England Ostende-Dover Stamp?

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Hello again,

I was hoping someone could help me out with identifying what this is and the rarity of it.

Thanks

Looks like a private carrier stamp . I question the value given that stamp and the story written on the page . A researcher needs to place that stamp on that boat in the correct time period .
Too much of that kind of stuff was made after the war and followed historical events . We are seeing a lot of German occupation material and liberation overprints on the market now ,never seen 10 or 20 years after the war .

Concerning this stamp/label... the write-up says that Germany will "invade Belgium on the morrow" but that seems to have already happened as the language used on the stamp/label is German advertising the three hour trip, three times per day.

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Below is a link to research published on the cinderella and the document posted by the OP.

Conclusion: the document is a philatelic fantasy dating to somewhere between 1965 and 2013 and contains a lot of nonsense.

The seal, may be a real advertising seal dating to the late nineteenth century. It may be a reprint of such, but it, as well, could be a fantasy item. It, certainly, is not a private carrier stamp. Nor does it have anything to do with the German occupation of Belgium.

https://www.pelteret.net/content/00...nderella.pdf

Seems to be advertising fast and frequent travel to Dover from Ostend, rather than the other way round, hence 'ENGLAND' at the top. Once in Dover the passengers could catch the SE&CR boat train to Charing Cross (two hour journey according to an 1890 timetable).

I do not think the direction of travel is of much importance. It will have advertised a ferry crossing between the continent and England, irrespective of the direction. And, aimed at German travellers, advertising it as an England route makes sense even if you are advertising a service in two directions.

The author of the research sees German as a natural choice for the label as it is the third language and Dutch was prevalent on postage stamps, and French on railway stamps. If any single language was prevalent on postage stamps, it was French. At some stage, Dutch was added. German was not considered as only a small minority spoke it as a first language.

The most likely reason the seal was in German, would have been that it was aimed at the German travellers that had a choice between ferry services to England from French, Belgian, and Dutch ports.

Since most Germans will not have travelled from England to Germany to return to England, advertising the ferry crossing as Ostende to Dover rather than Ostende - Dover - Ostende, and as England rather than England und zurück makes sense. Also, since it was a Belgian company, it makes sense to advertise it as Ostende - Dover and to draw attention to England and not to Belgium.

So, effectively: yes. 'Rather than' : no.