Stamps for Sale

Complicated friendships

Dogs & Cats together on the same sheet, who’d have thought?? Designed by Ravi Zupa. Part of the Strike Your Fancy series created by Ravi Zupa & Arna Miller. Digitally printed, 16 stamps per 8.5 x 11″ sheet. $15

Stamp Out Hate

Designed by typographer Tré Seals using his William typeface, the black-bronze version is a letterpress printed open edition. All proceeds benefit Movement for Black Lives. $12

Artist Series 37: Vanessa Renwick

Five 4.25 x 5.5″ digital offset prints with spot varnish, in a signed letterpress printed folder. Edition of 100, suitable for framing. Vanessa talks about stamp-making, snail mail, and the law of temporal contiguity in our brief interview. $50

Artist Series 29: Katherine Bradford

Katherine is a New York based painter with galleries in Portland, Paris, London, New York, and Berlin. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Menil Foundation, and the Dallas Museum, among others. This is her first stamp. Read more $25

Coffins — Black

Four black letterpress printed graphic coffin stamps.Keep them simple or embellish. $3.50

Analog rubber stamp

Now you can stamp all your analog correspondence with this handy wooden handle rubber stamp. Just needs an ink pad. Size: 1.75″ x .75″ x 1.5″. Stamp creates a 1.5″ x .5″ image. $14

Agnès Varda Forever

Made by Jennifer “JJ” Jones, Laura Glazer, and Shelbie Loomis out of a love of Agnès Varda, the celebration has turned into posters, bags, a film festival, and now stamps! All proceeds from the sale of the stamps go to POWGirls. POWGirls offers workshops in video production, cinematography, audio recording, set lighting, digital editing, and media literacy for girls and non-binary youth ages 15-19. $10

We’re only 58¢ apart

We made free mini-sheets for National Letter Writing Month. Response was so overwhelming that we added this digitally printed, 28 stamps sheet as a product. Not valid postage. $8

Bilingual rainbow we’re only 58¢ apart

35 digitally printed bilingual rainbow “we’re only 58¢ apart / solamente nos separa 58¢” stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $8

Judaism Beyond Zionism

Anti-zionist crows designed by Wendy Elisheva Somerson, letterpress printed, 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet, 12 stamps, all proceeds benefit Jewish Voice for Peace $12

Lick & Stick (Jumbo) 3-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 18 stamps total. 3.875 x 3.375″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $6

Lick & Stick (Jumbo) 10-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 10 sheets, 60 stamps total. 3.875 x 3.375″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $17.50

Analog — Dayglo Purple

Letterpress printed with neon inks to adorn your snail mail correspondence! 12 stamps $7

Analog — Dayglo Orange

Letterpress printed neon ink to adorn your snail mail correspondence! 12 stamps $7

Analog — Dayglo Hot Pink

Letterpress printed neon ink to adorn your snail mail correspondence! 12 stamps $7

Analog — Dayglo Flame

Letterpress printed with neon inks to adorn your snail mail correspondence! 12 stamps $7

Artist Series Box Set No. 1-10

Includes each of the Artist Series sheets No. 11 – 20 plus an exclusive, signed, full-color info book about each stamp in the collection. Packaged in a keepsake box. More details of the contents here. Note that buying the set is $50 less than buying each individually and includes 3 sold out stamps! $225

Artist Series Box Set No. 11-20

Includes each of the Artist Series sheets No. 11 – 20 plus an exclusive, signed, full-color info book about each stamp in the collection. Packaged in a keepsake box. More details of the contents here. Note that buying the set is $60 less than buying each individually! $225

Rainbow pride

Graphic rainbow pinhole perforated stamps, 16 per 5.5 x 8.5″ digitally printed sheet. $8

Queer Visibility

Collaboration with artist Miriam Klein Stahl to promote queer visibility, benefits Queens of the Castro. Risograph print 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet with 16 stamps, $10

Artist Series 36: Michael Shea

5.5 x 8.5″ digital print with letterpress overprint, signed and numbered, suitable for framing. Read an interview with Michael about his found objects here. $35

Artist Series 35: Michael Wertz

Spider & I is a set of two 8.5 x 11″ sheets in a perforated, signed and numbered three color letterpress folder. Edition of 100, suitable for framing. Read more about Michael’s inspiration from the Brian Eno song in our brief interview.  $60

By Snail – Enamel Pin

Die cast soft nickel 1.5″ wide pin of our popular By Snail stamp with pinhole perforated edges. Arrives on a printed air mail style 2.5 x 3.5″ backing card. $12

By Snail – Escarglo 5-pack

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo ink. Five pack includes all five neon colors: pink, purple, orange, lime green, and flame. Four stamps per sheet $15

