Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1914-Jan 1915)

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MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE 145 FREE "POSTAGE" STAMPS OF ALL YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS OnT Hundred of the Most Popular Motion Picture Actors and Actresses Now Have "Postage Stamps" Bearing Their Portraits. You Can Get these Beautiful, Colored Portrait Stamps with gummed backs Free by Simply Writing and Asking for a Stamp from each, and thus Form a Valuable Complete Collection. Newspapers are filled with accounts of this latest collection craze. Young and old alike are collecting these stamps and pasting them in albums, trading in them, or using them as seals on the back of their letters. new craze is sweeping the countr . It is the collecting of "postage stamps bearing the latest portraits of American motion picture actors and actresses. Of course, these stamps are not actually good for postage, but otherwise the: represenL^nostage stami ^^^^^^vT^er: ,Xnc stamps ar< most pleasing in design' and printed in I beanfuful colors: M^hey are really objects of artistic Value, and therefore] fteir possession is eagerly sought by the " ers of motion picture plavei ally aiwauuve A collection of these stamps will soon be of undoubted cash value, as new designs are constantly being made and the £rst ones will ip .time-grow very scarce. All Chose who have collected 'postage itamps know that some series which are ho longer used bring fabulous prices, as high as a thousand dollars having often been paid for an old, cancelled postage stamp by some enthusiastic collector who needed it to complete his collection, and who. had neglected to secure it in the days when it could have been had for the asking, These are only 'our out of the one hundred portrait stamps that form the complete collection. It is impossible to reproduce in the above illustrations the clearness, beauty, rich color, and artistic values of the actual stamp. Each stamp is three times as large as an ordinary stamp. QUICK and CHEAP WAY TO GET COMPLETE COLLECTION (To write one hundred letters to photoplay ers would take a lot of time and cost you $2.00 for postage. Unless every one answers your letter, your collection will be incomplete and therefore valueless.) We are authorized by the leading players to distribute their stamps, and can save you time, trouble and money. We can send you a Complete set, including all the rare ones. We send you absolutely free of cost a Copenhagen Blue Album with ruled spaces for one hundred Stamps and also a Full and Complete set of one hundred different portrait stamps, colored like real postage stamps, if you will send us the name of the Theatre you usually visit and also enclose 15 two cent stamps to cover cost of assorting and mailing. Simply mail us your name and address, the name of the motion picture theatre you visit, and enclose 15 two-cent stamps, or three dimes, and you will receive by return mail the stamp album and the COMPLETE SET OF ONE HUNDRED STAMPS. Please don't forget to give us the name of your favorite theatre. Address THE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1495 Broadway, N. Y. When answering advertisements kindly mention MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE.