JeffS' Texas Poster Stamps, Cinderellas and the Like

Cuero used to have some kind of annual parade/festival where they would chase turkeys through the streets of town. On a side note, I saw the Cuero Gobblers play for the state high school football championship. I never knew until know that they are (or were) the turkey capital of the Lone Star State.

Received today, a complete pane of the Texas Centennial celebration poster stamps, to replace the reconstructed pane currently in my album.

Here is a new page with die-cut, foil embossed (fill in the blank to your liking).  Top item is black with gold lettering etc. Bottom is dark blue with silver lettering. Hard to see in the scan.

I want to add, that in my opinion one should take care in spending, or over spending, on cinderellas on cover unless they are somehow postmark tied to the envelope. While these two covers look splendid with their flag cancels from smaller Texas communities, that they are addressed to the same M. W. Wilson, the philatelic inspiration is highly evident. This collection of Texas cinderellas I recently purchased had a few similar covers addressed the same.

Now, did this Wilson adhere the labels  to the envelope him(her) self before sending them off for the flag cancel. Or after they came back? Did someone else stick them on at a later time. Who knows...

Personally I think these 2 covers have more interest in the flag cancels than the "stickers" (Sorry, couldn't help myself!) Other than having a "pretty factor" I wouldn't pay much more for these individually than I would for the single cinderella.  But that's just my 2-cents worth.

Sharp eye Rob. At one time I contemplated giving these the benefit of the doubt that perhaps these were distributed in advance of the event, a promotion as it were. However I do have one cover with a postmark date a few months before the known date of sale of another cinderella. I have no information about the issue date of these two examples. None the less I am highly certain that these were added after the fact. Perhaps these are listed in a cinderella catalog or article with production information.

stamphinger Thank you for the helpful and timely information. Shortly thereafter I conducted an eBay search and found an auction for the sets of 41 on cover from the appropriate town. The auction was closing in a few hours and with no bids. I placed a snipe bid which was successful against no other bids.

Quite a purchase just to grab the Gasoline Texas example.

Wink, Texas: home of Roy Orbison!

Today this is now called the Beer Institute (1986)!