Cutout advertising bookmark from 1930s published by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
      
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International  Friends of Bookmarks (IFOB) is a community of bookmark lovers with members all over the world who are interested in bookmarks, such as passionate readers, bookmark collectors, librarians, illustrators, blog editors, product designers, bookshop owners, bookmark producers, and others. Read more about us & our mission here.
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224 total members from 39 countries (just added Mexico); ​updated 24 October 2020
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The Bookmark Society has provided pdf copies of the first 7 Occasional Papers on our Bibliography page. 14 August 2020
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Georg Hartong's Bibliography and his index of TBS News updated 16 July 2020
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Member Profile Clemens Posten, Germany, 7 May 2020
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Member Profile: Olav Claassen, Netherlands 25 April 2020
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Charting the Course of Celluloid Bookmarks by Laine Farley 20 October 2020
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World Bookmark Day designs from 2017-2020 - 24 March 2020
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New gallery being built on bookmarks representing countries. Send your example to the editor. 21 October 2020
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A poem about bookmarks on a bookmark! 31 March 2020
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IF, a UK company that produces a range of bookmarks sold to retailers. 18 June 2020
The Trade Card Place has been added to our Links page in the Non-bookmarks section.  It is an excellent site for information on Victorian trade cards used to advertise American goods and has information on many of the same companies that produced bookmarks during this period.   12 January 2020
Celebrated on 25 February  🔖 📖 📚  Check back in November 2020 for next year.