Jefferson Davis Cinderella

Here's a 19th century cinderella portraying Confederate President Jefferson Davis, that came with some CSA stamps I received today.
We've seen this series of world leader labels here of SCF before.




I find it interesting (says a lot about me, doesn't it?) that they would show an image of him as an older man. Compared to this portrait painted in 1874 by Daniel Huntington, I'd say it looks like him at least 10 years after the Civil War ended (1865).



If the Confederacy hadn't existed for at least a decade when these were produced, why include it?

scott stamp album co
rulers of the world

These labels were created and sold by stamp album publishers for the purpose of placement at the
top of the first page of each country in a stamp album. In the U.S. we are most familiar with those
produced by the Scott company and consist of Flags, Coats of Arms, and Rulers of the World; The
first Scott adverstisement seen is in the 1902 Scott Catalog. A quick check also showed similar ads
in the 1927 and 1950 catalog editions.

This type of label was often stuck into the albums of young collectors; they tended to tear them apart
very roughly and then lick-and-stick them in the album. Examples with gum (even hinged) and in nice
condition are very seldom offered! Spellings are as shown on the label.
Originally sold by the Scott stamp album publishing firm. There were surely must have been different
editions of them over the years, but I do not have any information on how to differentiate and identify
different editions. I am first aware of the labels being offered in a 1902 Scott Catalog. This group
came from an album dated 1935 and which contained no stamps issued later than 1945. All are with
full gum, hinged, and in excellent quality unless noted as SD (slightly damaged). Such nice examples
are very seldom offered!

acknowledgement : jay Smith

Thanks for the link Rod. I knew it was here somewhere. I could have sworn these were older, probably because the ones I've seen were mainly of 19th century rulers. I did get a Confederate flag label with this as well, though it's not he usual Confederate banner you see on TV (ie, Dukes of Hazard)

Dukes of Hazard !
that dates you a bit James, ;)