Cinderella stamp

American Easter seals from the 1930s
The 1864 Shakespeare Penny Memorial poster stamp
A U.S. local stamp for Price's City Express, from about 1858. Local stamps are considered cinderella stamps.
Allied propaganda stamps for the World War II Spitfire Fund and its accompanying booklet
A used railway stamp from Queensland, Australia, for 1 penny valid for the transport of newspapers and parcels.

In philately, a cinderella stamp is a label that resembles a postage stamp, but which is not issued for postal purposes by a government administration.[1] There is a wide variety of cinderella stamps, such as those printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups. The term excludes imprinted stamps on postal stationery.[2]

  1. ^ Mackay, James. Philatelic Terms Illustrated. 4th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2003, p. 27. ISBN 0-85259-557-3.
  2. ^ Carlton, R. Scott. The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Philately, Iola WI: Krause Publications, 1997, p. 52. ISBN 0-87341-448-9.