Stickers are the perfect and powerful marketing medium because they are adaptable, noticeable, and expressive, and people of all ages love stickers because they are fun, easy to use, and have timeless appeal. While stickers are commonplace in most of our lives, but how many of us have ever asked ourselves where they came from?

So now, let’s look at rumored inventors of the sticker.  While there is no definitive source acknowledged as inventing the sticker, there are several suggested first uses of stickers throughout history:

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○ It has been suggested that the Ancient Egyptians first created “stickers” to advertise the rates of their products in the markets. The sticker, a simple piece of paper, was plastered to the wall of the market.

○ Others believe that the stickers we know today were created in the 1800s, possibly by Sir Rowland Hill in 1839, who introduced the self-adhesive postage stamp to Europe. The adhesive was achieved by wetting the back of the stickers and then applying on an envelope.

○ Then there are those who believe that R. Stanton Avery, the founder of popular “Avery Labels,” is the actual inventor of the sticker, when he invented the first self-adhesive label in 1935.

Whichever you believe, stickers have evolved tremendously over the years and are now used in most all aspects of modern day life. Today’s stickers come in a wide range of colours, shapes and used for a wide selections of applications(indoor, outdoor). You can easily create your own stickers for your own brand, thanks to Gogoprint technology which provides the best quality stickersat low price.