FRISCO LINES - ST. LOUIS / SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY - LETTERPRESS PRINTER'S BLOCK

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FRISCO LINES:
ST. LOUIS / SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY.
LETTERPRESS PRINTER’S BLOCK.
Wooden &Lead-Based Letterpress Printing Block
NOTE: Ifyou want to purchase a piece of American railroad history, don’t buyan image ripped out of some magazine or newspaper. Instead, buy theprinting block that printed the actual image!Priorto the digital age, books, posters, tickets, forms, newspapers, andother types of printed paper wereproduced on a printing press. Movable type and wooden/ metal printing blocks (alsoknown as a letterpresscut orprintingdies)were set in a frame (known as achase)and ink was rolled over the surface of the metal image with a roller(also known as abrayer)before the paper was pressed into the inked surface. This processwas known as reliefprinting whichincluded woodcut,relief etching, linocut, linotype, andmetalcut. You arepurchasing a rare, image copyrighted, railroad related printing blockbelieved to have been used in private print shop to print the Chicago& Northwestern’s tickets, stationary, business cards or similaritems.Thisletterpress metal and wood printing block measures 0.915″ deepby 0.505″ high by 0.842″ wide and weighs approximately 0.5ounces (15 grams). This stamp is a professionally made, letterpressblock used for printing. It shows some surface wear from being inthe press. Based upon the other blocks within the group, this blockis believed to have been produced and used during the 1960s and/or1970’s. Although you will be receiving the entire wood and metalprinting block, the image you are looking at is a high-resolutionimage of just the block’s metal printing surface (so that you can seethe considerable detail).ABOUTTHE IMAGE: The St. Louis San Francisco Railway was incorporated in Missourion September 7, 1876. It was formed from the Missouri Division andCentral Division of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Afterbankruptcy, the Frisco emerged as the St. Louis and San FranciscoRailroad, which was incorporated on June 29, 1896. This company alsowent bankrupt. On August 24, 1916, the company was reorganized as theSt. Louis San Francisco Railway, although the line never wentwest of Texas.The Friscomerged into the Burlington Northern Railroad on November 21, 1980.The city ofFrisco, Texas was named after the railroad and currently uses theformer railroad’s logo as its own logo – it is boldly displayed onthe city’s water tower. The logo is modeled after a stretched-outraccoon skin. (Credit to all of the folks that make Wikipedia.com areality). Thisrare railroad-related printing block makesa perfect gift for yourself, your coffee or end table, on your deskat work, on a shelf, or in your collection. It also makes afantastic gift (no one else is going to give this as a gift!). Giventhe advent of digital printing and the copyrighted nature of thisimage, the likelihood of ever finding another one of these metal &wood blocks – with this image – is slim at best. There is littledoubt that friends who see it will pick it up and ask “Where didyou ever find this unusual item?” NOTESABOUT THE IMAGE SURFACE: Everytime a die passes through the printing press, the pressure of thedie’s impression on the paper subtly degrades the surface of theplate/die/block. This block is believe to have printed tens ofthousands of images – so its surface is slightly degraded. Pleasesee the photo if you have any questions regarding the suitability ofthis block if you actually intend to use it for printing.IMAGECORRECTION / ADJUSTMENT: Oneof this listing’s photographs has been intentionally reversed. Thatimage is a “mirrored image” so that you can see what theimage would look like when it was printed (as well as read the text). WARRANTYand/or RETURNS: Thishistorical printing block is subject to individual interpretation. We have made every effort to list the information and condition asaccurately as possible: Thus, no warranty or returns on this item. HOWFAST IT’S GOING TO GET TO YOU: Assoon as PayPal notifies us that your payment has been posted, youritem will be packaged, labeled, and readied for shipping. Shippingis usually the same day or next day. We don’t like to wait on ouritems to be mailed – we’re guessing you don’t either. Don’t have aPayPal account? Feel free to contact us to see if other arrangementscan be made (we’re pretty easy to get along with).INTERNATIONALSHIPPING: THISPRINTING BLOCK WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY. If you’re willing to pay the shipping cost to have this rareprinting block sent overseas, we’re willing to ship it to you. Wewill complete the United States Custom’s form required to ship thisitem to your country – you are responsible for any import costs,taxes, duties, tariffs, or fees associated with the receiving country(i.e. your country). The United States Custom’s form requires youinclude a telephone number in your country where you can be reachedif you are using a post office box. The United States Custom’s formwill indicate the contents as: “Printing Materials.”Pleasebe certain your country is one of the countries we ship to by usingthe pull down “Shipsto” menu. If your country isn’t listed, you will need to contact us to see ifwe can make arrangements. International shipping requires you paywith Pay-Pal.SHIPPINGand HANDLING COST: Thereis no excessive “padding” with this item’s shipping andhandling. It ships United States First Class Mail to your UnitedStates address. It ships United States First Class InternationalMail to your foreign address. Foreign addresses will incur anadditional $1.00 processing charge for completing the required UnitedStates customs forms required to ship this item internationally. INSURABLE?: eBays policy changed in 3rd Quarter 2009, (which previouslyallowed buyers the option of selecting and paying for coverage fortheir purchases). Thus, this item is not insurable. We don’t makethe policies, we simply have to try to keep up with them. Given themetal and wood structure of the item, the likelihood of breakage ordamage is extremely slight.SECURITYFEATURE: Thephotographs posted on eBay contain digital watermarks to reducefraud. These watermarks are not on the actual item – only thephotographs. In addition, the photos will contain an inventorynumber to assist in locating the exact item in the inventory.FAVORITESELLER: Please,take a moment to peek at our other items AND mark this store as oneof your favorites so that you can come back and visit another time — – even if you’re not buying anything today. We enjoy locating andreselling oddities, offbeat pieces, thought-provoking GreatDepression items,extraordinary and unique curiosities. Anyone can shop at SuperMonsterMart. We sell yesterday’s curiosities – to today’s collectorsand investors.IDON’T LIKE THAT PRICE: Asa general rule, we affix a price we believe is reasonable. If youdon’t like the price you see, contact us to see if we can bartera price that’smore agreeable to you. The item listed here is intended to make asmall profit for us and provide a historical opportunity andenjoyment to you.WE’REALWAYS BUYING BLOCKS!: Overthe years, we’ve had many people contact us wondering if we’d like toby their collection of letterpress wood & lead printing blocks. We are ALWAYS looking to acquire more – – – so if you’d like to sellyour collection, please, feel free to contact us – – – we’d love tohear from you!CHILDSAFETY NOTICE: Thisitem is a lead based item,(its printing surface is mostly lead and/or other semi-soft metals). Lead is known to be toxic to children if ingested.

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