Image of the Week
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2024 July 5 to December
German tire manufacturer Metzeler AG was founded in 1863, and made extensive use of poster stamps to advertise their many product lines, including rubberized materials for clothing, household, and even aircraft use. There are at least 35 different poster stamp design, in a variety of colors.
November 15, 2024
1937 New Orleans Stamp Club, 5th Annual Exhibition pane of 4, listed #2 pg. 5 in the Linnprint Philatelic Labels catalog.
Denmark - Højres Arbejder- og Vælgerforening was founded in 1881. It was a political party known as Højre (the Right) and resulted from a merger of the National Landowners, the National Liberals and the Center Party. This set of stamps show the banners of various district offices. Currently known as Det Konservative Folkeparti, it is one of the dozen parties currently with seats in the Parliament.
November 1, 2024
A pane advertising a school ink pen nib by Heintze & Blandertz Co, showing 9 cartoon views of “A Day in the Life of Little Ly” the pen point: washing, eating & going to school, studying, playing games, and celebrating its birthday. Overall size 4.4”by 9.9”, artist unknown, purple, black and grey inks; red label at right.
October 25, 2024
Denmark - Madsen Brothers Machine Shop in Asnæs, founded in 1894. The Madsen brothers created and marketed automated (grain) threshing machines, as well as hay presses and balers, under the brand name "Asnæs". Asnæs is a peninsula extending from the western part of Sjælland into the Kattegat.
October 18, 2024
Small advertising flyer 4.5”x 5.75”, “Hugo Bestehorn Lithographic Art Institute ..Paper Processing Works.. Magdeburg-Neustadt.” Text mentions: Production of all types of packaging/ Studio… advertising cards, posters, affiches, three-color prints./ Advertising-Covers/ Patented container. View of factory on the backside; sheet printed in dark violet-blue, ochre and pink inks; no date, no artist credit. Circa 1914.
October 11, 2024
Postal card mailed from Berlin, Germany to Chicago, IL in September 1938. Card is addressed to Alice C. Westphal who was active in, and an officer of, several stamp clubs in the 1930s and 1940s. The sender was offering to sell their poster stamp collection of 10,000 stamps for $50.00.
October 4, 2024
Cover airmailed the 15th of September 1937 from Berlin to a state non-profit group in Madison WI. The return address is at bottom left on the cover, at upper left is a circular seal promoting the upcoming 8th International Congress of Entomologists. The cancel advertises “pneumatic tube post saves time”
Poster stamps advertising Eagle Brand Condensed Milk by the Carl Borden Company - set of 12 stamps depicting milk sources and delivery methods from around the world. Probably published in 1915 - two of the stamps make reference to the Grand Prize award in San Francisco in 1915 (at the Panama Pacific International Exposition).
September 20, 2024
Imperforate pane of 20 stamps dated 1916. Title: Allegorical stamps for the Catalans who fight for the Allies. Seen in brown, purple, light blue or chestnut. Although Spain was neutral during WW1, many in Spain, especially in Catalan near France, openly supported France. Printed in Barcelona.
September 13, 2024
1920s / 1930s “First Flight” poster stamps for a proposed flight by John Carberry from Amsterdam to Nairobi in his Fokker monoplane named “Miss Africa”. But the backstory of this colorful character is fascinating: “Carberry was a member of a notoriously debauched group of colonial ex-pat aristocrats who inspired the 1987 film White Mischief.”
September 6, 2024
Page from a printed Cailler Fine Chocolate album for their ad stamps; series 17 Ancient Games. The album page is approximately 9”x 11”. Note that inscriptions are in French & German. The total number of stamps and album pages is unknown. The Swiss company Cailler, founded in 1819, is still in business, but as a branch of Nestlé.
August 30, 2024
Denmark “Travel to the North Sea via Ringkjøbing” – pane of 8 stamps with black photographic centers and red-orange frames. This series is also seen with turquoise frames and teal frames. Probably published pre-1920.
August 23, 2024
A postcard with Magdeburg Theater Exposition stamp and postal cancel with matching show logo. Preprinted back with message: the card was sent by a collector of advertising and commemorative cancels asking for other cancellations on postcards and envelopes. Stamp artist Karl Schulpig.
August 17, 2024
American advertising pane, 4.75” x 9.4”, unknown publisher. Era circa 1930’s-40’s.
August 9, 2024
Belgium – Congo River Excursion on the steamer “Albertville” in 1898 to celebrate the completion of the Matadi to Leopoldville railway line. The work took 8 years to complete and the cruise included 65 dignitaries, journalists and guests from Belgium and other countries.
