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Post by stamphinger on Jun 1, 2019 18:40:14 GMT
I have become an avid collector of cinderellas, but only recently so. What got me started on cinderellas and poster stamps was not the items themselves, but occasionally finding them on covers. Here is one of the first ones that I collected. I always try to find out what I can about the sender and addressee of a cover. In this case, the 1938 edition of The Blue Book of Philately had entries for both. The sender, Clem J. Boetter was Chicago dealer of antiques, china, and glass and also a collector of Bureau precancels. The addressee, Kenneth C. Massey was a traffic engineer and a collector of covers and Bureau precancels too. This cover undoubtedly came from Massey's collection. Both the franking and PSS label are tied to the cover by a cancel with a weak date strike. Magnification, however, identifies the date of posting as April 30, 1935. Since the PSS usually held its annual conventions in August in the early 1930s, this cover is most likely a pre-event usage. SH  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 3, 2019 13:11:47 GMT
A souvenir sheet from the New England Hobby-Collectors Show, December 11-15, 1934 on cover. Seems like an unusual time to hold a hobby show, so close to Christmas, especially in Boston, cold, probably snowy! The attendees were, perhaps, hardier stock in the '30s. The cancel on this cover is odd in that it does include a year date, the absence of which I have no explanation. The stamp perforations in the S/S are printed on. SH  |
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Post by Mick on Jun 4, 2019 0:33:04 GMT
A local \ vanity post cinderella from 23 November 1965, together with letter.   I'm glad that the nice people of Fridley got their post office. |
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 4, 2019 2:45:19 GMT
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 6, 2019 12:03:51 GMT
A souvenir sheet tied to a cover and commemorating the first annual convention of the 4-State Federation of Stamp Clubs. Based on the stamps reproduced in the S/S, the four states are Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. While it looks like there is still a Joplin Stamp club, I have not seen any evidence that the 4-State Federation has survived. SH  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 22, 2019 19:47:38 GMT
A S/S clearly tied to cover and postmarked on the first day of the exhibition. The cover appears to be Scott U436, a common item made more collectable by the cinderella. SH  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 3, 2019 17:41:41 GMT
This somewhat diminutive cover, it measures 5 1/2" X 3 1/16," is a recent acquisition with a tied "Free" label in the postage corner. Not a scarce item, but it comes with a bonus of being addressed to Adam K. Bert. For anyone who might not know about the free label, U.S. service men and women could send letters by surface mail without postage during the WW II years and for a short period after, roughly 1942 into 1946. They needed only to write free in the upper right corner, or apply a "free" label such as this one. For those who don't recognized Adam Bert's name, he was a stamp dealer of long standing in Pittsburgh, PA. In his later years, he pioneered and specialized in covers with bullseye first-day cancels. I collect both cinderellas on cover and stamp dealers covers so a choice is required as to where I place this cover. Right now, I am planning on adding it to my Cinderellas on Cover album. Don (SH)  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 6, 2019 22:09:37 GMT
This cover has a Womens Marine Corps Reserve cinderella tied by a navy postmark,. The U.S. Congress authorized the formation of a USMC Women's Reserve in July, 1942, but the Navy did not act on establishing the Women's Reserve until Feb. 13, 1943. Its premise was to free up a male Marine for combat.
These cinderellas began to show up on cover in 1943, infrequently, however, in place of postage as on the cover below. U.S. servicemen and women had free franking privileges for surface mail, and, some put a cinderella on the cover in place of a stamp. They were supposed to write "free" where the stamp was normally placed,
The post in the upper left of this cover is from U.S.S. ABSD 2, an unpowered U.S. Naval vessel designed as a floating dry dock to be used for ship repair in combat areas. I am unable to explain the presence of two postmarks one day apart, nor do I have any information on the addressee. However, it appears that he was a U.S. Navy recruit, (the A.S. after his name an abbreviation for apprentice seaman), undergoing training at the Great Lakes (Illinois) Naval Training Center.
The unknowns about the cancellations of this cover, its lack of postage or handwritten, "free," and the lack of any handling or receiving marks of any kind lead me to believe it was a hand-back. It is, however, slit open neatly on the right edge, suggesting it may have carried a letter. How the hand-back might have occurred, I don't know. I do intend, however, to place it in my Cinderellas on Cover collection. If any members would care to speculate on the origin and delivery of this cover, I would appreciate their response.
