Rare stamps and ink stamps

Many stamp collectors keep talking about how great are rare stamps nowadays. They comment about prices, about where they can be found, about tips for taking good care of their collections of rare stamps, and all of these is because of one simple reason: rare stamps are the most valuable kind of stamps, since they hold a lot of history inside. Curiously, sometimes they are so simple, but rare stamps still hold a lot of history, whether from wars, cultural events, etc.

Rare stamps can be found in nearly all of the postage systems in the world, and are often over a century old. Two of the best known rare American stamps are the “Inverted Jenny” (which is actually a printing error) and the “1-cent Z grill” stamp.Just two 1-cent Z grill stamps exist, and there is only one available to stamp collectors, while the other one is in the collection of the New York Public Library. There are other famous and rare stamps include the Treskilling Yellow, Mauritius “Post Office” stamps, British Guiana 1c magenta, and many others.

Today, we are going to talk about creating your own personalized ink stamps in the case that you are not interested in collecting rare stamps, even when we agree with the fact that rare stamps hold a lot of history for us, regardless of what country rare stamps come from. Today we are not going to talk about rare stamps because we already did in another article some months ago, but we are going to provide good tips of how easy it is to create personalized ink stamps to be used in any envelopes that you need.

First of all, I will start mentioning the classification of custom ink stamps. It goes from permanent ink, pigment ink, dye inks, fabric ink, watercolor, heat-set, and alcohol. The most important of all is dye or pigment ink stamps, since they are the most frequently used. Pigment ink stamps are of higher quality, water based is thicker and also found in many colors. They are long lasting and consequently their colors do not fade away promptly.

First of all, you have to plan a design and determine the way you want that design to look like. Then, create a self-appointed pattern, something that you created by your own. Get a photocopy of it then. Once you have the design ready, draw the pattern of photocopy on white eraser. After you have drawn your pattern, use the marker for making it dark. You can then add text or image and cut your design watchfully using scissors or craft knife. Use sheet of foam for making ordinary design for the stamp, and fix them on wood block accordingly. After doing this and using the stencil, draw your pattern. Using a dye-cutting machine will guarantee a great design. Use thick foam sheets and paste them along with double-stick tape, so you get a fine image.

Get an elegant look through the realization of ink-lifting method and finally, add bold patterns to the stamp using ink (they may be either heart-shaped or circular, any pattern that you wish to use). I hope you have enjoyed the tips explained above and start investing your creativity on your new ink stamps created with your own hands!