Cinderella stamp
Under the British Philatelic term Cinderellas can be roughly all non- official expenses of postage stamps to understand what including exhibition ( advertising ) brands, fake brands, (Christmas ) Donation Labels (English charity labels, not to be confused with supplement brands such as welfare or charity stamps ) railway Stamps, Telegraph and the like. are to be counted. The Nichtamtlichkeit here refers to all kinds of stamps that are not recognized by the international Universal Postal Union headquartered in Bern, Switzerland as postage stamps for franking a mail piece.
The following is a general overview of philatelic Cinderella stamps shows which are present in the global philatelic market.
- 2.1 Stamps of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- 2.2 Stamps Republic Raoul
- 2.3 Stamps of the Republic Maluku Selatan
- 2.4 Editions of governments in exile or resistance groups
- 2.5 solution
Categories
Semi-official expenditure
Semi-official expenses are those who enjoy a locally valid official character and are therefore approved for a strictly defined postal service are franking of mail.
Probably the best known example of this are the Stamps of Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel in the southwest of Britain. An official special permit allows the operators of the mail traffic to and from the sparsely populated island ( winter often less than twenty permanent residents ) under certain conditions the postal use of own Lundy stamps for postal traffic between Lundy and the nearest official post office of Great Britain, namely that in the small town Bideford on the north coast of Devon. However, Lundy stamps may be affixed on the back of letters officially only in the upper left corner of (View ) cards respectively and shall be canceled by postmark of the local ( private ) postal service. Official postage stamps of British Postal Administration are then for the subsequent (inter) national mailing from Bideford in any case in addition to install.
Other examples are:
- Alderney Shipping Company
- Commodore Shipping Company
- Sark
- Herm Island
- Kaulbach Iceland in the Canadian Mahone Bay
- Sovereign Order of Malta
Local or private post issues
The distinction to the semi-official expenditure consists mainly only in that no official permission is granted (and it also no such requirement), which specifically regulates the transport of mail to the nearest post office official one recognized by the international UPU postal administration. Such local or private postal services (English: local post office, local postal service, locals, private post office, private postal service ) arise mostly from the idealism ( "fun" ) by individuals or clubs who want their private outgoing mail with their own, even Stamps created or provided over a certain period, such as at Christmas time, give rise to a private mail service to a localized area.
There are many examples, such as the local post Gardenia, the operation of such local private postal service from 1988 to 1998 in parish churches in Bad Hall in Upper Austria this category. Popular are such private postal services, especially in Great Britain, in the United States of America (well over 500 such private postal services) or in Australia and New Zealand.
Be mentioned as examples: Island Brecqhou, British Columbia Private Courier Service, Clacton Cycle mail, Erith School Post, Jethou island, Lord Howe Courier Post, Rona Island, Timaru Bicycle Post, and more.
Also in this group are Belonging Stamps of micro- nations, that is, principalities, king - like empires and the like. , Which are not internationally recognized / were and have become de facto self declared independent, mostly in terms of their private (land ) ownership, also have a private mail service to the nearest official post office entertained / considered.
One of the oldest known issues dated to the year 1889 as the expenditure of dubious Kingdom Sedangs were sold to dealers in Belgium and France. A more recent example is the self-proclaimed principality Principality of Hutt River in Western Australia, where a farmer and landowner and his family from the Australian government renounced his property unceremoniously called out to independent principality and among other things began to issue their own Hutt River Province stamps ( and this is also a private mail service to the nearest Australian post office in Northampton, Western Australia, established ).
Other well-known examples are the Republic Kugelmugel and the principalities of Sealand and Seborga. The " Empire Atlantium " also maintains an " Imperial Collection" of postage stamps of micronations on the web (see links).
- Demarcation to postal companies
The cited type of private mail service must be clearly distinguished from commercial exerted postal companies that come in public life as an economic entrepreneurs in appearance, are registered as commercial operation officially reported employees, pay taxes and their businesses sustainably operate generally with commercial or financial gain.