August 2, 2024
1932 Campaign and fundraiser political stamp on a cover sent to James A. Farley, Chairman of Roosevelt’s campaign. The poster stamp on the back refers to Repeal [of Prohibition] and Employment programs in the platform. F. D. Roosevelt, presidential candidate and J. N. Garner, vice-presidential candidate pictured. Mailed on November 4th; election day was Nov. 8th
July 26, 2024
Design by Kurt A. Meissner for 1909 Dresden Poultry Breeders 46th Exhibition. One stamp noting the event & one probably for group promotion, undated. Postcard for Meissner’s office also uses the design; Meissner’s signature and personal note are on the card, mailed in 1909. The artist’s logo is in small circle at upper right in the drawing.
July 19, 2024
Johannes Bachmann was a book publisher and dealer in Randers, Denmark, from 1886. He had a series of poster stamps printed to advertise two childrens’ books he published. One book was about a boy named Otto, and the other was called Rama-Sama. The stamps resembled contemporary Danish postage stamps.
July 12, 2024
WW2 era pane of 16 stamps in 4 designs; published by Seagrams Distillery. Four ink colors black, red, yellow and light blue; artist/printer unknown. Pane 8”by 6.5”. Common, but scarce as full pane.
July 5, 2024
2024 January 5 to June 28
DA – Dansk Arbejde = Danish Work. The shield with a hammer and the letters DA appear on many Danish poster stamps and in advertisements. Landsforeningen Dansk Arbejde was founded in 1908 to promote Danish-made products for domestic purchase and export.
June 29, 2024
1930 set of 3 poster stamps for the Massachusetts Tercentenary tourism promotion, June to October. In sizes: 2.5, 3.4, and 5.7 inches tall, all gummed.Said to have been printed by Dennison & Co., turned down by the Bay committee as too expensive, and printed only in small test quantity.
June 21, 2024
Denmark – Merry Christmas 1913 / Happy New Year 1914 advertising folder from Arbejdernes Bryggeri Stjernen (Workers’ Brewery "Star"). The advertisement on the cover is for “Tax-Free” Pilsner, because beer with alcohol content under 2.8% was not taxed until 1917. The brewery was founded, in 1902, and was owned by the workers.
June 14, 2024
This is a composite scan showing parts of two panes of 12 stamps, one with green frames and one with red. These are the two colors printed for the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial & American Pacific Exposition & Oriental Fair [a small world’s fair] in Portland Oregon. Rare as intact panes of 12. Panes 4.5" x 6.5"
June 7, 2024
Censored cover (opened) from Villach, Austria to Aker a/Elbe, Germany c.1920. With an odd poster stamp from “Bund International” in Chemnitz, Germany labeled as “Marke Nr. 8” and depicting a Danish postage stamp. I have never seen any others from this series.
May 31, 2024
Mother's Day pane of 4 stamps, dated 1938. "Officially Approved by the National Poster Stamp Society ... Certificate No. 59...sent postpaid to any address for 15 cents.” Each stamp has the logo of the National Poster Stamp Society at bottom left.
May 24, 2024
Denmark – 1913 proof sheet celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Glücksburg Royal Family in Denmark. The House of Glücksburg, a collateral branch of the House of Oldenburg, has produced many European rulers, including Charles III of the UK. Pictured are Kings of Denmark, Greece, and Norway.
May 17, 2024
The Prince Heinrich airplane race did not stop in Mannheim, but Mannheim took part anyway. The postcard says “For your Collection, 17 May 1914”, with a Flugpost cancel. Postcard images matching a Poster stamp make it easier to see the artist’s name (Hans Kaufman Traunstein), as well as showing more event information.
May 10, 2024
The Nordic Exhibition of Industry, Agriculture, and Art of 1888 - Copenhagen, Denmark. A “double medallion” type of poster stamp was produced in many colors, embossed and die-cut, and the text on the left translates to “The Deeds of Peace Bear Fruit”. The bottom example shows a rare doubling of the embossing die.
May 3, 2024
Block of 5 designs for the International Brotherhood of Magicians convention in Lima, Ohio in June 1928. Terracotta ink on yellow tinted paper, seen in other colors. Pane is about 9.5 x 5.4 inches.
April 26, 2024
On Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024 there was a terrible fire that destroyed the iconic Dragespir (Dragon Spire) at Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building, mostly built in 1624 by Christian IV, will be rebuilt, according to the Danish Chamber of Commerce, which owns the building.
