More French Cinderellas

Here is French cinderella from my collection. I have a few more cinderellas to mount from other countries as well and will scan them as time permits.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Fascinating picture of olden times stamp selling I think.

The cinderella shows orphans learning how to set movable type in a print shop.

Thank you. I jumped to the stamp conclusion. Poor old eyes again.

Nice one Bujutsu !

Just like many postage stamps from the middle period, so French Cinderellas showed a quality and interest all of their own.

Looks like this one was part of a sheet.

Londonbus1

Thanks all.

Here are a few more from France. As time permits, I will try to scan some more of my Cinderella stamps from other countries as well.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Bujutsu,

The third [right] label is not French, but Catelonian. Cursus will be able to tell us all about it I'm sure.

It's a Post Civil War label, Lerida being known in Catelonia as Lleida.

If any of that is incorrect, I'll stand corrected by the expert from Barca !

Nice labels.

Londonbus1

Mike (LB1) is absolutely correct: the third cinderella is actually a Catalan one.
It was issued in May 1955 for the 1st School Philately Competition held is Lleida, the capital of Western Catalonia.
The name of the city, is spelt "Lerida" the Spanish name for Lleida. All the text on the cinderella is written in Spanish, as this language was compulsory after Francos' occupation of Catalonia, being our own language banned.












On the background of the cinderella there can be seen a landmark of the town, the "Seu Vella" (Old Gothic Cathedral), by then (1955) Spanish Army barracks (since 18th century!), and now under restoration by the Catalan Gvt.

Thanks for that Londonbus and Cursus

I don't know why I didn't pick up on that myself.

I will move that stamp into the proper country.

One other question: is the first image really France, or should it be placed in Canada as a Cinderella? I notice it mentions "Montreal".

Chimo

Bujutsu

The first cinderella was issue by the Société St-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal. D'Iberville was a great historic figure from the time of the french colonial era in america. In Montreal there is a street and a metro station D'Iberville. Here is a catalog of all the cinderellas issued by the SSJB.

http://www.jlafontaine.com/index.ph...&sbc=&page=9

Thanks for that timbres667

My French isn't up to snuff but I can still understand the majority what is being described.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Bujutsu

On this website you can click "english" for the translation

Bujutsu,
The middle stamp you show is also from Canada. It was issued by the Acadian Education Association, which was formed in New Brunswick in 1937. The Assocation was formed to ensure the quality of French language education in New Brunswick by training Acadian teachers and ensuring their appropriate working conditions.

I have seen this stamp in dark blue (as pictured) and also in purple. It depicts the statue of Evangeline, the Acadian heroine of the Longfellow poem, which sits in Grand Pre National Historic Site in Nova Scotia. The stamp was designed by Louis-Joseph Dubois, who also designed several of the stamps for the Société Saint-Jean Baptiste.