Silver Stamp Cases & Boxes

20th Century Silver Aide Memoires Bookmarks Boxes Butt Markers Caddy Spoons Card Cases Cigar Cutters Cigarette Cases Compacts Flatware Folding Fruit Knives / Forks Games / Gaming Hollow-Ware Irish Silver Marrow Scoops Masonic Matchbox Covers Medals / Prizes Menu Holders Mote Spoons Napkin Rings Nutmeg Graters Objects / Collectables Paperweights Pens / Pencils / Writing Equipment Peppers Pin Cushions Rattles Ribbon Threaders Salt Spoons Scales / Measurement Scent Bottles Scottish Silver Seals Sewing Related Skewers Sovereign Cases Stamp Boxes / Cases Sugar Tongs / Nips Thimbles Toothpick Boxes/Cases Toys / Miniatures Vesta Cases Vinaigrettes Whistles Wine / Sauce Labels

Stamp cases first came about with the invention of the stamp in 1840, however, they initially faced limited popularity as one still had to go to a post office to post a letter. Following the introduction of post boxes in the 1870s, the popularity of stamp cases rose significantly as people kept their stamps at home. They enjoyed a relatively short period of production however and were largely superseded by stamp booklets and the like following the First World War, but still remain popular among both stamp and antique collectors today. As well as having a number of fine examples of antique silver stamp boxes and cases from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for sale, Steppes Hill Farm Antiques also stocks other antique silver postal memorabilia such stamp dispensers and postal scales.

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