Preliminary Guide to the Archives Center Poster Stamp Collection

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1 Preliminary Guide to the Archives Center Poster Stamp Collection NMAH Staff 2011 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Arrangement... 2 Scope and Contents... 2 Biographical / Historical... 2 Names and Subjects... 2 Container Listing... 3 Series 1: Poster Stamps, circa 1890s-1960s... 3

3 Collection Overview Repository: Title: Identifier: Date: Extent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History circa 1890s-1960s 3 cubic feet (5 boxes) Creator: Hoffman, John Nathan, Language: English Some materials in Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Itlaian, Norweigian, Spanish, Swedish, and Slovak. Summary: The collection consists of poster stamps (non-denominated stampsized miniature posters) advertising or commemorating a large variety of places, events, products, causes, and miscellaneous other subjects, including many international subjects. Some of the stamps are in albums or album sleeves. Administrative Information Acquisition Information The collection was donated by John Hoffman to National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry, Collection of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Provenance The poster stamps were assembled by former National Museum of American History curator John N. Hoffman. The poster stamps were originally part of the Hoffmania Collection (AC0062) and were removed from the Hoffmania Collection to form the Archives Center Poster Stamp Collection (AC1125) on June 30, Processing Information Preliminary processing by Alison Oswald, archivist, July Preferred Citation, circa 1890s-1960s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Restrictions This collection is open for research use. Page 1 of 6

4 Conditions Governing Use Copyright status unknown. Biographical / Historical The stamps were first issued in Europe in the early nineteenth century to promote events such as fairs and expositions, or to advertise products. Their popularity increased and reached its peak in the 1920s and 1930s. Collectors saved them in special albums designed for collecting poster stamps. Scope and Contents The collection consists of small, loose poster stamps (non-denominated stamp-sized miniature posters) advertising or commemorating a huge variety of places, events (particularly expositions and fairs), products, causes, and miscellaneous other subjects (e.g. sports), including many international subjects. Some of the stamps are in albums or album sleeves which have been maintained. Arrangement Collection is arranged alphabetically. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Collectibles Collectors and collecting Types of Materials: Albums Poster stamps Stickers Page 2 of 6

5 Series 1: Poster Stamps Container Listing Series 1: Poster Stamps, circa 1890s-1960s "A" Alberta (Winnipeg) America America (scenes) American Bible American Concrete Institute American Kidney Foundation AmVets Art "B," Blindness Boats Books Boys Farm British Empire Brockton National Bank Buffalo Industrial Show Buildings "C" Carolinas Chicago Water Front Christmas,, undated Christmas,, 1966 Page 3 of 6

6 Series 1: Poster Stamps Christmas Seals,, Christmas Seals,, Clean up, Paint up, Fix up College banners Colorado Springs, Colorado Conservative Caucus, Inc. Crippled Children Delaware (Wilmington) Depauw Discount Coupons "E" Engineering Exhibition Epilepsy Foundation Expositions "F" Food and drink Foreign--unsorted, undated Golden Rule League Handi-Shop Highland Linen writing paper Illinois (Peoria) Indian (French Lick) (Pluto Water) Jewelry "L" "M" (machinery) Massachusetts (Worcester) Page 4 of 6

7 Series 1: Poster Stamps Missouri "N" National Asthma Center National Wildlife New Jersey (Newark) New York (views) Nip and Tuck Club (animal stamps) Oregon (Eugene) Oregon (Portland) "P" Peace Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Philateley, Politics "R" Red Cross Rubber Gloves (Miller) "S" Seals Sight Conservatioon Committee Sports St. Christopher's Inn St. Jude's Children "T" Tennessee (Memphis) Texas (Galveston) Page 5 of 6

8 Series 1: Poster Stamps Box 3, Folder 1 Box 3, Folder 2-3 Box 3, Folder 4 Box 3, Folder 5 Box 3, Folder 6 Box 4, Folder 1-3 Box 4, Folder 4 Box 5, Folder 1 Box 5, Folder 2 Box 5, Folder 3-5 Textiles [Travel?] United Airlines [Valentines?] Vermont Virginia "W" (women/war) Whale of the month X-ray Yes/No and thank you/no thank you Scrapbook (various poster stamps),, undated Scrapbook (various poster stamps) Scrapbook pages--primarily sports, undated Scrapbook pages--world's fairs/expositions, undated Fairs/Pan American Exposition Scrapbook pages--miscellaneous subjects, undated [Scrapbook pages--loose?], undated Foreign,, undated France,, undated Scrapbook pages loose--foreign,, undated Scrapbook pages--foreign,, undated Scrapbook pages--various subjects,, undated Return to Table of Contents Page 6 of 6