By Snail – Escarglo Flame

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo flame red ink. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Escarglo Neon Purple

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo purple ink. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Escarglo Orange

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo orange ink. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Escarglo Lime Green

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo lime green ink. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Escarglo Hot Pink

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in dayglo  pink. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

Drinking Cats

Drinking Cats, matchbook style stamps designed by Ravi Zupa & Arna Miller. Digitally printed, 16 stamps per 8.5 x 11″ sheet. $15

Dog Attitude

Matchbook style stamps designed by Ravi Zupa. Digitally printed, 10 stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $10

Legalize People

Two color risograph print on an 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet, designed by Famous Charm. All proceeds benefit Al Otro Lado. $10

Close the Camps

Illustration by artist Sarah Horowitz. 5.5 x 8.5″ digital print. All proceeds benefit Families Belong Together. $10

Cats are Community

5.5 x 8.5″ digital print designed by Etta Wilkins-Foster to benefit the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon. $10

Artist Series 34: Maggiemagoo

Two color letterpress print, signed and numbered, suitable for framing. Read an interview with Carole, aka Maggiemagoo here. $25

Artist Series 33: The Blues by James Terman

The Blues is a three sheet stamp set featuring 27 portraits by artist James Terman in a signed, numbered letterpress folder. Read an interview with James here. All proceeds benefit the Blues Foundation. $60

Artist Series 32: Alyn Smith

Signed edition of 100 three color risograph printed sheets. Alyn’s stamp robot was inspired by a toy robot, read more in our short interview. Signed edition of 100. $35

John Lewis Good Trouble

These digitally printed poster stamps by artist James Terman celebrate civil rights icon John Lewis. An original freedom rider, speaker at the march on Washington, and Congressman from Georgia, John Lewis dedicated his life to expanding civil rights for all. Proceeds from this stamp go to Fair Fight, founded by Georgia’s Stacey Abrams. $7.50

John Lewis Good Trouble 5-pack

These digitally printed poster stamps by artist James Terman celebrate civil rights icon John Lewis. An original freedom rider, speaker at the march on Washington, and Congressman from Georgia, John Lewis dedicated his life to expanding civil rights for all. Proceeds from this stamp go to Fair Fight, founded by Georgia’s Stacey Abrams. Set of 5 sheets banded together with a black band. $35

Artist Series 31: Helen Hancocks

Signed edition of 100 two color risograph printed sheets. Twelve passes through the perforator to make these interactive stamps. Read more in our short interview. Signed edition of 100, $35

Artist Series 30: Tré Seals

Typographer Tré Seals created a series of STAMP OUT (insert bad ism) stamps on a police blue letterpress sheet using his font William. Benefits Movement for Black Lives. Read more in our short interview. Signed edition of 100. $35

By Snail – Gold

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in metallic gold. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Silver

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in metallic silver. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail – Classic Blue

Par L’Escargot — By Snail stamps, letterpress printed in classic snail mail blue. Four stamps per sheet. $3.50

By Snail — Booklet

Five Sheet Booklet of By Snail (Par l’Escargot) Poster Stamps. Letterpress printed, 5 sheets per booklet, 20 stamps total. Staple bound with hand numbered chipboard backer and printed cover. Packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve. $17.50

By Snail – 3-pack

Par l’escargot letterpress stamps in metallic silver & gold plus classic snail-mail blue, 4 stamps per sheet, 3 sheets per package. $10

Wildfire response: Herman Creek by Michael Brophy

$25

Black is Beautiful

$25

Voter Power

Digitally printed, 12 stamps per sheet. Design by Plazm, photography by Sumaya Agha, make up by Amelia. With November 3, 2020 election date, on sale 50% off until gone at which point we will update with 2022 midterms. Proceeds benefit the ACLU. $5

Via North Pole

Adorn your holiday correspondence with these letterpress printed stamps, 12 stamps per sheet. $7

You’ve Got Elf Mail

Digitally printed, 28 stamps per sheet. Packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve with chipboard backing. $8

Via North Pole rubber stamp

Now you can cover your Christmas packages using our popular “Via North Pole” image with this handy rubber stamp edition. Wooden handle with stampable rubber bottom. Just needs an ink pad. Stamp creates a 1″ x 2″ image. $14

Let’s Save the Post Office

The image on these stamps was designed by Josh MacPhee, reworking a 1950s post office icon. 5.5 x 8.5″ digitally printed, available from Justseeds (BUY link opens the Justseeds website).

