Birthday Newspapers

Order your original birth date newspaper today and give this unique gift that will be treasured for a lifetime
Search our archive of original old newspapers
Let our archivist don their specs and rifle through the stacks, to retrieve the exact newspaper you’re after.
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Birthday Newspaper Gift

If you’re looking for that perfect gift for a milestone occasion we have you covered. Our newspapers are unique gifts, allowing you to gift a tangible piece of the past. These newspapers really are as old as you are, they have had their own life. These papers were originally printed on the date you select and could have been sitting on a newsstand watching the world go by. Take a trip back in time and revisit the sites, the stories and the weird and wonderful advertisements of yesteryear. Did you know, the oldest newspaper we have sold for a birthday was for a young-at-heart recipient celebrating their 110th birthday?

Pick their favourite broadsheet or tabloid from our huge range using any date or take a look at important milestones like a 1970 newspaper. We maintain large stocks of the most popular date of birth newspaper titles available at the time including The Times archives, The Daily Mirror archive, The Telegraph archives, The Sun archive, and many more. You will even find specific regional titles and even some discontinued newspaper titles for certain dates including the Illustrated London News, Scottish Daily Express, Racing Post and Herald, to name but a few.

About Our Birthday Newspapers Archive


The Historic Newspapers archive has been growing for over 30 years. This makes it the most comprehensive collection of original birthday newspapers available to buy in the world.

A newspaper from your date of birth can obviously be given as a gift for all sorts of occasions other than birthdays. Some popular events that we regularly supply Original Newspapers for include wedding anniversaries, retirements and christenings, to name but a few!

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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 or bottle of alcohol

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 between a classic or deluxe gift box to protect this incredible gift for years to come.

ADD THEIR DRINK OF CHOICE

Toast the past. Add a bottle of the recipient’s preferred drink – like a vintage Bordeaux or a 12-year-old malt whiskey.

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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.