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I recently acquired pile of stamps and found unusual Cinderellas in it. There are few sheets 3x7 with three different columns of stamps on each sheet (see picture). I guess it was printed in England some time after World War I. I cannot find anything on the Internet - hope somebody knows something. Thanks.  |
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In the first stamp "...spells Distruction (sic) ", wrong spelling surely.
Id think that these look as if they were produced by peoplw unfamiliar with the English language. |
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After looking at the first "stamp" a couple of times, I rather thought that the spelling mistakes were deliberate. |
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From the translation these are envelope seals from the 1920's and 1930's..... |
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Thanks -this Russian forum discussion is very interesting. I speak Russian, so I understand that nobody ever seen such stamps before. They all assume that booklet is American, however my sheets clearly labeled "England". It is also interesting that the same image was used in both booklet and sheet printing. |
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... this Russian forum discussion is very interesting ... I grabbed the first search result from the only phrase I searched. Try searching for a few of the others, and maybe life will get even more interesting.  Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey |
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Nicely solved Mr. Pikey
I did use those text strings, without result.
Curious they say US labels when it has ENGLAND printed.
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To rod222:
I am sure that "England" is printed only on 3x9 sheets I got. On the Russian forum they discuss a booklet with small 2x4 sheets, so I guess there is no "England" printed on those small sheets. So USA was the best guess for them. |
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There were many independent groups in Europe who were printing like labels after WWII . |
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To floortrader:
It is interesting that you mentioned period after WWII. It was always my impression that term "bolshevik" was popular only before WWII, starting from the time (1917) when bolshevics took control in Russia. At the time of WWII it was obviously no any anti-bolshevik propaganda, and after WWII term "bolshevik" was slowly replaced by "communist". |
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Pure guess but could they be Nazi cinderellas used to try and recruit people to join their forces during world war two. the germans manaed to recruit quite large numbers from some occupied countries by stressing the Anti Bolshevik aspect of the war. The British and American reruits formed two small companies rather than regiments. |
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Resurrect: Found these this weekend at a flea market: This appears to be the same design as the OP's stamp on the far right.  This is also the same as one of the OP's stamps, but in a different color, but the word "DESTRUCTION" is spelled correctly.  |
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Posted 02/03/2020 12:29 am