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 11, 2019 2:10:09 GMT
While a first-day cover of the 3c Centenary of the U.S. Postage Stamp, issued on May 17, 1947, at the International Philatelic Exhibition held in New York City, I collected it solely for the inclusion of the exhibition's cinderella stamp on the cover. The three people portrayed on the red cinderella are, left to right, Dom Pedro, ruler of Brazil in 1843, Queen Victoria of Great Britain in 1840, and James Polk, U.S. president in 1847. These people were the respective leaders of their countries when their first postage stamps were issued. The shield under Queen Victoria's portrait is the arms of Switzerland, the only other country to issue a postage stamp (1843) before the U.S. did in 1847. The cinderella was issue in four colors, red, blue, green and violet. StampHinger Don  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 15, 2019 22:49:23 GMT
This is an unaddressed first-day cover of Sc. 858 commemorating the 50th anniversary of admission to statehood for the Dakotas, Montana, and Washington State. I don't know the cachet maker for this cover. I did not buy the cover because it was a FDC, but rather for the cinderella reproducing the scene on the 2c stamp from the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue. The cinderella is just barely tied to the cover by the postmark dial. While the cinderella's image is correct, the title "Farming in the Red River Valley," has been changed from the more generic "Farming in the West." The Red River refers to the river forming part of North Dakota's eastern border with Minnesota. The river flows north into Lake Winnipeg. Unfortunately, I don't know the origin of this cinderella. It rouletted perfs and the inscription in the lower left corner suggest that it may have been a se-tenant issue with labels of the other three states that were commemorated on Sc. 858, but that is only speculation. Don StampHinger  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 23, 2019 1:14:52 GMT
A cover from someone who appears to be a stamp dealer to the ATA. The only cinderella item tied by a post mark on this cover is the religious label. The Sister Kenny charity seal and the Precancel Stamp Society souvenir label are tied by the sender's private handstamp that emulates a postmark. Now that polio has been all but eradicated, I wonder if the Sister Kenny Foundation is still in business and what does it suport now? Anyone know? While I like the dealer's pseudo postmark, I would prefer the PSS label to be tied by the Milwaukee postmark. Don StampHinger  |
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Post by Will on Jul 25, 2019 2:25:26 GMT
I got this one recently... and can't be happier with it! Dr. J(ose) I(gnacio) Amundaray Hijo (Jr) was a famous stamp dealer in Venezuela in the mid of the XX Century. Not as famous as José Roura but pretty close. Based on what I've read on the magazines of the Club Filatelico de Caracas and even older magazines (Union Filatélica de Venezuela), Dr Amundaray was more purist while Roura seemed to me like other regular stamp dealers, just more charismatic. Dr. Amundaray wrote really interesting articles! I know nothing about Mariano Anzorena except what we can infer from this cover: A stamp dealer located in Mexico DF.   Unfortunately, the 1.90 Bs stamp on the right seemed to have been somehow tampered. I may me wrong it looks a bit off to me. |
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Post by stamphinger on Aug 12, 2019 20:45:25 GMT
This is a political post card presumably addressed to registered voter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from a candidate for the state legislature asking of a vote. It has a Cedar Rapids, centennial cinderella fully tied to the card by the cancel. A photo of the candidate in Czech costume is on the reverse. I coincidentally bought an example of the cinderella at the recent Omaha APS show. Both the card and the cinderella are going in my Iowa collection. Don StampHinger    |
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Aug 31, 2019 9:24:32 GMT
A card sent from Paris to Germany with postage due demand 'T'. Franked with 2 of the many labels from the 'Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel' series with pictorial cancel.  |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Aug 31, 2019 9:59:51 GMT
Here's one from Oz franked with Kangaroo and Possum definitives, an Air Mail etiquette and an Empire of Atlantium Fantasy cinderella. The Atlantium stamp is cancelled with an 'Imperial Government Service' handstamp in red. Atlantium consists of one house in a suburb of Sydney. If anyone comes across an earlier issue, also with the flag, please let me know. I have been after them for many years !!!  |
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 16, 2019 19:30:47 GMT
Actually a post card, I purchased this item for two reasons, 1. for its tied-to-cover Molly Pitcher poster stamp with a patriotic theme and 2. as an item for my Iowa collection. I have never heard of Molly Pitcher Day and I haven't been able to find any information about it dating back to the WW II era. There is a Molly Pitcher Day celebrated at Ft. Bragg, NC, but I doubt that it dates from the 1940s. The card is appropriately franked with the 1925 Molly Pitcher commemorative overprint, Sc. 646. There is a typed message on the reverse that reads "Molly Pitcher Day Greetings from Fairfield, Iowa" and signed "Molly." When speculating on the origin of this cover, I came up with two possibilities: 1. Fred Spielmann, a Fairfield stamp dealer, made it and sent it to Dick Peebler, a family friend and/or customer; 2. The addressee made it and sent it to himself. A check of the Iowa state census for 1940 listed a Richard G. Peebler as ten years old. He would have been thirteen in 1943 and may have been a collector. Whatever the circumstances of its creation, I am pleased to have it for my Iowa collection and Cinderellas on Cover collection.
