Canada : Cinderellas : Various :

rod222:
Are those proofs or B&W images of the M.E.D. stamps, as the colors are different from the stamps issued: 5c green, 10c red, and 50c purple (with denominations in black for all three).
Please provide details. I know that some of the proofs did not have any denominations.

B&W images,
illustrating some straight edge varieties
Mr. Wunderlich lists approx 21 numbers incl 2 proofs
I don't want to contravene any copyright, but he lists
help from Josh Hodgson in an article in The Bulletin 1974

Mr Wunderlich is soliciting help from any readers
so I can pass on his email if you so wish.

Hi rod222:
Thanks for the information. I'll contact Mr. Wunderlich directly as his email address is in one of the previous posts.
In the mean time, here is another Canada local post for which I haven't been able to find much information. It is not listed in the Covert catalog. As far as I can deduce this was a local post from Nova Scotia in operation about 1979 and 1980. I have the 3 different labels illustrated. Does anyone have further info??

Nope,
first sighting for me.
Prompts me to recall a similar "idea?" from Northern England?
There is a walk trail, possibly near Cumberland
and people were advertising (at a price) a postcard being
struck by post offices along the walk. (total of 6 perhaps)

A bit sketchy I know, but I must have read this some years ago. :(

More Juan de Fuca :




A Teaser :

Early 20th Century "Crest" Stamp :

Hi Rod222:
I believe the Canada crest stamps were associated with an early Minkus stamp album. See images:

Brilliant CindyCan!
I can do a write-up now.

Acknowledgement to all these lovely Cindys
A gift from Ryan SCF

Another little Gem... London to London SS

CindyCan, do you know the gentlemen residing in the Vignettes?







November 10th 1927 "flight" magazine

From "Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada" (used with permission):
"The London Philatelic Society hosted its LONPEX philatelic exhibition from November 10-12, 1967 in London, Ontario. It issued a souvenir sheet to mark Canada's centennial year, the 75th anniversary of the London Philatelic Society, and the 40th anniversary of the ill-fated London, Ontario-to-London, England flight of Tully & Metcalf. The sheet has a blue and orange facsimile of the stamp used on the Tully & Metcalf flight, perhaps the rarest of Canadian semi-official airmail stamps (the original stamp was green and yellow). "

Keep 'em coming...

As long as you provide the write ups,
I'll keep 'em coming

Hi Rod222:
Nice Phil. Ex. label, but not from Canada.
How about this one. It was the first philtelic label issued in Canada.
One of my personal favorites.

The "First" always has to be nice Ron
Yes very tasty.

Sorry about the Seattle, posted a new KG6 image
in its place.

How do you want this thread?
to include seals?
I have purposely avoided them till now
Please let us know.

Hi Rod222:
Yes I was thinking that Canada:Cinderellas:Various could include a great many things. As an example, I've got about 560 different descriptions covering 4600 different Canada cinderellas in my book, and that doesn't include revenues, Christmas, TB or red cross seals. I've attempted a simple classification based on usage or information found on the stamps themselves:
1. Dated event stamps: includes stamps with dates and sometimes places, usually conventions, expositions, anniversaries and the like. Most akin to classic "poster" stamps.
2. Philatelic exhibition stamps: a special category of the dated events stamps, but there are so many that they deserve a classification on their own.
3. Corporate advertising stamps: these include a company name, and were usually given away as promotional items.
4. Propaganda stamps: these stamps promote an idea rather than a product. I've divided them into 5 subcategories:
a. economic propaganda (buy Made-in-Canada products, tourism labels, local Board of Trade labels, etc),
b. military propaganda (war slogans, buy victory bonds or war savings certificates, Delandre military vignettes, etc);
c. political propaganda (political parties, political satire, tax protests, etc);
d. religious propaganda (mostly Catholic seals without any place reference);
e. cultural propaganda (flags, shields, crests, sports, SSJB stamps, etc.)
5. Fundraising and charity stamps: charitable organisations or special fund-raising events, including TB, Chrstmas, Red Cross, environmental and religious organisation seals, etc.
6. Private Courier and strike stamps: local post and strike issues, including old express company labels
7. Fantasy stamps: stamps that look like real stamps, but do not match closely enough a true stamp issue to be called a forgery. These include the early S.A. Taylor bogus local stamps, some failed flight stamps such as Wayzata and Newfoundland and Maritimes Airways, and some more modern fantasy or artistamp creations.
8. Forgeries (including fakes and counterfeits): stamps closely matching true postage stamps, made specifically to defraud collectors, dealers, or the postal authorities. Includes all the BNA forgeries (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland) as well as more modern items.
9. British Monarchy stamps: these are cinderellas commemorating coronations or jubilees of the Royal family, usually made in UK or elsewhere, but of interest to Canadian collectors nonetheless.
10. Others: includes trading stamps, war ration coupons, essays of unissued stamps, baggage labels, bookseller labels, airmail etiquettes, royalties stamps, bank security seals, merit stamps, and anything else that comes close to being a cinderella.

It gets a bit tricky though if a stamp can fit into more than one of these categories.

I'm ok with having all these in the same topic, but it may make it a very long thread. I'll leave it to you to decide whether to split it up.

Cheers,
Ron
ps. the KGVI label was part of a sheet of 9 (3x3) labels commemorting the Royal visit to Canada in 1939. It was designed and produced by Stovel Company Limited Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. The souvenir sheet was approved by the International Poster Stamp Society, 19 Duncan St, Toronto, Ontario and approved by the National Poster Stamp Society, 2515 South Denson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Certificate #75).
I hadn't seen the Edmonton stamp before, but I'll do a bit of research on it!

That's a lovely overview of hiearchy Ron,
with your approval, I'll capture and employ that
in my digital stamp organisation.

As much as we like to get things organised on SCF, I think
it becomes too difficult given the differing experiences
of each poster, when adding material, so perhaps we
are better off just using the "Canada" material thread
for everything (but Seals), the reader can then sort when adding
images to his/her own digital record.

Too much diversification can possibly be counter productive.
I think it wise to have a seperate thread for Christmas and Easter Seals, given their vast array.

Thanks for the information on KG6
The cracking on the face is due to improper storage
and that old enemy ...gum.
The continual flexing of the gum in humidity
has cracked the face of the stamp.

Here is the next, I have a duplicate should you like one...

Hi Rod222:
Ok let's keep this topic open for all Canadian cinderellas. I don't really differentiate seals from stamps. But Xmas, Easter, and TB seals are quite popular and they may be easier to find if they are in a separate topic.
For your latest teaser (again from "Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada" (used with permission):
"A total of 70 countries exhibited at Expo67 in Montreal. The admission ticket was termed a “passport�, and for the 7-day or season pass, a “passport book� was issued, that allowed the visitor to collect stamps from each pavilion they had visited. Most of these were printed handstamps, and some country pavilions used actual postage stamps, but a few countries issued special stamps or stickers with the Expo67 logo that could be affixed to the passport pages. At least 5 countries provided such stamps: Ethiopia, Germany, Barbados, Guyana, and Norway."
Ethiopia actually issued at least three different types of stamps with this interesting tent logo (which was incidentally their Expo67 pavilion): they had 3 Ethipian postage stamps, 1 similar looking stamp with just the tent and Expo67 logo (for the passports), and the one shown in the previous message, that was sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines.

postage stamps:


passport stamp:


And speaking of Expo67 (close to my heart as I live in Montreal), here's a nice one that was used as part of a sponsorship campaign. Apparently about 50 different companies used this Expo67 stamp to advertise their name or logo at the bottom. I've got a list of 11, but does anyone else have some?
Cheers,
Ron