Just an fyi: We recently did a major upload of images to the Forerunner (F) gallery. http://www.souvenircards.org/html/gallery_F.html These are...
That watermarked paper is pretty interesting. Wasn't some of that used to print Union currency?
Nope! It's called a medallion engraving -- a clever way that banknote companies used to mimic a 3-D seal. These were created using what's called a...
I was scrolling through some earlier pages on this and noticed: Here you go... [ATTACH]
This one falls just outside the 19th century -- a 1903 paymasters check from the War Department. I've been looking for one of these Stanton...
Here are a couple specimens from the transportation industry. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
One of my favorite promotional adverts by a bank note company: [ATTACH]
This topic deserves a bump, so new members get a chance to see what else is out there besides paper money. Here are a few nice mining stocks I...
Uh oh. I'm the guy who's going to rain on the parade. Bond coupons, but themselves, have very little value to those of us who collect stocks and...
Sadly, the USPS and UN cards have really dropped off in price. These were printed in such huge quantities that they now represent a vast...
Just an update - we have been doing some work on the SCCS website and the new URL for the galleries is...
That's actually a very clever idea! And I would trust current polypropylene holders to be safely archival. They don't really sell the PVC sleeves...
The only one I'm still looking for is Andrew Johnson. If you have that one, please send me a message (click my eagle avatar and "Start a...
These are interesting! I didn't know Boggs created European notes. Is there anything printed on the other sides? I hope you don't mind -- I'm...
A little more background on Excelsior Bank Note Company. John Wellstood worked hard to get a contract from the Treasury to print National Bank...
Is this the teepee you were talking about? This one was engraved by William Wellstood. It was included in an 1863 history book titled "North &...
Glad to find an interested collector! The Souvenir card Collectors Society has a vast visual reference library on their website, showing all the...
This one will appeal more to stamp collectors, but it's a card that isn't seen very often -- SO-27, a semi-official card printed by Ashton-Potter...
I'd like to see anything that isn't a portrait. So buildings, teepee, sailboat, whatever. I find all engravings from this era pretty interesting....
Those sound interesting! You could email your photos from your phone to computer, but probably not more than 4 or 5 attachments at a time or you...
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