Is there any more of these labels out there? maybe a different colour? Can anybody date it?...Dave
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Dossetor's Pharmacy Devonport
Dossetor's Pharmacy Devonport
Dossetor's Pharmacy Rooke St Devonport.
Is there any more of these labels out there? maybe a different colour? Can anybody date it?...Dave
Is there any more of these labels out there? maybe a different colour? Can anybody date it?...Dave
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John Shepherd
Re: Dossetor's Pharmacy Devonport
Interesting.
This cinderella appears stylistically similar to the A P MILLER & SONS/CHEMIST & DRUGGISTS/HOBART cinderella that I recorded in The Courier Dec 2007 p.23. The Miller cinderella was printed in deep blue. I speculated it may have been printed at The Mercury which was nearby. Another 'Miller' example was also recorded by Tony Presgrave in Stamp News Jan 2010 p.45.
Both Dossetor's and Miller labels are similar size and shape. Both have a central photo of the business premises which is distinctly 'grainy' - lifted from a poor quality photographs. Both are perforated. Both are produced for chemists.
The makers of both labels would have to be the same. It would not be unusual for the printer of the business billheads to also offer advertising labels.
What gauge are the perforations Dave?
This cinderella appears stylistically similar to the A P MILLER & SONS/CHEMIST & DRUGGISTS/HOBART cinderella that I recorded in The Courier Dec 2007 p.23. The Miller cinderella was printed in deep blue. I speculated it may have been printed at The Mercury which was nearby. Another 'Miller' example was also recorded by Tony Presgrave in Stamp News Jan 2010 p.45.
Both Dossetor's and Miller labels are similar size and shape. Both have a central photo of the business premises which is distinctly 'grainy' - lifted from a poor quality photographs. Both are perforated. Both are produced for chemists.
The makers of both labels would have to be the same. It would not be unusual for the printer of the business billheads to also offer advertising labels.
What gauge are the perforations Dave?
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Re: Dossetor's Pharmacy Devonport
If you compare the previously reported label for A.J. Nettlefold with that from Dossetor's Pharmacy .....
[attachment=1]dossetors nettlefold comparison.jpg[/attachment]
you can see that the items share the same basic design with only the central insert and lettering
being different.
The Miller label is quite different but has been printed using the same process as the other two items
[attachment=0]miller cinderella.jpg[/attachment]
If the perforation size is identical for all three, it may be reasonable to assume that they were produced
by the same printer although suggesting (as in The Courier article) that they were produced by The Mercury may be
somewhat premature at this stage as there were many other printers in Tasmania c.1900 that could have produced
a similar product.
It should also be noted that the second-rate quality of the images was not a result of poor photographs being
used (during the 1890/1910 period, the quality of most commercial photographs was very high) but because the
printing of photographic images using grey-scaling was a relatively new process and far from perfect.
[attachment=1]dossetors nettlefold comparison.jpg[/attachment]
you can see that the items share the same basic design with only the central insert and lettering
being different.
The Miller label is quite different but has been printed using the same process as the other two items
[attachment=0]miller cinderella.jpg[/attachment]
If the perforation size is identical for all three, it may be reasonable to assume that they were produced
by the same printer although suggesting (as in The Courier article) that they were produced by The Mercury may be
somewhat premature at this stage as there were many other printers in Tasmania c.1900 that could have produced
a similar product.
It should also be noted that the second-rate quality of the images was not a result of poor photographs being
used (during the 1890/1910 period, the quality of most commercial photographs was very high) but because the
printing of photographic images using grey-scaling was a relatively new process and far from perfect.
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