Poster stamps of the PPIE
Panama Pacific International Exposition - San Francisco, 1915

INTRODUCTION What was the PPIE? What are poster stamps? PPIE Poster stamps for:  -  Official publicity  -  General souvenirs  -  Exhibitor promotion  -  Local promotion  -  Foreign  -  Awards  -  Railroads  -  Events  -  Other

LOCAL PROMOTION Boost the PPIE - Publicity Stamp Co, San Francisco Advance publicity stamp for SF and the PPIE The stamps on this page are ones that were issued by cities, hotels, and businesses in SF to try to cash in on the PPIE tourism. Click on any image below to open an enlarged version in a separate tab. B J Baum Chocolates, SF Set of ten to which the preceding stamp belongs. Three others have images of the Panama Canal. I've never seen a multiple, but it is probable they were printed setenant, therefore all ten are PPIE-related. Collectors' Nest, San Francisco irregular edges - cutout? Continental Hotel, San Francisco East Bay Cities Hotel Menlo, Oakland Hotel St Francis, San Francisco (still in business!) (cutout?) Los Angeles - the Gateway to the two exhibitions (San Diego was putting on a fair too)   I Magnin & Co, San Francisco Woolf Brothers Boys' Store I am assuming this was a Bay Area business, but cannot confirm that.

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Created -- 6/30/2015
Revised -- 7/10/2015