April 19, 2024
Mid-States Gummed Paper Co. was giving away its poster stamps, as shown by this letter of 1937, with an enclosure of 6 stamps shown at right. Strip size 2.25 x 10.5 inches; artist & printer unknown.
April 12, 2024
Poster Stamp collectors are largely image-driven, and are generally happy to ignore the backs of their stamps. However, a phenomenon that is most common among Danish poster stamps, is the extensive printing on the backs of stamps with information about artists and printers.
April 5, 2024
Pane of the stamp printed to promote the New York International Philatelic Exhibition, 1913. Sheet 8.5”x 11”; printed in six colors: red, blue, green, orange, olive, or maroon. The POD apparently complained about the similarity to actual postage stamps, and many were overprinted “Open October 27 to November 1” in black. Rated Common, but scarce in full panes.
March 29, 2024
Denmark – Sheet of 10 stamps printed by Andreasen & Lachmann at the 1914 Baltiska Utställningen (Baltic Exhibition) in Malmö, Sweden. The sheets have 6 poster stamps and 4 “stamps” with informational text. The color of the backprint was changed from day to day.
March 22, 2024
Airmail etiquette stamps booklet 2.25” by 4”. 5 pages, each of 4 rouletted stamps, circa 1940 by plane style. Printer logo “Eureka Specialties ESPCO, Scranton, PA.” upper left. Lithographed in scarlet and sky-blue inks.
March 15, 2024
Denmark – 1908 Cooking & Catering Exhibition in Copenhagen. Poster stamp, Postcard, and Exhibition Catalog Cover. The poster stamp is an “award” style recognizing Adolf Prior with highest distinction and may have been a private self-promotional stamp.
March 8, 2024
1909 stamp for the Hudson-Fulton Commemoration; inscription "Standard Eng. Co. NY", printer. Wilbur Wright fastened a canoe to the bottom of his Flyer and made demonstration flights around the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River, September 29 & October 4.
March 3, 2024
Denmark poster stamps advertising Anton Linnet’s Coffee and Tea business, c1913. Top stamps printed by Peder Nørredam of København, with artist attribution to Harriet Fischer. Bottom stamps printed by Chr. Olsen of Aarhus. There are four different Linnet stamps with slightly altered images between the two printers.
February 23, 2024
Alaska Promotional Pane, printed in Seattle circa late 1930's. "Officially approved by the National Poster Stamp Society, Chicago IL. certificate no. 56", in the margin notes.
February 16, 2024
Hungary - Poster stamp and trial prints issued by LEHE (Levélbélyeggyüjtõk Elsõ Hazai Egyesülete = First National Association of Stamp Collectors) as publicity in 1934 for their 2nd Philatelic Exhibition, in Budapest. Printers frequently used whatever scrap paper was at hand for trial prints (proofs).
February 9, 2024
1910 Event promotional stamp for the first Air Meet in Los Angeles. Rare, possibly unique survivor. It's on the back of a December 1909 business cover to Whittier, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles. Zellerbach later became Crown Zellerbach, a large national paper company.
February 2, 2024
Hungary - Philatelic Exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hungarian postage stamps in 1921. A group of proofs for one design that was ultimately printed in a sheet of 6 stamps (this and a different design, se-tenant). Printers frequently used whatever scrap paper was at hand for trial prints.
January 26, 2024
An advertising stamp from the back of a letter for a paint store wants you to clean up your house, using a boy who looks like Alfred E Newman. The cover and stamp date from 1915; Icon Alfred Newman from 50 years later. Stamp by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York.
January 19, 2024
Denmark – Poster Stamps and Hotel Labels exhibiting a printing technique known as “Split-Fountain Printing” or “Split-Fount Inking”. This technique was developed in the 1870s and creates an eye-catching effect.
January 12, 2024
Roughly opened envelope mailed from St. Louis in August 1900. Front shows a Poster Stamp advertising the World’s Fair in 1903 (later delayed to 1904), and the back detail shows another cinderella, an advertising seal for Banner Buggies, the company which mailed the letter.
January 5, 2024
2023 July 7 to December 29
Denmark - Essays for poster stamps, hand-painted on card, probably around 1913-1915. The artist, as well as the intended printer, is unknown.
December 29, 2023
World War One era German Letter seals: "Hearty Christmas Greetings from Home" or "German Christmas Greetings"; circa 1914-16. Size 1 3/8" to 2" diameter.