$10

Crap Hound Cats

Sean Tejaratchi, the mastermind behind Crap Hound, collaborated with The Portland Stamp Company to create this screen print stamp edition as a companion to a special benefit issue of Crap Hound to raise funds for buyolympia during the Covid-19 pandemic. Printed on lickable, gummed paper and pinhole perforated by hand on their vintage machines. $10

Dissent is Patriotic Rubber stamp

Now you can stamp our popular “dissent is patriotic” design again and again with this handy rubber stamp edition. Wooden handle with stampable rubber bottom. Just needs an ink pad. $14

By Snail — rubber stamp (small)

Petite escargot! Small rubber stamp features our popular “by snail” graphic (ink pad not included) – wooden handle. Stamp creates a .625″ x 1″ image. $14

Mail More Mail rubber stamp

$14

By Snail — rubber stamp (large)

Our first rubber stamp features our popular “by snail” graphic (ink pad not included) – wooden handle. Stamp creates a 1″ x 2″ image. Size: 1″ x 2″ x 1.5″ $14

Dissent is Patriotic

To protest is American. Dissent is patriotic. To dissent protects democracy. Following the murder of George Floyd we have dedicated proceeds to Voices for Racial Justice in Minneapolis. Use these stamps to show your patriotism. 28 stamps per 5.5″ x 8.5″ sheet. $10

Lick & Stick (Small) 3-pack

Make-Your-Own poster stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 300 stamps total. .75 x 1″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $10

Lick & Stick (Small) 10-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 1,000 stamps total. .75 x 1″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $25

Lick & Stick (Tall) 3-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 75 stamps total. 1 x 2.5″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $6

Lick & Stick (Tall) 10-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 10 sheets, 300 stamps total. 1 x 2.5″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $17.50

Lick & Stick (Square) 3-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 75 stamps total. 1.5 x 1.5″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $6

Lick & Stick (Square) 10-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 10 sheets, 300 stamps total. 1.5 x 1.5″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $17.50

Lick & Stick (Standard) 3-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 3 sheets, 75 stamps total. 1.5 x 2″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $6

Lick & Stick (Standard) 10-pack

Make-Your-Own Poster Stamps with these blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, and rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 10 sheets, 250 stamps total. 1.5 x 2″ stamp size. Downloadable templates for easy use. $17.50

Lick & Stick Variety Pack

Make-Your-Own poster stamps with blank pinhole perforated lick and stick sheets. Compatible with a laser printers, risograph, letterpress, silkscreen, typewriters, rubber stamps, and can be drawn on directly. 1 each of 4 different perforated sheets (Standard, Small, Square, Tall). Comes with downloadable templates for easy use. $8

Sequoia Standing

Benefits Sequoia Standing, which is a group raising funds to legally challenge the City of Portland’s decision to remove a healthy giant sequoia from someone’s yard. The funds will be used to pay for legal fees and other expenses to preserve this tree. Design by Plazm, photo by Corey Arnold. Digitally printed, 9 stamps per sheet.  $10

Mail More Mail spiral

Mail More Mail in a spiral snail shape. 18 digitally printed lick & stick stamps per sheet. $8

Divided States of America

Irreverent stamps for our tumultuous times. Created by our Chief Perforating Officer Niko Courtelis following the 2016 election. Digitally printed, 20 stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet $8

You’ve got snail mail

You’ve got snail mail. New lick & stick poster stamps to adorn your letters. 28 stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $8

You give me butterflies

Digitally printed, 4 stamps per 4.25 x 5.5″ sheet $6

Hearts — Black

Letterpress printed black hearts, great for any occasion. 15 stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $10

Hearts — Red

Letterpress printed hearts, great for any occasion. 15 stamps per 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $10

Analog — Blue

Letterpress printed to adorn your snail mail correspondence! 12 stamps per sheet. $7

Terror

These risograph printed stamps are the newest incarnation of Vice Perforator Josh Berger’s work with the word “Terror,” which has been made into fine art silkscreen posters, large format lithography stickers to apply to newspaper box windows, buttons, and t-shirts. 9 stamps per 5.5″ x 8.5″ sheet. $8

Coffins — Red

Stamps perfect for your existential personalizations. Four letterpress printed stamps per sheet. $3.50

I raindrop PDX

We made some stamps of the I (raindrop) PDX design. Sheet of 9 stamps plus 5 small raindrops and one small sun stamp on the selvedge. 5.5 x 8.5″ sheet. $8

Tear Up This Wall

These risograph poster stamps by artist and designer Bráulio Amado are in response to the current administration’s efforts to criminalize and dehumanize immigrants.

