Eaton Fine Letter Papers???

Any Idea what these are?

I did a quick search and found this:1930's poster stamps made by the American Bank Note Company for the Eaton Paper Corporation depicting views of New York City and advertising Eaton's Fine Letter Papers.


http://viewlinerltd.blogspot.com/search?q=Eaton

Pat

Those are nice examples. ABNCo. have done some fantastic engraved stamps and cinderellas through the years. In fact, I have been looking at some foreign stamps with particularly nice engravings only to find the ABNCo. name at the bottom.

The Eaton Fine Letter Papers examples that you show have been cited before on SCF in this link on other ABNCo. products:

https://goscf.com/t/9570

Boy, those images stir my juices. Just makes you wish they were postage stamps. I seem to be having a senior moment - would someone remind me what poster stamps are?

These are part of a set of 10 issued in 1939.

Edit: Corrected date

thanks guys, wow Russ looks like I'm missing 4 of them and the note card.

were they originally gummed?

I cant tell if mine are original no gum or were floated off something.

Yes they were completely gummed.

Up in the Bronx, where I volunteer at Rocking the Boat (www.rockingtheboat.org), there is the old ABN factory. I drive by every Tuesday. Lots of history, and very few residents have any idea about it.

http://www.crefeed.com/news/206571-...in-the-bronx

Cheers,

MikeR

Cynical - poster stamps are a more prestigious branch of Cinderellas, and usually better designed than things like easter and xmas seals. They were sometimes affixed to letters as sort of a decoration but more often as a way of promoting something. Think of them as correspondence bumper stickers. A World's Fair for example would usually have poster stamps available - freely or for sale - to promote the event. Many religious and other organizations used poster stamps to promote their activities in one way or another. Today printed or rubber stamped logos and promotions have to a large extent replaced them but not entirely. All countries have used them and there are always lots for sale on ebay. many Canadian and US philatelic organizations still produce them for shows and exhibitions.

Here's one on sale. (by me)


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...t_500wt_1047

Moonbird: I thank you for that erudite response. I never gave up hope that someone would provide me with an explanation.

I wonder what it cost back then to hire the engraver AND a press to do these stamps??

Nells: I don't know about their cost but here is a link to more discussion about this fantastic set of poster stamps.

https://goscf.com/t/11754&SearchTerms=eaton

Kia Ora (Hello) from down under in NZ. Just saw the posting for the Eaton's poster stamps. Very interesting as I'm currently selling a set of 10 on Trade Me here in NZ, which closes off in an hour.