Cinderella stamp
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A cinderella stamp is a label similar in appearance to a postage stamp, but which does not actually pay a fee associated with sending mail. The term typically covers a variety of objects, ranging from revenue stamps, which pay fees that are not mail-related, to charity labels such as Christmas seals, to purely decorative items created for advertising or amusement.
Cinderella design generally follows the principles of postage stamp design, but they typically lack country name (often replaced by the organization or cause being promoted), and a denomination. Sometimes a "denomination" may be present, but with a fictitious unit of currency.
Cinderellas are often collected in a manner similar to stamp collecting. While a great many are common and readily available, others were privately produced in limited numbers, are little-known, and can be quite rare.
A significant number of cinderella stamps issued in the 1910s and 1920s were advertising poster stamps. One of the most notable creators of cinderella stamps was A. C. Roessler, a stamp dealer, who created many visually attractive cinderellas during the 1930s.
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References
- Charles F. Adams, Stamp Collecting (Dell, 1992), pp. 17-18Template:Philately-stub