December 22, 2023
Since we are now officially in “renewal time” here is a cover received 18 years ago – containing a membership application. Many of the stamps on it are local post stamps, but a few could qualify as poster stamps.
December 15, 2023
Park related in keeping with the theme of PSB #335 for December. Cover for an airport opening at West Yellowstone, Montana, a town just west of Yellowstone National Park. Sent airmail with inadequate 3¢ postage, with 2 hotel stickers on front and back, and with large Union Pacific Rail advert sticker on the back.
December 8, 2023
Naverne is an organization to support traveling craftsmen from Scandinavia. It was founded in Switzerland in 1899 by a Dane, and the name reflects the fact that the members spoke one of the three Scandinavian languages. C.U.K. is the acronym for the central office. (Stamps, Postcard, Beer Label)
December 1, 2023
New Orleans pane of 9, 4.75" by 5.4". No printer or artist credit. Tourism and business promotion, issued probably early 1900s, circa 1915.
November 24, 2023
Aku Ankka – Finnish for Donald Duck – Block of 12 poster stamps. The cartoon magazine Aku Ankka was launched in Finland on December 5, 1951 – Walt Disney’s 50th birthday. Still going strong, it is one of the most popular weekly magazines in Finland. Stamps are probably from the 1950s.
November 17, 2023
"Chicago The Summer Resort" pane of 12. Printer inscription at base: The Posterette Co © The Chicago Tribune. Although the names are difficult to read, several artists worked on the set of designs: Davidson, Paul Orban, Ned Evens, D. Valentine; circa 1915.
November 10, 2023
Embossed, die-cut labels – the concept for these was derived from wax letter seals. Some collectors do not consider these “true” poster stamps, but they can be found in most collections. Many are highly decorative and were produced for event publicity. These are all commercial advertising for booksellers in Denmark.
November 3, 2023
1943 (World War 2 era) souvenir cover airmailed from Sydney, Australia to a small island on the north coast, Mornington. The Christmas Day signature on the back is J.B. McCarthy, a missionary who served as ruler of the island. The airplane carrying the mail was the "Coolangatta", with pilot's signature on the front. The cover is trapezoidal, no doubt wartime quality.
October 27, 2023
Denmark – Høires Arbeider og Vælgerforening (Højre’s Workers and Voters Association). HA&VF, founded in 1881, was intended to support the political party Højre, which literally means “The Right”. Poster Stamps, printed by Andreasen & Lachmann in 1913, depict the organization’s headquarters along with banners from local chapters.
October 20, 2023
Postcard from San Francisco to New York City, mailed May 1909. "Raisin Day" promotional sticker, unknown source, probably by a grape/raisin producer association, a rare survivor.
October 13, 2023
Denmark – Sheet of 55 numbered stamps advertising Andreas Wissing’s “Guldregn” brand sold at his coffee stands. Design uses the Røde Mølle (Red Mill) image that was also used by Wissing, and on other poster stamps. Other brands are also mentioned, but little information is available about the company. (c. early 1910s)
October 6, 2023
Multiple of 12 for 1911 "Paris-Rome-Turin" race as part of international fair in Turin. Pane shows that printer had a pair of embossing dies only that were repeated using rough guide lines outlining the stamps. Perforations die cut as part of the embossing. The ambitious race ran in May/June, covering 11 city stops, listed around the outer stamp edge.
September 29, 2023
Undocumented US Poster Stamp issued in 1909 for the “1915 Boston Exposition”, arranged by civic leaders and businessmen to make Boston “The Finest City in the World”. The committee had a “five-year plan” to foster improvements to education, transportation, economics, and health by 1915, particularly in less affluent neighborhoods.
September 22, 2023
Unknown artist & printer "Peace For America" stamps with Eagle, Olive branch flying over a US map. Size 2.6" x 7.5" pane of 10. Gummed & rouletted with blue ink dashes on the roulette cuts. Probable era between the World Wars.
September 15, 2023
A previously undocumented Poster Stamp promoting the 1909 “Cement Show Chicago”. The stamp is tied to the back of a cover, mailed from The Garden City Sand Co., a likely exhibitor. Sent to Virgil M. Brand, president of Brand Brewing Co., and local civic leader.
September 8, 2023
August 31, 2023
An advertisement to get your picture on stamps. Flyer of tan paper, 3" x 5.5", with a sample stamp of "Helen" pasted on. Probably early 1900's era. The stamp is a small glossy photograph, the picture was not converted to a printing plate; as noted, it was copied, gummed and perforated for 1¢ each.
