Jon's Hobby Collections

Here is an unprinted paper bag from the past. It is brand new and not used at all. This paper bag is manufacture and are supposed to be sent for printing of the company's name and shop name, but it wasn't done so.  I got this piece from a vintage collector whom I met personally at Carousell Land event which took place at Marina Bay Sands on September 2019. This paper bag bears the unforgettable red and white stripe cotton string handle which attract collectors to have them. I have a lot more paper bags in my collection, you can check them out here . 

When my mum did her cleaning up at home, she across a big bunch of vintage paper bags left a in a cupboard which is owned by my grandmother. To my excitement, I did a quick browse through all the paper bags, hoping to find some rare advertisements printed on the paper bags. During the search, my eyes were suddenly captured by the number of digits of the telephone number. I was really surprised to see 4 digit phone number printed on the paper bags. 4 digit phone number on paper bags does mean it is old and also very rare to get one. An easy guess, all of these paper bags could be from the late 50s or early 60s. I am also mind blown to see that most of the paper bags that my grandma had kept are still in a very good condition I bet she have kept all these for the future generations to view them.