Some Random Cinderellas Lurking In My Spares Box

I have recently been sorting through my various envelopes and boxes and came across more odds and ends in the cindrella field than I knew I had. Some are well known, others I am not at all sure about - maybe people here will know much more than I do!

First a well known one - a corner block of four of the private local issue of John's College, Oxford dating from 1884 (listed in The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, vol 1, page 200, under 'Locals'):

Next what I think are 'toy' stamps, from an early Post Office play set, probably French and c. 1890 or so as they are inscribed 'Poste Amusante' with a face value of 5c(entimes?):

Next three National Telephone Company stamps (4d, 6d and 1/-), again I presume late 19th century:

Next a stamp of the Felt Hatters & Trimmers Union - I know nothing about this one:

Next a Gramophone record stamp (duty stamp?) - looks like HMV from the dog and gramophone picture on it:

Lastly (for now), 3 copies of a modern 'issue' by Vic Short of the Manchester Philatelic Society, one 'cancelled' with a rubber-stamped address:

Nothing too special perhaps but I hope of some interest. I will post some more things a bit later. Chris Wren

nice cinderellas chris

A few more - starting with a London & North Western Railway parcel stamp - cancelled 30.01.1904:

next a Liverpool Parcel Delivery Co 2d:

next a Francis Day Hunter (duty?) stamp:

and a 5 pfennig Telegraph stamp cancelled (looks like 3.10.75):

lastly (again for now), six pre-decimal issues of Carniar:

It's surprising what you pick up more or less by accident over time! Chris Wren

I believe, reading this article on the internet, that the Francis, Day & Hunter (FD & H signature) stamp is from a record or pinola, proving the copyright, if I understand what I have read so far,
http://www.78rpm.net.nz/mechcopy/mech1.htm

Love the German(?) telegraph stamp.

The Carniar stamps remind me of the Falkland's Island's KGVI and QEII sets, they look bare and cold but the ships in colour add some warmth. Nice.

Oh, I think I have it wrong now. Here is a quote from the above mentioned article:

Not sure about this set of five. They are inscribed 'J. Carre' and 'Mazelin' and seem modern:

and a pair of Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co Ltd 'First Aerial Delivery' 70th anniversary:

plus a decimal currency group of the Talyllyn Railway Railway Letter stamps:

Maybe a few more later....... Chris Wren

I thought the Francis Day Hunter might be a duty/copyright stamp. Thanks for the link. Chris Wren

The German telegraph stamp is from the 1875 set. They were usually cancelled with crosses in pen in black and red so this one may have been used postally.

The National Telephone Company stamps were used in the UK from 1884 until 1891 to pay for telephone calls. There were also 1d and 3d values.

The portrait is of the company's chairman, Col. Robert Raynsford Jackson.

Many thanks. I knew about the telephone stamps and that the telegraph one was German. Hadn't thought about possibility of it being postally used though. A few more oddments. First one I don't know about. The currency is the peso so I assume South America/Mexico:

Then another copyright type (tiny at only 14mm square) though I don't know from what company:

Six Parcel Stamps from David McBrayne Ltd (Motor Services) and presumably dating to the 1960's (as old currency so must be before 1971):

and twelve Parcel Stamps from W. Alexander & Sons (Northants) Ltd dating post-1971:

It's all good fun! Chris Wren

It's great to see the MacBrayne's labels. They bring back memories of travelling on their boats on the west coast of Scotland (although to be honest they were part of Caledonian MacBrayne by the time I knew them).

Chris, nice collection with some very unusual items. Thanks for posting.

Thank you. I have always had a bit of an eye for the weird but most of these have been acquired more or less by accident - often when I have bought a job lot because I wanted something else in the lot. Here are the last few in this group. Five from the Ffestiniog Railway decimal stamps (post-1971):

A pre-decimal 1d Talyllyn Railway stamp:

A Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway 10p stamp:

a Keighley & Worth Valley letter 20p stamp:

and a Derby Corporation Omnibus 1d parcel ticket:

And I think that this is probably quite enough for this topic....... Chris Wren

Is this a stretch ? My ticket to the Coca Cola museum in Atlanta !!

Chris thanks for showing ...whats out there is just endless..if a person collects cinderellas it almost has to be a unique collection..the thing is how to display it ???

How dare you Sir!
one can never get enough Cinderellas.

With material such as yours, you are immediately
inducted into the SCF Cinderella hall of infamy,
welcome.

In future , a small dose at a time is preferable
takes us a while to sift through this lovely material.
A lot of which I have never seen.


Your lass with the Phrygian Cap and Parasol,
is the allegory of France ..Marianne

This particular Marianne is Marianne "Gandon"

These were a set of labels produced
for the L'exposition Philatique Int de paris 1949.
held at the Grand Palais paris

This label also comes overprinted in 1954
"Journee du Timbre"