Ilford print labels
 

Opened a box of 50 sheets 9.5"x12" Ilford Warmtone FB paper and inside was a foiled envelope containing 18 self-adhesive labels, "ILFORD genuine silver gelatin fine art paper".

Anyone come across these before?

Only 18; dos'nt seem like they expect a very high success rate.:)

Just opened 6 new packets of FB WT Gloss 3 of each 14x11 & 20x16 no lables in these, parhaps there just for you Trevor.
J.

are you sure it wasn't a willy wonka bar heee heeee.................
you would think that they could print that information on the back of the paper, silly sods..............

No Jon it was just a random box I bought recently from Silverprint.

I've emailed Ilford.

Attached scan of just one of the stickers.

I would think they are intended to be stuck either on the back of a print or mount when selling work to indicate that it is a genuine silver gelatin print?

Could be Paul - perhaps they may even give me the factory:D

I've found a set in a recently purchased box of 50 12x16 MGIV FB. In my case, 18 is wildly optimistic ! :)

Just received a curious email from Ilford regarding these labels; apparently they were packed in error and they are not for resale. :confused:

£900 starting price on eBay? You could be in the money!

Simon Galley of Ilford fame has posted an announcement thread on this on another forum so "packed in error" makes it sound as Ilford's right hand doesn't know what it left hand is doing in that my interpretation of "in error" suggests that the idea was a mistake.

18 seems to be the magic number and several have asked why not 50 in a 50 paper pack but I haven't seen an answer from Ilford

They may not be for re-sale and are not a purchaseable item but it looks as if they will work their way through to all FB packs so not a mistake in that sense of the word.

Mike