It has been a very long time since I
blogged about my Inkwell Collection or my Ink Advertising Ephemera
Collection. Not that I have stopped collecting (although I have cut
back considerably, mainly due to the move to a smaller unit, and hubby
Vic not being in the best of health). However, inkwells and ink
advertising are still firm favourites, and when I read about another
blogger [ A Treasured Past]
who was interested in Cinderella Stamps, I promised to open up my
albums and get to work scanning some of the wonderful items I have
purchased over the last 25years or so.
The majority of my advertising stamps are from 1900 - 1920s and are from Europe, mainly Germany. Just as Turm in Nurnberg produced Ink, Gum, and Stamp pads.
Bruns & Struth in Leipzig had a series of children spilling their ink !
Two of the above are from Office Supply Exhibitions (obviously pre Officeworks shops!!). The two stamps with a seated man are from Roedl in Prague. The text was translated by a friend, and apparently says By today's standard, while culture springs so high, be it a merchant a bard or a novelist, everyone writes using Roedl's ink
So there you have it, the first couple of pages from my Ink Advertising Album.
Hope you enjoy them.