Stamp Questions

I know nothing about stamps and was recently given these I tried looking through indexes but couldn't find any info on them. Can anyone give me some info on these?

Unless they are some sort of local post stamps for the Cherokee Nation, then they are probably cinderallas - fantasy labels.

they have the same type of glue stuff on the back like normal stamps. I got em for free the guy who gave em to me said they were some limited edition run but if they are from a local place is there any online index I can go to in order to find out

No online index that I know of, but if you can either recite the wording or scan one stamp with higher resolution, there appears to be some microprinted text at the bottom of each stamp below the frame. It probably refers to the printer and/or designer that created the stamps. If we have that clue, it may help narrow down the possibilities.

I was very surprised to see denominations on them - evidently cinderellas - and maybe trading stamps for an aboriginal business?

the words at the very bottom are FRENCH EWING in all caps except on the first red one theres an error and the third line in E isnt there making it look like a f. hope that helps

the guy who gave to me said the guy who drew them worked for disney but that cant be right cuz theres only 1 guy in texas with that last name who worked for disney and thats texas artist John Ewing and I doubt he drew them

Nothing on Google for 'Cherokee Nation stamps' (except for this thread). I've done a bit of photoshopping to the image

I could be wrong but the lettering looks like the Cherokee alphabet that Sequoyah created. That looks like a portrait of Sequoyah on the far right in purple so that would make sense.

i could be wrong but I think the answer to my question might be in that sentence in the top I just gota figure out what it means

This has some info about them.Down the page near the middle. Looks like micro-nations. Needs translation though.Gary
http://www.fabiovstamps.com/forum43.html

A Google translation from the above website:

One day in 1967 on the Rio Grande River, which separates Texas from Mexico, a powerful hurricane took away a strip of land that connected an island of 183 acres to the US. At a certain Mr. Williams came to mind a strange idea. He had blood Cherokee by descent, took possession of the island, and proclaimed that it was Mexican territory and not the US (the island was in the middle of the Rio Grande and more united to the US). Then being aware of an old and obscure Mexican law that entitled him to "Indians" to get into full possession of the territories "border" that they had occupied, proclaimed himself "governor" or "something" of the island. Mr. Williams invested a lot of money to claim the official recognition of his STATE. In 1983 he printed the stamps (two are shown) and also money. Mexico threatened that if he had not sold him the sovereignty of the island, would sell 1 "square foot" of land on the island to 300,000 Cherokee Indians, Mexicans who become so in effect, they would have voted for him in local elections and policies with all the consequences of the case ...

It is not known how it is then finished the contest .... Certainly the Texan costs a lot of money in lawsuits ... but when one wants the official recognition of their sovereignty on land and not the only property to be ... ready to invest!

so then what are these then? are they fakes, are they stamps, or what?

These are not "postage" stamps. They are cinderellas. Fantasies,labels/stickers made to look like stamps.

They are not postage stamps - to put it more accurately.

Not postage but VERY intresting. I want to check out info on that man's sovereign island claim now.