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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 206325, member: 56"]These are called Cinderellas, or poster stamps. They are not postage stamps and have no stated denomination. These are not in good condition. All were heavily hinged and 2 have damage (called thins) to the back in addition to the hinge traces, but they are interesting enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you collect stamps, you can buy better for cheap. These were issued in 4 colors, so there's no complete set here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Made in 1947 for a philatelic exhibition, they are the old engraved style. They commemorate the centennial of the first U.S. stamps and the countries that produced stamps before the U.S. Shown on the stamps are Dom Pedro of Brazil, Queen Victoria, and James K. Polk, the leaders of their respective countries when their first stamps were released: Britain 1840, Brazil 1843, United States 1847. Below Victoria are the arms of Switzerland, which had its first stamps in 1843 though they were issued by various Cantons, not by their federal government.</p><p><br /></p><p>If more than one person is interested, I'll divvy them up somehow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll wrap this up Friday evening around 9:00pm eastern time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59722[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59723[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 206325, member: 56"]These are called Cinderellas, or poster stamps. They are not postage stamps and have no stated denomination. These are not in good condition. All were heavily hinged and 2 have damage (called thins) to the back in addition to the hinge traces, but they are interesting enough. If you collect stamps, you can buy better for cheap. These were issued in 4 colors, so there's no complete set here. Made in 1947 for a philatelic exhibition, they are the old engraved style. They commemorate the centennial of the first U.S. stamps and the countries that produced stamps before the U.S. Shown on the stamps are Dom Pedro of Brazil, Queen Victoria, and James K. Polk, the leaders of their respective countries when their first stamps were released: Britain 1840, Brazil 1843, United States 1847. Below Victoria are the arms of Switzerland, which had its first stamps in 1843 though they were issued by various Cantons, not by their federal government. If more than one person is interested, I'll divvy them up somehow. I'll wrap this up Friday evening around 9:00pm eastern time. [ATTACH=full]59722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]59723[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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