Vintage World War 2 Stationery Packs

[RayCornett]

Going through the last of my fiance's father's belongings to finally get out of here and get it listed for probate sale I stumbled upon this. Two packs of vintage WW2 stationery. The Red, White, and Blue band is sort of an inside the pack strip of paper wrapped around the stationery.

I am trying to find out any info on this stationery pack. There is no company name. But I have been told the tanks are M3 Lees. There is also a small half inch tall Hermes figure on the back of the red, white, and blue wrapper and it says novelty made in USA.2014-09-02 19.29.44.jpg2014-09-02 19.29.56.jpg2014-09-02 19.30.18.jpg2014-09-02 20.25.15.jpg2014-09-02 20.26.55.jpg

[RayCornett]

Upon looking at the larger image I see the name of the company is novelart. I thought it said Novelty. I just found a tiny bit of info on the company. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2413474.html

[RayCornett]

Upon further research it turns out they still exist but use another name and have been based in my hometown from day 1

http://www.topiczinc.com/?page_id=32

[mrcharlie]

That is a pretty sweet find; thanks for sharing the photos.

Are you going to use it?

[ypsilanti]

Very nice! I too am wondering whether you plan to use it...

[MKeith]

I have seen this paper in various writings of WWII servicemen. I believe this paper was provided/or sold at very cheap prices for them at USO's and other stops they made. Some I have seen was personalized for particular ships they served on. It should handle fountain pen ink well as this is what it was designed for.

[RayCornett]

My fiance would like to keep it as is. I will probably scan and print from the scan but also hunt for more of it online so I can use the real thing.