Cinderellas : FameFace.

When one subscribes to the rare air of Cinderella collecting, the sickness knows no boundaries, anything on a bit of paper is collectable,

Who knows, maybe a beer mat or Jam Jar label is tucked away somewhere.

Nobbys Head (Aboriginal: Whibayganba[1]) is a headland located on the southern entrance to Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The headland is situated above the Hunter River and the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean.

Originally called Coal Island, and then later Nobbys Island, the Island was connected to the mainland at first by the Macquarie Pier, completed in 1846, 38 years after commencement. The pier was eventually replaced by a breakwater. Sand accumulate along the breakwall to make Nobby's beach, and the sand and plants makes the isthmus appear natural.

WHY WE SPELL IT WITH A "U"
The original accepted spelling of our city was "Skagua," a Tlingit word meaning "windy place." When the stampeders landed here in 1897, they anglicized it by adding a "y." However, by the fall of 1898 some local businesses, including the DAILY ALASKAN, had replaced the "u" with a "w." The issue came to a head when the U.S. Post Office put a "w" in the city's new postmark. The rival SKAGUAY NEWS lambasted the change in the following editorial on October 14, 1898:

"We note what might be termed an idiotic tendency on the part of a few people in this city to change its name from 'SKAGUAY' to 'SKAGWAY.' It is true someone connected with the post office department away back in Washington has seen fit to denominate that the name of our city be spelled with a 'w' instead of a 'u,' thus making the name of our city two syllables instead of three. But the fact that the post office department has seen fit to do away with the rhythm of our city's name and substitute a more harsh, if shorter one, is no reason why we should adopt it . . . The name of our city has always been known to the commercial world as Skaguay, with a 'u', and as such it should be known . . . If Skaguay owes the post office department any thanks for anything, let the bill be presented. In the meantime, spell it with a 'u.'"

By the end of the gold rush in 1900, even the SKAGWAY NEWS had made the switch, but we continue to spell some of our names with a "u." It's our history to be different.

Anyone can print out any stamp or wannabe stamp these days and it has become a Black mark on the hobby. I feel that any collector who is interested in perserving philatelic standards should not encourage the buying or selling of these aberrations. There is also nothing interesting about them, in the least.