HOW DO YOU SHAPE A STREET DEMONSTRATION IN 2019? ESA MEMBER AS BROUGHT THIS PIECE FROM 'THE CONVERSATION TO OUR ATTENTION: How to craft a protest brand. Here is the lead in to the article: Public … [Read more...]
Labels, I am attached to them
READING ABOUT COLLECTING; this little book Labels is really a short short story. Labels was publisher Hardie Grant’s first book. It was written by the UK author Louis de Bernieres. The short story … [Read more...]
To collect or not to collect?
Love them or loathe them - Coles mini collectables are back! Irrespective of the moral and environmental arguments circulating in the press, commercial collectables such as these have a long … [Read more...]
Nice cup of tea while reading the ESA journal?
LATEST EPHEMERA JOURNAL - have you got a copy? 44 pages of beautifully illustrated and researched stories about ephemera. Join the Society and get a copy. Or buy this copy only for $18 including … [Read more...]
Supermarketart
Supermarketart - here are some snippets from 1940s to 1980s. This arises from a search for some 'missing' items. Contributors noted in the caption. The supermarkets seem not to spend on … [Read more...]
50th anniversary of the postcard collectors
2018 WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUSTRALIAN CARTOPHILIC SOCIETY INC. Bob Ferris and Graeme Dickinson have put together a 76 page homage to all that the Society has achieved. The Anniversary … [Read more...]
Naughty banks?
THE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BANKING ROYAL COMMISSION WERE MADE PUBLIC AT 4.10 PM TODAY, 54 FEBRUARY 2019. Here are some lovable or benign images of banking ephemera past. What were the … [Read more...]
Calendars – social history – $?
These pages are from a remarkable calendar devoted to German war crimes, each month recording its own tragedy. The manufacture was simple with the calendar strung up to the wall or door … [Read more...]
Why is this valuable? what is it worth?
Blotters – technical developments in the production of paper and writing instruments Blotting paper was first used in Britain in the 15th century. It became widely used in the 19th century. … [Read more...]