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Post by jamesw on May 16, 2015 3:38:10 GMT
Thoughts on these labels, please?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 16, 2015 11:34:21 GMT
Thoughts on these labels, please? Australian Antarctica Cinderella |
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Post by jamesw on May 16, 2015 12:46:08 GMT
Ah, thanks Rod. Two more to find.
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KirkS
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Post by KirkS on May 16, 2015 12:48:18 GMT
Nice info - thanks for sharing.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 17, 2015 6:52:59 GMT
Ah, thanks Rod. Two more to find. For the pedantic, another 12 stamps. They come in two colour combinations, plus black, the second print was also rouletted (yours) |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 5, 2020 20:19:17 GMT
Australia Cinderellas
1954 Expedition to AntarcticaI found these two Cinderellas squirreled away in an old worldwide album that I bought a while back at the local stamp auction, and I was rather taken with the rich colors and the nice designs. Then, of course, I noticed that one of the designs features penguins in a prominent way, so I couldn't resist posting something for our friend, Vince ( stanley64)!  I didn't know much about these, but a little research led to some further information in the article below.  It seems that there was an original set of four. The green plane and purple penguins appear to be from the original set. The colors were changed for the later reprints, which were also rouletted rather than perforated, which corresponds to James's ( jamesw) original post. When I searched for these online, I also saw images of covers franked with Australian stamps to which were also affixed the original Cinderellas, which seems like it would be a very nice item to have. Any comments or posts of stamps from other members would be most welcome! 
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 10, 2020 4:01:26 GMT
I had these, tucked away. For the text shown by Chris, it seems that they also belong to the first print of this set.
Actually, the ship, looks more red/carmine.
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Post by daniel on Aug 5, 2020 23:45:35 GMT
These Antarctic Expedition Cinderellas of 1954 were produced by renowned Australian stamp dealer Bill Hornadge for his company Seven Seas Stamps. They are surprisingly more complicated than you might imagine. Here are some that I have, including the miniature sheet version in black. I also have an imperforate in between pair of the Purple Penguins.  Scan_20200806 (2) by Daniel, on Flickr As cursus has noted there are known colour differences with original perforated ship version. Indeed, it was originally printed in pink but was switched to red part way through the print run! This is an extract from one of Bill's catalogues:  Scan_20200806 (3) by Daniel, on Flickr Note too, the rouletted version of the ship stamp in red as well as green, also mentioned in the above catalogue extract! |
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Post by daniel on Aug 6, 2020 0:08:41 GMT
Here is a pair of postcards produced for the expedition with a set of 4 rouletted stamps. The cards have been postmarked at Mawson, Australian Antarctic Territory.  Scan_20200806 (4) by Daniel, on Flickr  Scan_20200806 (5) by Daniel, on Flickr In a letter to Wilson Ilberry then president of The Cinderella Stamp Club of Australasia and published in their journal in 1990. Hornadge gives more interesting details. I purchased a small job lot of this magazine and here is the relevant part of the letter. It appears that most of the print run was used to supply a junior stamp approval company and were also used in an international barter system!!  Scan_20200806 (6) by Daniel, on Flickr |
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Post by daniel on Aug 6, 2020 0:20:15 GMT
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Post by daniel on Jan 18, 2021 3:16:28 GMT
My conclusions for these stamps are that the first series was produced perforated, imperforate and rouletted. That is Green Plane, Purple Penguins, Yellow Map and Red or Pink Ship. Imperforate stamps are quite rare but odd singles have turned up in recent sales.
The second series with colour changes, Purple Plane, Blue Penguins, Red Map and Green Ship. Rouletted only.
Miniature sheet in black, perforated.
As has been suggested by a dealer on another forum, and confirmed by myself, they were produced in uneven quantities and the Green Plane and Purple Penguins, perforated, are the most common stamps. I have acquired several of these singles in job lots. See also, my sheets of 40 of these colours.
Given the nature of their production, that is to fulfill overseas approval books and to maintain a barter system, it seems likely that the printers took full control of the quantities of each stamp. Note that Bill Hornadge, who produced the stamps, in his letter, shown above, doesn't know the quantities. It was, I believe left to the printers to print them as expediently as possible. So, it would be much quicker to print larger sheet quantities, my 40s as above, and in fewer colours, purple and green, to make up the numbers.
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Post by daniel on Feb 20, 2021 20:09:54 GMT
I've only just managed to complete the sets, with the exception of the imperforate set. So, here they are with a couple of different shades:  Scan_20210220 (5) by Daniel, on Flickr |
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Post by daniel on Apr 15, 2021 3:00:13 GMT
There is one additional set, a reprint from 1994 to mark the 40th anniversary. Printed by FameFace, a printing company in Dubbo, Australia, best known for reprints and some original material as well. Printed in sheets of 6 blocks of 6. Scan_20210415 by Daniel, on Flickr
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