887. Print 11” x 16 ¾” Both of these prints are currently on sale at the APS Stamp Store for $5.00 each (postage not included).
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jan 23, 2017 17:32:56 GMT
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jan 23, 2017 17:48:11 GMT
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,265
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Nov 15, 2017 0:11:33 GMT
I recently acquired a number of first day covers for the 6 cent dark blue & carmine, perf. 11 US. air mail stamp issued May 14, 1938 (Scott C23). Included in several of the covers, presumably having been used as a stiffener, was a brochure advertising WRICO lettering guides as "an easy way to letter your own stamp pages in a professional manner." F. R. & W. C. Rice were the distributors of the lettering set and I am assuming that this F. R. Rice was also the cachet maker of the same name.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on May 1, 2018 17:32:43 GMT
I'm not sure if I posted this elsewhere but I could not find it in the obvious places. So here it is.
1908 STAMP EXHIBITION, Caxton Hall, London.
This is a 4-page flyer put out by the Junior (now National) Philatelic Society for an Exhibition in London. Great information, very detailed. No show souvenirs were issued for this event so I thought it best placed in the Ephemera section.
I fell in love with the front cover, gives a real meaning to the oft-used term 'Tete-Beche' !!
Lovely.
The item was too large for my scanner so my apologies for not having a darker (black) background on some pages. It was awkward to fold and place. But enjoy the read from 110 years ago !!
Londonbus1
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on May 1, 2018 22:05:13 GMT
I have the actual issue and have it framed on the wall in my stamp corner.
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Post by stamphinger on May 4, 2019 13:19:57 GMT
Among the stuff I collect are stamp dealers covers and one of my favorites are those from Elmer R. Long who operated out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In his advertising, Long used the cartoon art of the 1930s/40s cachet designer John Coulthard. Coulthard's cachets are frequently a little "stiff" and unrealistic in appearance, but his cartoons are appealing. His art and Long's advertising came together in these ink blotters dating back before the advent of ball point pens. Long never missed an opportunity to call attention to his philatelic produces and services. Every use of these of these blotters reminded the user of Long's good deals, cleverly illustrated by Coulthard's cartoons.
SH
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Post by stamphinger on May 4, 2019 21:25:50 GMT
Me too! Plus the one below which I have entitled "Been there, done that! SH
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on May 4, 2019 22:42:30 GMT
Hi Referring to the lettering guide, I knew someone who lettered his exhibits with a Leroy stencil set: Leroy Some people got really proficient with them. I worked in a couple of companies where all the drawings were lettered using the Leroy system. Because the sets were K&E, they sure cost more than $7 and change. When one looks back at this ancient technology, it makes one feel really old Especially when you mention something and the response is "What the h--- is that?" Jerry B
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Post by stamphinger on May 5, 2019 13:07:34 GMT
Continuing with my Elmer Long memorabilia, here is a bookplate he distributed to collectors, along with the glassine envelope it came in. The bookplate conveniently included Long's contact information which, undoubtedly, gave him some opportunities to buy collections from non-collecting heirs of deceased collectors. The plate was designed and drawn by John Coulthard. SH
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Post by stamphinger on May 7, 2019 12:43:29 GMT
This souvenir sheet could go in the cinderella thread, but since Long produced it as an advertising piece and distributed it to his customers, I am including it here. Again, it was John Coulthard who did the art work. I have had people comment negatively on his depiction of Queen Victoria. Most think he portrayed her a bit too dour, but excellent cartoonist that he was, drawing "real" people was not his strong suit. SH
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 7, 2019 14:17:34 GMT
This souvenir sheet could go in the cinderella thread, but since Long produced it as an advertising piece and distributed it to his customers, I am including it here. Again, it was John Coulthard who did the art work. I have had people comment negatively on his depiction of Queen Victoria. Most think he portrayed her a bit too dour, but excellent cartoonist that he was, drawing "real" people was not his strong suit. SH There are very few photos of the Old Queen actually smiling (the only one I've seen looks like a grimace!)and after all her most famous quote seems to be "We are not amused !"
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Post by stamphinger on May 7, 2019 14:58:08 GMT
Perhaps I have been too critical of John Coulthard and he is a better portrait artist than I thought.