Septermber 1, 2023
A previously undocumented Poster Stamp promoting the New York 1909 “International Wearing Apparel Style and Fabric Show.” The style of clothing shown, no longer of the Victorian era but instead, examples of that worn by the fashionable New Yorkers of the day.
August 25, 2023
1942 World War 2 era pane of "Happy Li'l Seals" by artist Reginald Manning, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic. Approximately 8.5" x 10.75"; self-published and obviously intended for sale in Arizona only. Labeled "Series No. One", number two was issued in 1945; both printed by Curt Teich Co.
August 18, 2023
Denmark – Women’s Exhibition 1914, Esbjerg showing two different designs by Anna Munch and Agnete Varming. One sheet shows two columns tête-bêche, the other sheet shows one stamp se-tenant with 3 others.
August 11, 2023
Los Angeles, California Aviation Meet – January 10-20, 1910. Poster stamp publicizing an early aviation event. Depicted are 5 different aircraft in three panels. Considered to be a rare poster stamp, this example has a large (repaired) tear at upper right corner.
August 4, 2023
An angry rabbit doesn't like Primos brand "cheap reed fencing that lasts 10 years" on a poster stamp pasted on a package card mailed to Zagreb, Yugoslavia from Ruzomberok, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia) in 1937.
July 28, 2023
Art Imitates Life – This is a set of Poster Stamps issued to publicize a general exhibition held in Tilburg, Netherlands in July & August, 1909. Their design resembles Special Delivery stamps issued by Italy in 1903, with changes to various text elements.
July 21, 2023
Fashion for the well dressed Swiss man, Burger-Kehl is the store chain. Only one stamp has a printer inscription, Fretz Brothers Zurich; Pane 8.25" x 4.8". Artists Ludwig Hohlwein 1 top row, 1 & 2 bot. row; Emil Cardineaux 2 & 3 top row, 3 & 4 bot. row; Burkhard Mangold 4 & 5 top row; Stephan Krotowski 5 bot. row. Pre WW1.
July 14, 2023
Sweden – set of three poster stamps advertising ASEA – Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (General Swedish Electrical Limited Company). The company was founded in 1883 in Västerås by Ludvig Fredholm to manufacture electric lights and motors. They later added household appliances.
July 7, 2023
2023 January 6 to June 30
WW2 era big label 'Issued by Wartime Information Board, Canada' printed in Ottawa, artist unknown. approx. 3.5" x 4.75" on heavy paper. Soldiers are boarding a passenger ship for the war in Europe, 1940-1945.
June 30, 2023
Denmark – Advertising flyer from 1915 for Codan Book Publishers, promoting their “Pocket Map” in book format with 38 maps. Codan also published poster stamps showing maps of various parts of Denmark, one of which is affixed to the flyer. The flyer also advertises many other publications from Codan.
June 23, 2023
Advertising brochure by the Mid-States Paper Company, 6"x14", printed on its Missionary No.2 Gummed paper, folded into 4 panels, an assortment of existing designs are shown; 4-color process, date is probably circa 1914 through 1920's.
June 17, 2023
Denmark – Magasinets Prize Competition Poster Stamp Album. Poster stamps printed by Andreasen & Lachmann for a collecting competition in 1932. Stamps advertised business and products, the tabs had historical information next to each in the album. 60 stamps and 60 tabs printed together, but were mounted separately in the album.
June 9, 2023
Sheet of stamps produced by Mother Jones Magazine, approx. 13" x 8.5", used as a combination fundraiser, propaganda, advertising & free gift for subscribers. 12 stamps, artist listed with stamp; Printed using 4-color process ©1993
June 2, 2023
“Atlantis” was a 1913 film made by Nordisk Film Kompagni of Denmark, based on a 1912 novel by German Gerhard Hauptmann. The film included an ocean liner sinking, and drew criticism for insensitivity, only a year after the Titanic tragedy.
May 26, 2023
Die-cut round sticker slightly larger than a baseball at 3 1/2" diameter (a baseball is under 3"); black on orange-coated paper; unknown initials A.R.C. at lower right.
May 19, 2023
Denmark – HFHJ - Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane (Railway). Beach Tours in North Zealand – August 1934. A brochure and envelope, with poster stamps and railway parcel stamps sharing the same images. The images on the stamps are also depicted inside the brochure.
May 13, 2023
"Maine Vacationland" tourism promotion pane of 24, published by Maine Poster Stamp Society, 1940; artist signature Don Mackay; size approx. 10.5" x 9.7"; four-color process printing.
