Hi Bob: An interesting page. The Grand Fish Week caught my attention as well. It reminded me that I recently read about a stamp that was the first to show an underwater scene. Unfortunately, I don't remember what stamp it was, but it may have been Bahamas, Sc. 106, the 4p stamp showing the Nassau sea gardens issued in 1938. Do you know the year in which the French cinderella was issued? It would be interesting if it predated the 1938 stamp. I was also taken by the Jeanne Hachette cinderella. It looked like an exciting event to commemorate so I looked her up on Wikipedia and found she was a 16-year old heroine that rallied the defense of Beauvais and saved the town from being captured by Burgundians in 1472. A woman to be reckoned with, indeed, and whose heroism should be commemorated. Don
Yesterday, I was rummaging in the cinderella shoe box again and turned up these three Houston, TX, 1976 stamp exhibition souvenir sheets. Stamp clubs and shows have been been issuing these things since the 1930s, maybe even earlier. Some of them are kind of neat and probably constitute a collecting field of their own. i've never been sure where to put the few that I have so they end up in the cinderella album. Far as I can tell, these three are a complete set issued for this exhibition. Per the inscription on the sheets, they were issued in conjunction with the USPS' commemoration of the 50th anniversary of commercial aviation. Don
I purchased the Midwest Philatelic Society's 1939 show cinderella sheet on eBay this past week only to find that I already have one tied on cover. The cover I have with this SS attached, unfortunately, doesn't quite measure up because it is not a show cover and it was posted almost a year after the exhibit. The cover was most likely sent by a stamp collector to a friend or relative who also may have been a collector. Nevertheless, it fits with a recently set goal to match a cover with a corresponding souvenir sheet or poster stamp. The Midwest Philatelic Society is still active and sponsors an annual show. I believe the show, however, is now called the Greater Kansas City Stamp Show or something close to that. Don
Thanks, Molokai. Stuff mounts up. However, all too often these days, I am finding that I have bought the same thing twice! While I have a rudimentary table of contents to my albums, I need an index to find specific items and especially things that can fit into more than one category or collecting area. An index is a heavy and on-going project, but I guess I will have to start one. Don
A strip of cinderellas from France,one showing a Red Cross dirigible and two patriotic labels.This dates back to WWI.
My ongoing rummaging has turned up a couple of items not remembered. In the early 2000s, I bought a small lot of cinderellas and set them aside. I recently looked through them and found this attractive, to me at least, poster stamp. A couple more of this type and I could do an aircraft page for my cinderella album. Don
Rummaging in the cinderella box again and turned this item up. I'm posting it with the hope that Molokai, or some past or present Denverites, might recognize the dealer and post some stories about him and his store. He has a listing in the 1935 Blue Book of Philately that gives his age as 46 in that year. His address was 404 University Building, which Google lists as being at 910 16th Street, Denver. He was a member of the Denver Stamp Club and the Mountain States Philatelic Society, plus the S.T.P.A., which I don't recognize. He claimed to be the author of several articles in philatelic magazines and sold both stamps and coins. It is, in my opinion, an attractive cinderella. Don
Sweet. Alas, I do not recognize the dealer. There was a building downtown which housed the Denver Theatre and a Skaggs drugstore. It had three dealers - Dan Stone, Phil Blocker...and not catching #3 at the moment. Most of the dealers in the 1960s were quite scattered around town and the burbs. I usually took an entire day to drive around, check all of them do a little satcheleering. It made for a very fun day! My go-to was the fellow who ran the Penny Black on West Colfax; his name also escapes me.
The cover below, a recent acquisition, is the reason I have been rummaging the cinderella shoe box. I was looking to see if I already had one of these souvenir sheets. I do not, so this is new to me. An opening day cancel. It is becoming more expensive to win these covers (a cinderella tied by a cancel) on eBay. Love the streamlined locomotive! Don
The U.S. Congress authorized the formation of a USMC Women's Reserve in July, 1942, but the Navy did not act on it until Feb. 13, 1943. Its premise was to free up a male Marine for combat. As an aside, among the first to join was Beatrice Arthur, later an actress who I remember as one of the Golden Girls on TV. (Photo from Yahoo online images). The USMC Women's Reserve cinderellas began to show up on cover in 1943, less frequently, 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, however. The postmark in the upper left of this cover is from U.S.S. ABSD 2, an un-powered U.S. Naval vessel designed as a floating dry dock to be used for ship repair in combat areas. I have no information on the addressee, but it looks like he may have been a U.S. Navy recruit undergoing training at the Great Lakes (Illinois) naval training base. I doubt this cover actually went into the mail stream. It looks pretty pristine, no handling or receiving marks of any kind. It may have been a hand-back, I don't know?? Don
I am hoping that I haven't posted this cover and poster stamp before. I did a search with no finds, so here it is. It was the Fort Worth poster stamp that motivated me to buy this cover. Don
The Oklahoma Philatelic Society 10th annual convention souvenir sheet tied on cover is a recent acquisition from Delcampe. It came from a seller in a small town (Tence) in south-central France, of all places. The OPS continues to be an active state wide club and, as far as I know, has issued a souvenir sheet for its annual meetings since its inception. I belong to the OPS and take advantage of its well-run sales program. Not sure what what the number 46 in the upper left, lower right corners represent. I'll have to find out. Don
I bought a few cinderellas recently and here is one of them - a souvenir sheet commemorating the 53rd annual convention of the American Philatelic Society meeting at New Orleans in 1938. I also have it on cover. This is a large souvenir sheet and it appears that the one on cover had its perfs trimmed off to better fit the small envelop. The building always looks a little Disneyland-like to me! It is, however, an image of St. Louis Cathedral, one of New Orleans iconic churches. (See this link): https://www.emporis.com/buildings/212081/st-louis-cathedral-new-orleans-la-usa Don
Very appealing! "I bought a few cinderellas recently..." This actually translate to, "I recently purchased a collection of 18 albums full of cinderellas." We're on to you <MRSTAMP>!
Well, not quite 18 albums, but my hobby account is dangerously low again this month. Too much time online and too much stuff for sale! Don