Sh
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Post by stamphinger on May 9, 2019 13:15:49 GMT
I still have a couple more pieces of Elmer Long advertising memorabilia. This item is the 1939 edition of his yearly issued price lists. As usual, it includes John Coulthard cartoons. Long sold a wide variety of philatelic materials, stamps, of course, but also Christmas seals, cinderellas, covers, and collecting supplies. Also pictured below is a cover that carried one of his yearbooks to a customer. I don't try to collect all of the yearbooks, but it would be possible to do so. They are frequently seen for sale on eBay, usually priced at about $10. SH
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Post by sherro on May 11, 2019 14:20:15 GMT
Her Majesty did smile occasionally
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 12, 2019 22:00:27 GMT
Not sure if this is the best place for this post, but the souvenir sheet below is stamp-related advertising so I chose this thread. Mrs. Stewart's Blue issued a series of three souvenir-like sheets back in the late 1930s and early 1940s to call attention to its product. Mrs Stewart's Blue is a fabric whitening agent that is added to wash water. According to Wikipedia, Albert Stewart and his wife developed the product in 1870 in the basement of their house. Stewart sold the formula to Luther Ford of Minneapolis in 1883 and the product has been manufactured and sold from Minnesota to this day. This sheet is the third and last of the series. Now that I have this one I will have to buy the other two. They are available on eBay from time to time for around $10 each. The second sheet in the series posted by LondonBus may be seen here on TSF at this link: thestampforum.boards.net/post/19734/thread. I found this series of souvenir sheets interesting as an example of how businesses of the 1930s used stamp collecting as an advertising medium. SH
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 21, 2019 16:10:30 GMT
Since posting the above Mrs Stewart's Blue series 3 sheet above I have acquired the series 2 sheet originally posted by Londonbus here, thestampforum.boards.net/post/19734/thread, plus two other Mrs. Stewart's s/s, series 4 & 5 distributed in 1942 and 1944 respectively. The appearance of series 3 & 4 were a surprise as I thought the Mrs. Stewart's souvenir sheets ended with series 3. Unless there are still others, I now lack only the first sheet. Londonbus has also posted a image of series 1 at this link:http://thestampforum.boards.net/post/21243/thread
Here are the two later sheets, series 4 and 5.
SH
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Post by stamphinger on Aug 13, 2019 13:03:53 GMT
I found this piece of stamp-collecting ephemera at the Omaha APS show. Completely new to me. I didn't know that Planters Peanuts gave stamps as premiums for it wrappers. One needed to eat quite a few bags of peanuts to get some of these stamps. See the lower right corner, the Nova Scotia stamps! It helped if one had some money to supplement an order. Supplies were also available. Looks like H.E. Harris might have supplied the stamps. No date on this item, but judging by the dates of the stamps offered, it looks like it is from the 1940-1941 time period. Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 20, 2019 17:57:24 GMT
Not much artistic about this item, but it is a stamp dealer advertising stuffer card that came with a FDC that I purchased. Dee's Stamp House designed first-day cachets and sold FDCs and stamps. While this card dates from the 1930s and shows Dee's as being in Bartlesville, Dee had a store in Tulsa in the 1940s. Tulsa was a larger city with more walk-in traffic and philatelically very active.
Don StampHinger
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kostia84
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What I collect: Pharmaceutics (thematic), WWII (thematic), Israel (chronologically)
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Post by kostia84 on Oct 23, 2019 17:49:06 GMT
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 23, 2019 22:09:29 GMT
My wife has been trying to get me to take her to Italy for some time now -- perhaps I should give in...
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 29, 2019 21:40:19 GMT
I wrote this item up for an album page today and thought I would post it before putting it away. The stamp dealer needs no introduction, but I don't know whether classifying the cover as advertising is correct. Herst frequently used cartoon-like drawings for his return address on business stationery after he moved to Shrub Oak. I have a couple other of his cartoon return addresses, but this cover is different in that the cartoon character is oriented toward the delivery address. While the cover is a little rumpled, this cover is the best of Herst's that I have. It is postmarked June 20, 1947.
Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 30, 2019 16:49:23 GMT
This is another piece of advertising from stamp dealer Elmer Long. It is a piece of camera-ready art to be used for one of his ads in Stamps Magazine. I have always wanted to see if I could find it in one of the magazines issues, but have never taken the time to track it down.
Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Nov 17, 2019 22:27:41 GMT
A recent acquisition of an Elmer Long stamp dealer cover. Long used cartoon art to draw attention to his advertisements, both in philatelic periodicals and on his covers, and especially the cartoon art of John Coulthard. I don't know who drew the seal and ball in the cachet of this cover, but I'm reasonably sure it was not John Coulthard. No date on the cover, but I am dating it as pre-1940, but no earlier than June 3, 1938 when the two cents Prexie was issued. Long's post-1940 covers were illustrated by Coulthard.
Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 18, 2020 16:12:49 GMT
This piece of advertising for The Southern Philatelist was used as a stuffer in the cover below. The advertising piece is an ink blotter, a useful item in the pre-ballpoint pen era. Nice calligraphy in the address to the publication. Unfortunately, no information on who prepared this first-flight cover, possibly Mrs. Dudley Tigner. Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Apr 9, 2020 17:02:44 GMT
Here are three more pieces of advertising art created for stamp dealer Elmer Long. The two number 10 covers have cachets that appear to be cone by the same, unknown to me, artist. The smaller piece is an approval envelope of 100 different Belgium stamps with a stamp collecting cartoon by John Coulthard.
Don StampHinger
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on May 20, 2020 17:36:18 GMT
One never knows where a stamp dealer advertising may show up and this is a recent find. Here the London dealers of 'Errington & Martin' have placed their advert on the back of a Canadian 'Map Stamp',
I am thinking this will add some interest to my killer-duplex page...
Happy collecting!
P.S. This arrived in today's post from Canada and only took 15 calendar days; things are improving :-)
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rex
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Post by rex on May 20, 2020 18:08:02 GMT
I don't know the artist but I like it a lot...
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on May 20, 2020 18:17:57 GMT
Great image rex and the work is by that of Swiss artist - François Barraud. He often painted double portraits of himself and his wife; I suspect that is who he has depicted here... Happy collecting!
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