UK Postally Valid Cinderella Is A Contradiction Surely?

I have these two UK booklets of stamps. Cannot remember where or why I got them! Must date from 1979 and celebrate two events in 1969 but I can't find them listed..so far. Nothing printed except the front and inside is printed "restricted and limited issue of 1500" and the booklet number. Three panes of imperforate stamps per booklet as per scan. Any information would be useful. I suspect they would be classed as cinderellas.




The stamps are postally valid (much like the UK Churchill sheet and others)

These, are not cinderellas, but unperforated postage stamps. A "cinderella", by definition, is "something like a stamp, but without the power of paying for postage".

Hi Scotzm,

These are very interesting. I've seen commemorative miniature sheets (souvenir sheets) created this way but not booklets. They were essentially novelty items for collectors.

These are "stamped to order" items where for a fee the Post Office would stamp envelopes, wrappers, letter sheets, labels etc. with dies with designs like these.

The stamps could be cut out and stuck to regular envelopes. In a similar way printed stamps could be cut out from unused official postal stationery and used in this way.