During the past years a number of dealers have been selling
labels for cartridges made on photocopiers.
If you did not already know, the photocopier was not
invented until 1940.
Almost all material printed during the Civil War was done by letterpress printing.
Letterpress printing is the process of pressing type directly onto paper. The
type was handset by placing individual lead letters in a composing stick to spell
out the words. The type or form, as it was called, was then locked into an iron
frame chase and then pressed onto paper using one of several types of printing presses
available at the time. This printing method made direct impressions on the paper,
and in some cases, embossed the the letters into the paper, which could
actually be felt on the front or back side.
My labels and wrappers are made the exact way they were made during the Civil War.
The type is handset from my collection of over five hundred fonts(sizes and styles).
It is then locked in a chase (iron frame) and printed using a hundred-year-old
letterpress.
Generally speaking, ammo packages were either made with wrappers containing
load information, or were wrapped in paper and a separate label was applied.
It was more common for Union ammo to be issued in printed wrappers, while Confederate
ammo was generally issued in paper packages with an applied label.
The printed labels listed for sale here are small labels that get glued onto the
wrapped package or box of ammo. The printed wrappers are printed on a large sheet of
paper. My wrappers are made in the same size as specified in the original ordinance
manual.
Many hours have gone into researching these labels and matching the type styles.
They are of museum quality and will please even the most serious reenactor
for use or display in Historic and Living History Exhibits.
Label #10
Musket Cap Tin
Price: $0.20 ea |
Label #11
Macon Arsenal 1863
.577 Cal Conical Ball
Price: $0.40 ea |
Label #16
Augusta 1863
.69 Cal Roundball
Price: $0.40 ea |
Label #18
Colt Pocket Pistol
.31 Cal Cartriges
Price: $0.40 |
Wrapper #2
Alleghenny Arsenal 1861
Rifle, Rifle Musket .58 Cal
Price: $0.40 |
Wrapper #3 Black
1862 -P53 Rifle Musket
.577 Cal
Price: $0.40 |
Wrapper #3 Red
1862 -P53 Rifle Musket
.577 Cal
Price: $0.40 |
Wrapper #17
Columbus Depot
Buckshot Cart.
Price: $0.40 |
Label #19
New Haven, CT
Henry's Reating Rifle
Price: $0.50 |
Wrapper #20
Army Revolver 1864
.44 Cal
Price: $0.40 |
Wrapper #21
Burnside Rifle
.54 Cal
Price: $0.40 |
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