Curiosity Corner #50: A rare Netherlands cinderella.

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=164

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:27:23 +0800, "Rodney"
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Curious indeed!

Curious, because since it was valid for postage - even for a limited
time - that it's called a cinderella. Was it condoned by the Dutch
government / postal authorities? Apparently so, because some covers
are known from the internment camps, albeit they are scarce.

This was not an occupation type stamp, but one used in a neutral
country during WWI. Hmmm...

Tracy Barber

Yes, I pondered that as well,
frankly, I put it the too hard bin, It's not listed in Gibbons
which to a degree, confirms the "cinderella" status, correctamundo?

Bearing in mind, it may have been the Auctioneer, or the Magazine Editor
that labelled the piece, so.


| Curious indeed!
| Curious, because since it was valid for postage - even for a limited
| time - that it's called a cinderella. Was it condoned by the Dutch
| government / postal authorities? Apparently so, because some covers
| are known from the internment camps, albeit they are scarce.
|
| This was not an occupation type stamp, but one used in a neutral
| country during WWI. Hmmm...
| Tracy Barber

P.S.
I have had a cursory peep thru
"nederlandsche vereeniging van postzegelhandelaren Speciale Catalogus"
and I do not see it there either.


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"Rodney" wrote in message ...
| Yes, I pondered that as well,
| frankly, I put it the too hard bin, It's not listed in Gibbons
| which to a degree, confirms the "cinderella" status, correctamundo?
|
| Bearing in mind, it may have been the Auctioneer, or the Magazine Editor
| that labelled the piece, so.
|
|
| | Curious indeed!
| | Curious, because since it was valid for postage - even for a limited
| | time - that it's called a cinderella. Was it condoned by the Dutch
| | government / postal authorities? Apparently so, because some covers
| | are known from the internment camps, albeit they are scarce.
| |
| | This was not an occupation type stamp, but one used in a neutral
| | country during WWI. Hmmm...
| | Tracy Barber
|
|

Oooooops!
(another senior moment)
It is, indeed in that specialist Catalogue
Page 213 1990 edition.
Both issues the green and brown, are identified.


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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:46:21 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

Yes, I pondered that as well,
frankly, I put it the too hard bin, It's not listed in Gibbons
which to a degree, confirms the "cinderella" status, correctamundo?

Gibbons is NOT the end-all, be-all for acceptance or rejection of
stamps to cinderella status! Some of the regional / local issues are
picked up by the home country specific publishers, but a global
catalog of Gibbon's stature couldn't compete with other specialty
catalogs. Gibbon's does GB and Commonwealth quite well. Michel does
Germany / Austri-lichten-zerland pretty well. So forth, so on.

Bearing in mind, it may have been the Auctioneer, or the Magazine Editor
that labelled the piece, so.

This is true. not everyone knows every type of cinderella or issue.

| Curious indeed!
| Curious, because since it was valid for postage - even for a limited
| time - that it's called a cinderella. Was it condoned by the Dutch
| government / postal authorities? Apparently so, because some covers
| are known from the internment camps, albeit they are scarce.
|
| This was not an occupation type stamp, but one used in a neutral
| country during WWI. Hmmm...
| Tracy Barber



Tracy Barber

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:50:28 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

P.S.
I have had a cursory peep thru
"nederlandsche vereeniging van postzegelhandelaren Speciale Catalogus"
and I do not see it there either.

This is where I would have been "curious". The home country catalogs
usually have some of these issues found therein.


Tracy Barber

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:54:32 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

Oooooops!
(another senior moment)
It is, indeed in that specialist Catalogue
Page 213 1990 edition.
Both issues the green and brown, are identified.

Grrr... Now you have me confoosed! (Doesn't take much, eh?)

Happy to see that they were identified.

Tracy Barber

Thanks for the catalogue explanations gentlemen,
appreciated.

For those who wish to appreciate these lovely stamps...........

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=165

The beginnings of Art Deco are in evidence
although, I am of the opinion, artists and engravers alike
were, prior to 1930, at pains to draw a lion's head with any realism.





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"J. A. Mc." wrote in message ...
| On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:46:21 +0800, "Rodney" found
| these unused words floating about:
|
| Yes, I pondered that as well,
| frankly, I put it the too hard bin, It's not listed in Gibbons
| which to a degree, confirms the "cinderella" status, correctamundo?
|
| Not to all accounts ... Gibbons has failed to list some major items. They've
| also taken years to list obvious 'varieties' such as inverted watermarks on
| sheet fed issues ... QV 2' brown as an example.
|
| There's still a bit of a bollix on the 1d reds, though not nearly the mess
| that Scott makes of them!
|
| Bearing in mind, it may have been the Auctioneer, or the Magazine Editor
| that labelled the piece, so.
|
|
| | Curious indeed!
| | Curious, because since it was valid for postage - even for a limited
| | time - that it's called a cinderella. Was it condoned by the Dutch
| | government / postal authorities? Apparently so, because some covers
| | are known from the internment camps, albeit they are scarce.
| |
| | This was not an occupation type stamp, but one used in a neutral
| | country during WWI. Hmmm...
| | Tracy Barber
|
|

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:27:23 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=164


Based on the write-up, I would NOT classify these as cinderellas.
Hey were issued by the Netherlands Govt for legitimate carriage
of mail posted by internees.

Blair



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