These are just a tiny taste of what you’ll find over at Sheaff-Ephemera. Check out their gigantic collection here!
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Vintage Stamps
Bella Brocante is starting to become a new spot for me. Lots of great ephemera. How do people find all this stuff for their collections!? I need to find a better flea market.
1895 Chromolithograph of Postage Stamps
This colorful chromolithograph is an original print (nope, not a reprint!) is for sale for only $30 via Bananastrudel on Etsy.. Talk about an affordable vintage stamp collection. :)
There are a couple of more close-up images inside the post! Continue reading →
Cigar Tax Stamps, 1800s
I hate taxes, but I love these tax stamps! It almost makes it a little less annoying having everything taxed when it comes with some beautiful little piece of design. Yes, I’m a crazy designer, I know. Maybe for my new company I’ll design my own tax stamps- “You’re being taxed 7.5%!” that way it softens the blow with a beautifully engraved design.
Want to learn more about the history of cigar tax stamps? Go here. Continue reading →
Beer Stamps, 1800s
“Brewers received the stamps without gum or perforations. They then cut the stamps apart, cancelled them, and pasted them over the bung of the beer barrel so that tapping the barrel destroyed the stamp.”- The National Post Museum
The detail in these engravings are unbelievable. I’ve always loved how ornate our paper currency is, and this collection shows a really nice range of vignette designs. You can see them in color here. If you guys would like me to go more in depth on the history of the things I post, let me know. I’ve been going crazy starting up my new wholesale/retail company, and sadly my posting has suffered over the past couple of weeks. Sorry! Bear with me though..things are about to get awesome.
Another 5 are inside the post!
Stamp Designs Around the World, 1970s
To download the largest sizes of these images, click the image you want, and when you come to a page that shows you a thumbnail of it, click it again.
I know, it’s annoying, I’m trying to fix it :/
Download: Stamp of Wolfgang
Isn’t this one of the most striking stamps you’ve ever seen? Stamp collectors, you’re not allowed to answer that…unless you send pictures : )
Look inside the post to view the full image in all its glory. Continue reading →
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