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 16, 2019 22:37:54 GMT
stamphinger, here is the story behind the 1943 Molly Pitcher Day, as reported in the July 30, 1943 edition of The Highland Recorder (Monterey, Virginia).
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Post by jamesw on Sept 17, 2019 2:08:17 GMT
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 17, 2019 12:40:29 GMT
Thanks, tomiseksj. That's great information. Even shows the label and explains the origin of the card.
Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 17, 2019 12:52:27 GMT
Hi jamesw: Nice cover. I believe that Florida cinderella is a House of Seagram label. I see them for sale on eBay. Apparently H of S did a series featuring the capitals of the U.S. states.
Don
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Post by jamesw on Sept 17, 2019 23:23:31 GMT
thanks Don. Yes it is from a set issued by the House of Seagram (fine Canadian booze - not their official slogan). I have the complete set of 48 and they are labelled on the back as to their origins. Obviously pre 1959. Here's the set here...    |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 18, 2019 7:25:30 GMT
They were issued in a sheet with margins all round. The sheet was then folded and placed in large inscribed glassine envelopes.
I'll scan one when I get the chance.
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 18, 2019 12:31:03 GMT
@ jamesw : Nice set! I have not seen a complete set offered, just singles. @londonbus: Looking forward to seeing how they were originally presented. Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 24, 2019 20:12:12 GMT
I recently acquired this conderella on cover from another member at my local stamp club meeting . The exhibition label from the 19th Stampex show is a bonus, I guess. I don't know whose signature ties the label to the cover. According to Fields/Picklo, the exhibition label came in three colors, blue, green and yellow. The cancel looks like it was done at one of Newark's post offices. It is certainly not a show cancel. Without an address, the cover had to be a hand back. I'm thinking that the show label was probably applied after the block of four was canceled. According to Wikipedia, the Lutheran Memorial Hospital morphed into the Clara Maass Hospital and then into the Clara Maass Medical Center.
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 25, 2019 8:25:53 GMT
I'd better show one that is Not AMERICAN , just for a change   There is an application form inside for the National "Stamp Collectors Association" membership in 1947 was 7/6 which was about $1.50 (when there were $4 to the £) The SCA produced quite a handsome label of a "penny black supported by the Lion and the Unicorn. I wonder if Gavin Londonbus1 has seen this label?  |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 25, 2019 19:40:17 GMT
It's a very beautiful label from Bradbury Wilkinson. Although it does have a nice little 'error' as you may have noted. The event ran from 3rd-8th as is seen on the cancellation. The label shows an extra day !!  The designer has a most unusual name too........Mrs.U. Scaramanga !! The label itself is quite common with a printing of over 300,000 but is hugely attractive. Londonbus1 |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 25, 2019 19:51:42 GMT
stamphinger.........bit late but better late than never. Actually, I have been searching for the glassine and have just now found it. One day I will be more organized !! The labels were printed in New York. The sheet is very large, far too big for any scanner or page. I keep it in a very large stiff cardboard envelope which came from USPS many years ago. It doesn't fit anywhere else and it's a shame it cannot be displayed or seen.  
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 26, 2019 12:23:23 GMT
Thanks, Londonbus for showing the whole sheet. An attractive item.
I know what you mean about not being able to find things. Cinderellas are not yet a problem for me, but covers are. I have begun building an index of both covers and cinderellas that includes their location in my albums. The process is a little tiresome, but it has already paid dividends when looking for specific items.
Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 30, 2019 17:24:41 GMT
Strictly philatelic in origin, this cover commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first scheduled airline flight between St. Petersburg, and Tampa, Florida, includes a local post item tied to cover that I do not have as a separate item. The aircraft in the cachet, and on the cinderella depict a Benoist E. 17 flying boat the aircraft that made the first flight on January 1, 1914. I posted another cover commemorating the 20th anniversary of this flight in Aircraft on Covers thread, see thestampforum.boards.net/post/75086/thread . Don StampHinger
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 6, 2019 20:58:47 GMT
A 1961 philatelic rocket mail item, actually an aerogram, referred to in this instance as an astronote commemorating the 30th anniversary of the world's first night rocket mail launch by Frederich Schmiedl. Schmiedl was an Austrian and considered a pioneer of rocket mail. I bought this cover for my airmail borders collection, red and blue rockets form the airmail border on the left and bottom edges. It is also a Cinderella on Cover with an imperf label featuring two images of Frederich Schmiedl. The back indicates the Rocket Research Institute sponsored the item. Topaz, California, is a very small town (50 population in 2010) in Mono County and right on the state line of California and Nevada. I don't know the reason for selecting Topaz as the site of this rocket launch and mailing other than it is in a very remote area. I've never seen the practicality of rocket mail, but I guess it has a following. I couldn't pass this cover because of the airmail border and the cinderella on cover.
Don StampHinger
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