Timbre-poste et le timbre fiscal : journal du collectionneur
A French-language monthly for stamp collectors, the Timbre-poste et le timbre fiscal journal du collectionneur, published in Brussels around 1863 and held by the Smithsonian Libraries. Its pages show engraved stamp specimens from Latin America, including Colombian, Mexican and Peruvian designs, plus a decorative masthead. A designer could draw on the ornate frames, allegorical figures and banded borders of these small printed labels for period typography and border work.
