US: Cinderellas: General

Also in frog's amazing packet was this Black & white Photo sheet of a 10c Postal Stationery impression. Anyone know about these ?
I have seen  others before, just curious about the USA types.




Londonbus1......thanks in advance for any help.

Interesting acquisition there from firstfrog2013 !  "Honor-Bilt" was a trade name of H.E. Harris & Co., a major Boston-based stamp dealer from the 1920s to 1970s.  I used to respond to their advertisements in Boys' Life magazine for stamp packets accompanied by approvals.  You can read more about them here:

www.apfelbauminc.com/blog/what-happened-to-h-e-harris


WHAT HAPPENED TO H E HARRIS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2011

Those of us who started in philately over thirty years ago remember H E Harris. Harris was the largest stamp dealer in the mid twentieth century, growing rapidly during the Great Depression with the Captain Tim radio show. Harris was a leading promoter of philately with album publishing and approvals so that by 1975 Harris had tens of thousands of customers and, it was argued, made more new collectors than the Post Office itself.

By 1975 Henry Harris was an old man and was ready to sell his business and the story of the demise of Harris tells us a lot about American business in the 1970s and 1980s. Harris sold his business to General Mills and as a young stamp dealer I had visions of General Mills promoting stamp collecting on the back of every box of Cheerios sold in America. But this was not to be. General Mills ran a late twentieth century venture capitalism division and it was this unit that bought Harris. Their goal was simple. They stripped Harris of its assets, sold off the inventory, floated the publishing division and closed down the approval business. Employment went from hundreds to zero. The employees lost out, stamp collectors lost out, everyone lost except General Mills which made far more money dismantling Harris than Harris ever made keeping his company in business and his employees and collectors happy. (The model that General Mills used was the venture capital model of the time and was the same model that was used to enrich venture capitalists at places like Bain Capital).

Now don't get me wrong. I am a capitalist-all stamp dealers are. But the rewards that the purveyors of what they euphemistically call "creative destruction" get seem far out of proportion to the harm that they cause. I know this story well because the same team from General Mills that bought Harris made an offer for my company in 1981. But by then it was clear what the pattern was to be. We decided to stay as stamp dealers because we felt a commitment to our staff, our customers and to our hobby and because of our fear that after they dismantled our company we would have nothing left to do.

Posted in News Philatelist’s Guide to Stamp Specialization By JOHN APFELBAUM

POTLATCH. (1911-14, 1934-41)

According to few online sources, the name 'Potlatch' derives from a Ceremony practiced at festivals by 'Indigenous Peoples of the region'.
Formerly Golden Potlatch, the Festival was revived in 1934 and proved popular again until 1941 when the USA entered WWII.
The Festival usually lasted 4-5 days and included Water events, Air displays, parades, Car races, Concerts and more.

I have only seen one label for this event but I have no doubt there are others. Series' of Postcards also exist.

I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge Michael's generosity towards me during his visit some weeks back.  I have been shamefully slow at doing that.  Anyway, I am a big Mr. ZIP fan, as he came to prominence in the US when I was a kid.

I want to thank Michael for presenting me with a copy of this same souvenir sheet for my collection.  I am not sure if I now own the same one which was posted here, or if Michael had a duplicate.  Either way, I really appreciate this item, and just wanted to give a belated shout of thanks to LB1!!

"Toy Postage" stamp on cover
Addressed to Black River Falls, WI

This sheet of 42 stamp-like charity seals (7x6) is being distributed by the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization as part of its 2019 fund raising effort. While it does not appear so in the scan, the border of the self-adhesive, die-cut seals is a bright silver. Promotional information about the DAV is printed on the reverse side of the backing paper.

Here are some US covers with cinderellas and Christmas seals picked up this past week on my trip to Virginia USA

1923



1927



1937



1938



1960

Here is another one from Philosateleian Post. Their Gult Frittilary butterfly stamp was released in January 2017.

The Ak-Sar-Ben pre-event label for an annual horse and livestock show in Omaha, Nebraska, is not something I normally collect.  However, during the 1960s, I lived, worked, and went to college in Omaha. I did some carousing there, went to the Ak-Sar-Ben race track and lost some of my money, and it was in Omaha that I met my wife and we spent the first year of our married lives there.  Given all that history, I could not pass this up this item when I saw it on eBay. 

Ak-Sar-Ben, (Nebraska spelled backwards) has a long history dating back to the turn of the 20th century.  It is basically a civic/social organization formed to promote the positive attributes of Omaha.  Besides the livestock/agricultural shows, Ak-Sar-Ben was know for its horse racing track and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, the latter a social group of Omaha's elite whose premier event was an annual fund raiser and ball.  The first livestock/horse show was held in 1929 and the last in 2002.  The arena and related buildings were demolished in 2005.  Horse racing track closed in 1995 and much of the land was given to the University of Nebraska at Omaha for campus expansion.  Another portion of the land went to the development of a multi-purpose area known as Ar-Sar-Ben Village.  I'm looking forward to going to Omaha for the APS annual exhibition in August and seeing how much the city and the university has changed and grown since the 1960s. 

Don StampHinger

Sometimes I spy a stamp I like and just have to have it. Not sure why that happens but it does, with me at least. So I won this little fella on it's lonesome which made it quite an expensive purchase !!

Super design. 
The Peace Stamp Society registered their copyright in New York on October 15th, well after the start of WW1. They thought they could make a difference ? I commend them for that. This 'peace' label was issued by them on October 28th and thereafter.......nothing. Did they give up ? Just a short-lived venture to make a point ? Was it a group or just a worried individual ? We may never know. But I do know this lovely little label will take pride of place on Page one of my USA album. (For Cinderellas only of course !!).

I can't quite make it all out even after the fourth attempt. Pity because it looks like an interesting piece.
Thanks for finding it Mick

Does this come from one of those ridiculously-priced Souvenir sheets that pop up on ebay and Delcampe ? They are nice but way overpriced, like many Cinderellas it seems.