Vintage Maps

Sometime you find something small in a charity shop that really makes your day and that's exactly what happened today.

I've always loved old maps and would love to get some old ones of where we live and other special places framed and put up on the walls. The cover of this little tin therefore really attracted my attention when I was looking along the shelves for books and I was pleased to find that it still contained some of the map stickers that it was originally sold with.

Admittedly there are no where near the 200 tantalisingly promised on the tin, but some, even with duplicates, is far better than none. 

I just wish I knew what era these maps were originally from. There's something almost romantic looking about them and the colours used in them and the shapes remind me of both the old luggage labels that used to adorn people's luggage when they travelled the world, and also the stamps that appeared in their passport.

Somewhere I used to have a copy of my mum's old school atlas. Might be time to seek it out again for a spot of nostalgia.