My favorites are the airmail envelopes with individually hand painted African scenes on each one!!! The whole group depicts a day in the life- complete with a hunt and kill. Shown are some of the duplicates that I will be selling.
Remember when? Onionskin (?) vintage airmail envelopes
Vintage Asian floral envelopes
NOW....we're having fun!
ReplyDeleteI loved your post, brought back alot of memories.
ReplyDeleteI remember air mail onion skin .... I guess it's all air mail now. Even those sour cream containers :)
ReplyDeleteI also remember the onion skin paper, and I'm in awe of the hand-painted scenes on the envelopes. I'm wondering, how did these come to be? By one individual as art, or were they mass-produced and sold this way?
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I have no idea- I found them in a pack,with some duplicates. The paint is real, so someone did them - whether there were alot of these available way back when...or these are one of a kind - I haven't a clue- they are just very cool!
ReplyDeleteI love the crinkly sound of onion skin when you hold it (meant mail from afar!) Great finds! Need to go look at your etsy now! (advertising really DOES work!)
ReplyDeleteYou kept such an wide variety and lots of designed postal papers on your Shop. Hand Painted African Scene Postal Papers are looking very fabulous.
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