Original Newspapers

Original Newspapers

At Historic Newspapers, we’ve got an original newspaper for every date.

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Let our archivist retrieve the exact newspaper you’re after.

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FROM $39.99

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Start your search for original archive newspapers by entering any date of your choice to see the full range of titles available above. As these are all genuine originals, it’s important to remember that we have limited numbers of each edition, so once it’s gone it’s unlikely to ever be replaced!

Once your title of choice has been selected a gift box can be selected to compliment your Original Newspaper. Not only do these look great but they also help to preserve and protect your newspaper, this way it can be enjoyed for many years to come.

Finally your order will include a certificate of authenticity. This adds the perfect finishing touch to this special gift and also guarantees that your newspaper is a genuine original, confirmed so by an expert.

Our collection has been built up over the last four decades, buying newspaper runs from libraries, government institutions, universities, and in some cased from the newspaper groups themselves. We have hunted high and low around the world to build up our original newspaper archives.

With over 200,000 titles available, spanning from 1900 to yesterday, we’re confident that you’ll be able to find an original newspaper from a date of your choice with ease. You can then add one of our special presentation options to ensure you have the perfect original newspapers for birthdays, anniversaries or any other milestone commemorative occasion.

Our passion for history shows

3 million old newspapers in the archive.

100s of newspaper titles.

Authentic, original papers. Not copies.

History in your hands

Ships within days of ordering

Add a presentation gift box

A gift they won’t be expecting

Forget flowers. Sidestep the sock aisle. An original newspaper to commemorate a date from your recipient’s past is a memory that’ll last.

EXPERTLY PRESENTED

CHOOSE a deluxe gift box to protect this incredible gift for years to come.

PRESERVED IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE ARCHIVE

Your newspaper will come from the echoing halls of the Historic Newspapers archive in Western Scotland, overseen by our team of ten archivists.

SELECTED AND RESTORED BY HAND

After you make your order, an archivist examines your paper, page by page. The paper is pressed flat and any flaws are rectified with archival repair tape.

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PERSONALISED, PRESENTED AND DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR

Choose a gift box, and if you wish, add a bottle of the recipient’s favourite drink. However you choose to personalise your gift, it’ll be delivered within five days.

insights from our archivist

These aren’t replicas. They’re the actual newspapers that sat on newsstands up to 125 years ago. The one you buy could be the last copy in existence.

Prices can vary for several reasons, like popularity of a specific day, whether the paper is local or national, the paper’s age, and the number of copies left.

Missing papers give us a window into history. If a paper isn’t available for the date you’re after, it could be because that newspaper was on strike during the period.

FLYING OFF THE NEWSSTANDS

Bestsellers leave public ‘clamouring for copies’, reports suggest.