Though I suspect that if you asked for such a thing these days you would be treated with a blank stare of non-comprehension. The manufacture of rubber stamping toys for children was carried on alongside these commercial activities. John Bull later started doing combined sets of letters and picture stamps aimed directly at children (these sets have a three number catalogue sequence, that’s one in the picture below I found on the web). His is a more modern set than mine was and the wooden stamper’s been replaced by a plastic one — his is No.

Load it up with ink on your ink pad, then carefully press it against a piece of paper, and a few words at a time you were in a position to print an entire book. I think you were intended to set it up once and keep on using the same message (which is what I did, I put a shortened version of my postal address on it to stamp the back of envelopes, etc) but there is no reason why you can't change it. The reason John Bull made a printing set may puzzle some as they were more renowned for rubber tires and puncture outfits in the 1950s and 1960s.Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . Boxes were made on site, the rubber letters were moulded and vulcanised at the factory and even the non-toxic water-based ink was brewed up in large buckets. Its simple design made it easy to stamp short sentences by using the tweezers to insert the little rubber letters into the wooden blocks.

Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Nostalgia Central has a little post about the toy, introduced by a photo showing the wooden stamper. Younger readers, let me explain: the set consisted of little strips of rubber letters which you cut up, then placed back-to-front in a little ridges on a ‘stamp’. Video Games Encouraged by the success of Atari, other companies tried dipping their joysticks into the home video game market in 1976.The incorporation paperwork for the company is dated 23rd March 1922 and states that the company was founded “to carry on business as manufacturers and dealers in stamps and dies, toys, stationers’ sundries…and articles of any description”.