May 5, 2023
Poster Stamp collectors have our own song! Danish composer C.A. Kallerup wrote a song entitled SAMLERMAERKE-MARCH which translates to Poster Stamp March. Probably around 1913.
April 28, 2023
Free to those who email or write Portland Stamp Co., with your mail address. Now! See the LINKS menu. 2.5"x7.5" pane, gummed & perfed, art © Portland Stamp Co.
April 21, 2023
Poster stamp set in full sheet advertising Robert Storm Petersen's first cartoon album in 1913. Petersen (1882-1949) was a Danish cartoonist and humorist known by his pen name "Storm P". Also shown are an actual album from 1946 and an entry for a literature competition in Leipzig in 1927.
April 14, 2023
1909 Poster Stamp for Grand Week of Aviation Airshow and races in Reims, France. Type 1 stamp on real picture postcard of airshow. Very rare Essay of second color scheme shown below the card, from archives of the printer, Bron and Borquin of Reims, still in business.
April 7, 2023
Denmark – Many businesses used photographs of their storefronts, or other images, on poster stamps in the pre-WWI era. This style of stamp has been seen in different formats and colors, with various borders. This is a block of 15 different.
March 31, 2023
1916: a Poster Stamp is pasted on a sales letter for Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. showing how ad stamps were often used. Stamp is 55 x 70 mm, printed using 4 colors: black, scarlet, gray, & gry-blue. Artist and printer unknown. Chicago Pneumatic Company, begun in 1901, still exists.
24 March 2023
Paris, France - 1946 - First Postwar International Aviation Show. Two different poster stamps, printed in sheets of 16 stamps, in four blocks of four stamps. The lower blocks were tête-bêche to the upper blocks.
March 17, 2023
Artist's painting of a stamp for the 33rd Military District, Palermo, Italy. produced for Delandre (WW1) 1915-16, signed artist E. Bauzin; ink and gouache on cardstock, 7.75" x 11". Unique. The printed stamp shown at bottom for comparison, printed by 4-color process.
March 10, 2023
Denmark – Poster Stamp promoting a 1913 Poster Stamp Exhibition, used on an advertising card promoting the same exhibition. The card includes details about the stamp, as well as information about the exhibition, such as place, dates, hours and admission fee. The stamp was printed by Andreasen & Lachmann.
March 3, 2023
1947-Pane of 12 stamps for UTAH Centennial. Printed by the American Poster Stamp Co., but the layout of the stamps imitates the WW2 "Artists for Victory" set, printed by the EverReady Label Co. Credits in margin at top.
February 24, 2023
Denmark – Byvaaben – Town Coats of Arms, 1913, with backprints. Possibly the most complex set of poster stamps issued. There were 80 different, 4 different frame types, as many as 16 color combinations, for a possible set size of 5,120 different. Advertising was for Johansen & Bruun products.
February 17, 2023
Desirable registered cover from the new Union of South Africa to the Panama Canal Zone, using 2 pre-Union stamps. This 1913 cover from Johannesburg has a pair of the labels for the Agricultural Show on the cover back, tied by May 13 cancels.
February 9, 2023
Denmark – In 1931 a new type of poster stamp was created, called Mærkat (pl. Mærkater). The name and system was trademarked and they are still being printed today. There are over 25,000 different designs, and they were printed in different formats. This sheet is from 1942.
February 3, 2023
"The Arms of Victory - Series of Six Stamps of Italian Aviation". A WW1 patriotic (1915-18) set. "The winged one raises the empire to the sky; Dare the unbearable; Higher, further; Leave no stone unturned; Don't be afraid to meet anyone."
pane approx. 2" x 6". artist name unreadable, printer in Milan.
January 27, 2023
In 1916, Carl Schepler, the Copenhagen owner of Irma Margarine, published a set of 12 images from the Danish West Indies. The images were distributed, one per week, wherever Irma was sold, pasted into a collectors card, and could be redeemed for a beautiful hardbound book, published by Schepler, called “Under Palmen” with images and stories of the Danish West Indies.
January 21, 2023
Guadalajara Tourism pane, era unknown. The city in Spain, as shown by coat-of-arms upper left. Mid-October is now a national holiday begun as Columbus Day. Stamps refer to trade & livestock fairs & festivals. Artist signed Bercerelli. pane is ± 7"x9"
January 13, 2023
The United States expressed interest in purchasing the Danish West Indies as early as the 1860s, but the actual sale did not happen until 1916, and the formal transfer occurred on April 1, 1917. Many Danes were strongly opposed to the sale, and this was one of the poster stamps issued to protest the sale.
