Saturday Special: "Vintage" Postage

So one day I was bored and got a little crazy on ebay buying postage.  It had never occurred to me to buy postage on ebay, but it was awesome.  Most of the stuff I bought was intended to use on the post cards for Preston & Hailey, but I use them on post cards for anyone because they are fun.  Now I have a watch list of postage I want to have, eventually, to use.  But I am making myself use ALL of the stuff I have first.

I bought these creepy looking ones specifically with Preston in mind.

I bought this just because I like sea mammals.  I haven't used any of them yet.

These, which I love, I got from the lovely Missive Maven by way of her Etsy shop, which I highly recommend.  I love that the little bottom stamps say "P.S. Write Soon."

I bought an entire sheet of these, which are worth 4 cents.  I'm not sure why I bought it but nothing looks vintage like a stamp with all words on it.

I bought these to use on stuff I mail to boyfriend, you'll note I haven't used a single one yet.

I have a lot of these Patriotic Quill stamps.  These are my most favorite stamp ever and they are now no longer available directly from the Beyond the Perf magazine.  So the hunt for my hoard is on.  I also love the weathervane set, so country and rustic looking.  {As a side note, the quill is the stamp I used on all of my requests to famous people to mail my brother.  They got one on my letter to them and I enclosed a stamp for them to use when they sent him a note, so it would literally cost nothing more than their time.}

This is another set I picked up specifically for Preston.  I broke that one in the corner out for my letter to Post Muse.

And how much fun were these fruit ones?  I love these!

I don't ever remember seeing these, but they came up as a suggested option during my ebay purchase binge and here they are.  I use these for my mail to Auntie Pat.

These I've had since they came out, I love polar bears, and I just have not used them up yet.

Another set I bought to put on the post cards for the kids.

I also love any form of flag stamp.

And how beautiful are these?

This next set of photos is another series that I had never seen or heard of, but they are great!  I don't care about the characters so much, but I love that these are postal themed scenes!  Again, I bought these specifically with the kids in mind, but they make me laugh so I am going to use them for whomever.

If you are looking for vintage postage to use, I suggest eBay, Etsy and a legendary stamp dealer that Missive Maven recently posted about.  I haven't personally purchased from him, but you really can't get a bigger endorsement than Missive Maven.