Rubber stamp - old cartoon character needs ID

I probably asked this years ago, but sometimes there are new folks. This rubber stamp is a cartoon or comic strip character that reminds me of Gasoline Alley or one from that era.

 

That is a character from the 1970s cartoon series, Fat Albert. I'm pretty certain.

At least he looks like one shown here.

https://cbs.fandom.com/wiki/Fat_Albert_and_the_Cosby_Kids

(that page seems to be a memory hog, you might want to highlight, right click, and google search).

 

I agree it looks like one of the characters except that I've had it much longer than that.

 

Small, I see. But what are the dimensions? And what does the back look like? Would/could you post a photograph?

Debora

 

Can you stamp the image?

 

yer thinking Rudy ?
the clothes don't line up..

 

No, it wasn't Rudy, it was the guy who looks like he's wearing a mop on his head. But I don't think it looks like him that much, just more than anything else I can remember.

 

It's much older than those cartoons. I've had it forever. I'm pretty sure it's from a 1930s-40s comic strip. I keep thinking something like Gasoline Alley. Maybe it's British. My parents had a second hand store and my mother just tucked away things that caught her eye. I never know what I'm going to find.

 

Would you share the size with us please? And a photograph of the back?

Debora

 

I agree with you on the old comic strip style but I can't remember any with this guy...yet.

 

When I first saw it, I thought of Gasoline Alley so I just went and googled the strip. I can't find a list of the characters with pictures but I did see one in a strip that looked right but the image was too small to see clearly. Slouchy cap and a striped shirt.
But, I was brought up a little short when I saw the name of one of the major characters: Skeezix.

Linda

 

You know... I'm trying to help you. One avenue of exploration is whether your stamp was part of a sold set or part of a premium set given away one stamp at a time. The quality of the backing is helpful in determining that. Another avenue of exploration is the size. A Google search for something like "vintage cartoon character stamp" and the dimensions might bring up other examples. A dime is not helpful.

Debora

 

This is a Rinkydinks stamp set. From their back, one can see their quality which confirms they were manufactured to be sold. Given that your stamp was much less expensive to produce, one would conclude that it was a premium of some sort.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1460620072/vintage-perry-winkle-comic-strip-stamps

Debora

 

I've used the word "rinkydink" before but had no idea where it came from! When I click on these links to ebay, I get a black screen.

 

ebay.com/itm/226120652107 Copy/paste (or right-click/hold the above link and choose "Copy link text" and copy/paste to your browser)

 

Thanks!

 

He looks Depression era inspired to me & like he's asking, Brother, can you spare a dime?