Collection: Authentic Government Red Tape Gifts

Don’t get caught up in the bureaucracy. Select a beautiful gift for a special person from our exclusive red tape collection. 

By the end of the American Civil War, the practice of binding important documents with red ribbon was common throughout the western world. Civil War veterans' records were bound in red ribbon, and the difficulty in obtaining those records to file pension claims led to the modern American use of the term "red tape."

We invite you to read what they wrote about our authentic government Red Tape in the pages of the Washington Post here.