Drinking Cats Poster Stamps

About this piece

These drinking cats get into all sorts of tricky situations. Digitally printed on lickable, gummed paper and pinhole perforated by hand on vintage machines, 16 stamps per 8.5 x 11" sheet. Designed by Ravi Zupa & Arna Miller. Packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve with chipboard backing.

digitally printed, 16 stamps per sheet packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve with chipboard backing 8.5 x 11 inch sheet by the portland stamp company

Commemorative poster stamps are artifacts from another time. These miniature bits of advertising were popular in Europe at the turn of the century. Their appeal, utility, and popularity quickly grew, becoming ubiquitous in the United States in the 1920s.

The Portland Stamp Company is celebrating and reviving the lost art of poster stamps.

Printed on lickable, gummed paper and pinhole perforated by hand on their vintage machines.

Digitally printed, 10 stamps per sheet.

Designed by Ravi Zupa.

Packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve with chipboard backing.

Please Note: This is not actual US postage, but a series of artist-created stamps intended for both adornment and collecting.