January 6, 2023
2022 May 20 to December 30
"Happy New Year" in Esperanto, 1957 Proof sheet. By the prolific printer and Esperantist E. Moreno of Barcelona, artist Orsso [?]. Also printed in all red, green or blue. Note the green color needs correcting on lower right.
December 30, 2022
Denmark – "Nørrebros Civic Organization – Fundraiser for Christmas Joy for Poor Children". Nørrebro is one of Copenhagen’s 10 districts – and this is a Point-of-Sale piece to raise funds for the organization’s works. An example of the blurred lines between Poster Stamps and Charity Seals – design by Wilfred Glud (1872-1946).
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
December 23, 2022
Fröhliche Weihnachten! (Merry Christmas!) Letter seals from Germany during WW1, embossed and diecut in 8 color varieties, sold to civilian families to use on mail to their soldier loved ones. Circle is 40 mm diameter; colors printed on off-white, or gold or silver colored foil; artist & printer unknown
December 16, 2022
Poster Stamp honoring Egbert Bagg (1850-1915) - celebrating his 30th anniversary as a registered insurance agent. Used on a cover from his office in 1905. The Bagg family has been prominent in Utica, NY history since the early 18th century. Egbert Bagg was also a renowned amateur ornithologist.
December 9, 2022
1932 Los Angeles Olympics pane of 16, faintly embossed, roulette separation, unusual rounded corners and circles at intersections; L&B, Printed in Germany, 37957 in the circles. 2 different panes of 16 were printed.
December 3, 2022
Denmark – Original artwork for proposed publicity poster stamp for the Aarhus Turistforening, probably c.1914. Design features Aarhus Cathedral, and is signed by noted Danish artist Thor Bøgelund-Jensen, probably produced for Andreasen & Lachmann, but there is no evidence of this design as a finished stamp.
November 25, 2022
Circa 1919, the Curtiss Aeroplane Company released a glorious set of 20 labels with various images of their planes in flight. Stamps were purchased and overprinted for use as Colombia’s C2-C10 airmail postage set. Printer & artist unknown.
November 18, 2022
Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on November 11, to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The date coincides with the ending date of World War One, and was originally known as Armistice Day.
Other nations have also honored their own veterans – these poster stamps from Denmark, in 1914, honor Danish veterans of the Second Schleswig War in 1864.
November 11, 2022
16 stamps in a folding mailer "Official Poster Stamps Eleventh Annual Convention Associated Advertising Clubs of the World". Volland Co. printers, 16 different artists. 6.5" x 8.5"
November 4, 2022
Denmark - Industry Exhibition held in Randers, 29 March to 11 April, 1896.
Shows an interesting printing arrangement in panes of four stamps with vertical gutters.
October 28, 2022
December 1918 magazine page with WW1 patriotic stamps to be cut and pasted. The war ended in November, but a magazine is prepared far in advance. Page is 11" by 16".
October 21, 2022
Sheet of poster stamps for the Baltic Exhibition, held in Malmö, Sweden, which began May 15, 1914. Printed by Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende. The stamps show royalty from the 4 nations attending – Sweden, Denmark, Russia & Germany. The Exhibition was cut short due to the outbreak of World War One.
October 14, 2022
World War 2 Era pane of 16 propaganda stamps; sheet is approx. 6.5" x 8"; published by Seagrams, the whiskey maker; artist unknown.
October 7, 2022
Booklet of 6 Danish poster stamps as "Transfer Pictures" (Overførings Billeder). They were issued by Steensen's Margarine, printed by Andreasen & Lachmann, and they depict well-known A&L poster stamps advertising Steensen products. Outer columns show the transfers, inner columns show the actual poster stamps. Wet images and apply to surfaces.
September 30, 2022
1937 Parcel address label with Private Parcel Post stamp and "Buy British" depression patriotic.
September 24, 2022
Page from the book “Die Reklame – Ihre Kunst und Wissenschaft” (Advertising – Its Art & Science) published in 1915. Some early publications about graphic arts used actual tipped-in poster stamps as illustrations. These poster stamps were published by Ernst Marx & Co. of Berlin.
September 16, 2022
Poster Stamp or Luggage Label, 3.3" size. Tied by a receiving cancel in Dec. 1930, on a first flight cover from Jamaica. Artist unknown.