All proceeds benefit CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project — caraprobono.org — to increase your donation, simply buy multiple sheets. $7.50

Thank You (Blue)

Letterpress printed, 4 stamps per sheet. Calligraphy by Stephanie Sobierski. Sheet size 4.25 x 5.5″ $7

Thank You (Metallic)

Letterpress printed, 4 stamps per sheet. Calligraphy by Stephanie Sobierski. Sheet size 4.25 x 5.5″ $7

Thank You (Pink)

$7

Artist Series 28: Jim Riswold

The Surreal Orange is a suite of 10 digital offset prints with spot varnish including a vellum cover sheet in a signed orange letterpress folder. Jim talks about perversely whimsical Trump Art and not knowing what he was doing in our brief interview. $75

Artist Series 27: Jesse LeDoux

Jesse LeDoux likes to find ways to collaborate with the viewer and hopes you arrange his 2-color letterpress stamps in a way that is meaningful to you. 5.5 x 8.5″ signed edition of 100. $35

Artist Series 26: Rick Valicenti

Rick Valicenti is known for his experimentation and early adoption of technology. His stamps are printed offset digital with spot iridescent varnish, letterpress, and hand embossed, signed and numbered by Rick. Reflecting on releasing these on Juneteenth, Rick said “this opportunity comes at a time when the faces of many are ready … to heal the deep wound.” Read more in our brief interview. $35

Artist Series 25: Oana Befort

This two-color blue and metallic gold risograph print by Oana Befort grows out of her Romanian roots, and her exploration and redrawing of Romanian folk motifs. Read more in our brief interview here. Signed edition of 100. $25

Artist Series 24: Martin Venezky

A pair of 8.5″ x 5.5″ sheets by San Francisco designer / photographer Martin Venezky created by using only the blank perforated sheets themselves. Full color digital offset printing, sheets signed and numbered. Read more, see process images, and historic stamps by Martin. $50

Artist Series 23: Matthew Rose

The exhibition catalogue for “Weekend Plans,” Matthew’s Karuizawa New Art Museum show. Each sheet is signed, dated, rubber-stamped & numbered. 100 were made, half went to the opening in Japan. Read more about Weekend Plan and Matthew’s history of making artistamps. 11″ x 17″ digitally printed, hand rubber-stamped, signed, numbered, custom perforation grid. $75

Artist Series 22: Sarah Wildfang

Sarah Wildfang is a artist in San Francisco. She is very fond of stamps, cats, and puns so she decided to make a stamp “Catalogue” (lol) for her artistamp. Read about her process in our short interview. Signed edition of 100 digital+letterpress printed. $35

Artist Series 21: Sarah Horowitz

Sarah is an artist & printmaker living in Leavenworth, Washington. Her work links to a sense of place through botanical subject matter. These stamps highlight some of the most spectacular native species in her area. Read about her process in our short interview. Signed edition of 100. $25

Artist Series 20: Eric W Mast

Three color risograph printed sheet of stamps by Eric W. Mast. Signed, numbered edition of 100. Interview with Eric. $25

Artist Series 19: Ryan Bubnis

Letterpress printed sheet of stamps by Ryan Bubnis. Signed, numbered edition of 100. Interview with Ryan. $25

Artist Series 18: Na Kim set

Na Kim’s visual language explores perception of shapes in space. We met Na at her FISK Gallery show and invited her to make a stamp. She made two 8.5″ x 5.5″ sheets! Read more  $50

Artist Series 17: Shawn Wolfe

For his first stamp, Shawn Wolfe created a transpartisan, unaffiliated stamp design featuring a new image of an old subject matter—the seldom seen Remover Installer™. $25

Artist Series 16: Jennifer Armbrust

With her limited edition letterpress printed artistamp, Jennifer Armburst shares 12 principles for prototyping a feminist business. Radical reminders to stick around your business. Read an interview with Jennifer about her stamps. $25

Artist Series 15: Ian Lynam & Jeff Keedy

For Artist Series stamp No. 15 Jeff Keedy and Ian Lynam have joined forces. We’re quite happy to collaborate with these two distinguished graphic designers, educators, and typographers. Limited edition of 100 signed stamp sheets. Read more about their process, the typography, and what is significant in our brief interview with Ian and Mr. Keedy. $25

Artist Series 14: Melody Owen

Melody Owen is an ecologically minded artist and writer raised in the mossy, green state of Oregon. She’s interested in animals as subjective beings and challenging our assumptions about reality. Her first stamp is a signed limited edition of 100. Read more.

$25

Artist Series 13: Bráulio Amado

All proceeds from artist and designer Bráulio Amado’s signed limited edition silkscreen stamps benefit Caraprobono, an organization working to help immigrants at the border. Interview with Bráulio. Signed edition of 100. $25

Artist Series 12: Mike Savage

Mike Savage’s paintings are a meditative diary: handmade analogue recordings. For his artistamp — a folded 11″ x 4.25″ sheet — he hand perforated each sheet individually and uniquely. Signed edition of 100. Interview with Mike. $35