Original Newspapers

Please Note: Unfortunately, Signature Gifts Ltd, the company that run our Newspaper service has chosen to only sell newspapers directly to the public thus we can no longer offer original newspaper solutions Directly. Please use this link Original Newspapers to select a newspaper.

What were our Original Newspapers?

We provide the Original Newspapers that were printed on the day they were originally published and thus they cover the actual news of the day they are also a genuine original of the paper from the published date.

We are teamed up with Signature Gifts which holds the world’s largest private Newspaper Archive. They take great care with the original newspapers that they source from several actors. e.g. Direct from the newspaper company at the original print time, from Library archives or other specialists.

We will supply a national newspaper from the date(s) you select. We normally select a Broadsheet as the first option moving to tabloids only when the broadsheets are not available. If you have a particular requirement for paper or have a passion to avoid one please let us know when you order and we’ll try our best to meet your requirements.

Why do you supply original newspapers?

Simple because they are a great gift idea, for Birthdays and especially for Wedding Anniversaries, I remember my Wedding day and I didn’t have time to sit and read the paper that day, even if you did would you take in any of the print as your mind wandered around your upcoming nuptials.

When Can I get My Newspaper?

We offer several Gift options to enable you to get the paper of your choice in a format you would prefer so there will be some slight variations on timescales. However, we endeavour to get you your copy within 4 business days from the time you provide us with the order details and clear payment has been received. If it is only the newspaper we’ll often achieve a 2-3 day turnaround.

Can you supply any Date?

No, we can’t. As we said these are original newspapers and as such, there is a limited amount dependent upon the print run for the specific date in question.

Typically special event dates are non-existent through us, by these we mean dates such as The Queen’s Coronation, Royal Weddings, End or starting of Wars, Moon Landings etc. You may be able to get a copy of these days from specialist websites or even auction websites sometimes have them however sadly the latter suffers from a lack of provenance to confirm the paper is original.

Please be aware that on dates when there is industrial action in the newspaper sector, the printing of newspapers does not happen. Thus, we are unable to source the majority of newspapers for these dates.

  • 5th April to 13th May 1926(the General Strike; no newspapers available)
  • 23rd March to 20th April 1955(general strike; no newspapers available for this date range)
  • 19th to 23rd September 1971(general strike; no newspapers available)
  • 23rd to 27th July 1972(general strike; no newspapers available)
  • 14th November 1975(one day strike; no newspapers available)
  • 26th November 1983(The Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian on strike)

Limited Availability of newspapers on these dates as one publication was not produced.

  • 4th to 10th March 1977(The Times on strike)
  • 1st December 1978 to 13th November 1979 (The Times on strike)
  • 17th March 1978(The Times on strike)
  • 24th March 1978(The Times on strike)
  • 27th to 31st March 1978 (The Times on strike)
  • 28th to 29th November 1983(The Times on strike)

Furthermore Boxing Day in the UK is a national holiday in the print industry so no papers are available for this day.

Sundays are Special

We also have to charge a surcharge for Sunday Newspapers due to their size and scarcity, typically this is £20 however may vary again depending upon the date being near a major event. Their size increases their storage and transport costs and their scarcity stems from lower volume print runs as fewer papers were purchased at the weekends in general.

My Date is not available what can I do?

Newspaper Book - faithful reproduction of original publication

We have had occasions when customer’s either have none or a very poor selection of tomes available. what we suggest is to get a Newspaper book which is a reproduction of the date you require along with two other dates typically both partner’s birth dates. If you would like just a single day in a book please contact us and we can discuss your requirements.

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