September 9, 2022
“PLAGIARISMS” was a popular feature in the PSCC Journal. The column showed poster stamps that copied images used on other stamps.
This is an example showing a Danish Poster Stamp (Dehn) and a German Poster Stamp (Bergler) using a similar image – both advertising Steam Laundries. “We Wash Everything”
September 2, 2022
The Salon of Humorists, open to all caricaturists and cartoonists, was founded by Felix Juven, publisher of the newspaper Rire "Laugh". Its first show was held in 1907 and continued through World War II. The poster for its 1910 show was designed by Charles Leandre: "The rushed crowd rushes". approx. 3" x 4"
August 26, 2022
Denmark Recent Discovery! Industri og Landbrugsudstilling – Industrial & Agricultural Exhibition, held in Kolding, 17-26 September 1897. Poster stamp depicting Koldinghus Castle. Contemporary reports suggest 1,000 labels were to be printed, but this has never been reported in any poster stamp literature.
August 19, 2022
WW2 YMCA American Promotion & Charity stamp pane, 4 designs for 48 stamps, 16.4" by 7.6"; Artist and printer unknown. Click to see the full pane
August 12, 2022
Danish artist Thor Bøgelund-Jensen (1890-1959) designed a poster for the 1913 Kunstnerkarneval (Artist’s Carneval). Photo of him as model for the poster, the actual poster, and a poster stamp with the same design. The poster and the stamp printed by Andreasen & Lachmann.
August 5, 2022
1930's Maryland State Promotion, 10" by 12.5" pane, artist & printer unknown. One stamp for each of the 23 counties plus one each for Baltimore and Annapolis. Red, Dk Sepia, and Orange-Yellow inks. Sold in a glassine bag 4" x 5".
July 29, 2022
Denmark - hand-painted Poster Stamp essays. c.1913/14 for the Dania Biofilm Company. One of the essays mentions one of the company's films "Gislet" [sic] with the notation that it would be released December 10. The film, called Gidslet, actually had its theatrical release on March 23, 1914. These essays appear to have been adhered to the backs of envelopes, possibly to illustrate how they could be used.
July 22, 2022.
Royal Mail Steam Packet Compary of Britain, active 1841 to 1932. Pane of Carribean tourism promotion stamps, dating from c.1910 thru the 1920's.
RMSP ended with a 1930 scandal and the Depression. 8.7" x 5.5" Chromo-lithographed with at least 8 spot colors, artist unknown.
July 16, 2022
Denmark - Original Artwork for Poster Stamp promoting Købestævne (Trade Fair) in Fredericia. Hand painted essay on card in the approximate size of the finished poster stamp. Produced by the advertising agency Weber & Sørensen, founded in Aarhus in 1879. Design depicts the "Købestævnets Bygning" (Trade Fair Building), designed by architect Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, and built in 1915. Originally intended for the 1932 Købestævne, the design was slightly modified and used for the poster stamp promoting the 1933 fair.
July 8, 2022
1908 poster @ upper left; 1910 May International Air Show window sign @ right; 1913 Autumn Flight Week poster stamp @ left; all by Julius Klinger for a Berlin Airport
July 1, 2022
Denmark - 1913 - Midsummer Marine Festival, Dragør.
Original point of sales piece to support selling poster stamps to raise funds to benefit community projects.
June 24, 2022
Father's Day, Stamps from the 1950's to early 1960's; not in order. Imperforate and gummed.
June 17, 2022
Denmark - Copenhagen Zoological Gardens Set of 10. These stamps were printed in a sheet, with text in the margins and printing on the back. They were sold for 10 øre per sheet at the postcard kiosk in the Gardens. The backs have text in 3 languages.
June 10, 2022
The ad card was sent out in the envelope, spring 1941 (pre WW2). Both stamps 2" x 2 5/8".
June 3, 2022
World War 1, Frankfurt, Germany. Series #4 of 4, a pane of 9 designs sold in the glassine shown, for 30 pfennig. "Commemorative Stamp for War Welfare". The pane was folded to fit in the envelope; surviving panes are all very weak at the perforations. See Jackson For God, Kaiser, and Fatherland, pg. 86 for captions.
May 27, 2022
A printer's proof pane, imperforate, not gummed. From the presidential campaign of 1972. It's amateurish and sloppy. One can see that the rows are uneven, Nixon's face is darker in shaded areas on some stamps, and the font for REELECT was hand-drawn at a grade school level. It was issued anyway.
May 20, 2022