Souvenir editions
Souvenir editions are essentially a subset of the local or private post issues, whose appearance often has a mainly tourist background to be around for a city or a nature reserve or similar. by means of the establishment of a local or private postal service and thus with the appearance of specific (advertising) Stamps as reinforced to advertise specifically with it.
An example about the local post office and Frodsham Halton in the two English towns and Frodsham Halton, southeast of Liverpool would be located where the time local politicians had assumed the thing to jointly promote tourism through a private postal activity for their communities.
Other examples may be mentioned here the Conch Republic, the Kangaroo Island and the State of Socorro.
Under the category of souvenir editions but would also involve those stamps, which are usually issued by individuals or associations / were to support a nonprofit project often financially from the sale of such stamps.
For this purpose, the stamps of Saint Kilda islands could include, a remote group of islands in the North West of Scotland, because nature reserve represent, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The uninhabited island group is managed since 1957 by the National Trust for Scotland, which among other things also expended Stamps of this island group of financial assistance for his conservation project.
From the large number of such projects again a few examples: the Caerdroia Project ( a research project on Welsh turf mazes ), the Dahlak Archipelago and the islands of Caldey, Canna, Lihou and Steep Holm ( the Bristol Channel ).
Mail Art Editions
Another group of Cinderella stamps form the so-called mail art editions (English: Artistamp ), hence Stamps of correspondence artists, art by mail and thus represent the most sublime form of correspondence. The mail art artists are this is not necessarily a form of a postal service of any kind, but rather the distribution of their own custom -created form of mail art art flat and in particular also by subjective Postage. The justification of (imaginary) republics, principalities, kingdoms, or the like. , As in the case of the Kingdom of Aldabra is based, this is not based on political ideologies, but solely on the purely personal ideas and thoughts of its artistic creator.
Other examples (selection): Alki Postage, Khanate of Bokhara, Kingdom Edelweiss (formerly bill issues), high kingdom Fantippo, Republic Free Vinland Republic Kemp Country (formerly bill issues), Republic of Lie Erland, Loowit, Republic Mevu (formerly bill issues), Monte Bello Islands ( formerly appearance issues), Federation Musograd, Principality of Ohain, Republic of Port Maria (formerly Phantom editions ), Republic of Raoul (see also Chapter demarcation between categories ), UK (All the) Sedangs, Terra Candella, archipelago Tui Tui, Sultanate of Upper Yafa, Duchy Zujuteland, and more.
Spending bill
As spending bill (English: bogus ) is called Stamps of places, cities, territories, islands, countries and similar which are appropriate geographical actually somewhere actually exist where it has at no time ever held a private postal service.. Here, it is unimportant whether the territory or island, for which the stamps have appeared, inhabited by people are / were or not.
As perhaps the most famous example of this would be the Scottish island Eynhallow to lead, for which since the 1970s, vast amounts were spotted on postage stamps on the philatelic market without that would have taken place on this uninhabited island only at any one time as something similar to a private postal service.
From the large number of such places and islands are some examples: Morokulien, the island of Abd al Kuri - ( in Socotra ), the Bernera Islands, the islands of Eigg, Gruinard, Mactan, Skomer, Soay, Staffa, Tiree, and more.
Attributable Similarly, the category of appearance spending Stamps of self-appointed rulers and King as well as empires and the like. , Provided that the purpose proclaimed "territory" actually somewhere on earth really exists is (so-called micronations ), but at no time an operating private mail service has taken place.
This would need to be mentioned as example about the philatelic imaginary Irish Principality of Thomond, for which a series of twelve stamps was issued in 1961, but that a necessary occasion, respectively, a necessary interest would be submitted to this without actually caused by a private postal service.
Phantom editions
As Phantom editions stamps are referred to by fields of any kind, nowhere are geographically existent, so therefore are pure figments of their inventors. An example of this would be the Kingdom buddhistan, a " state" that is, according to the publisher of those stamps somewhere in the vastness of space.
Other examples (selection): Kingdom Adaluncatiff, Republic Ahu'a, Bannatyr, Principality Castellania island Chitawa, Republic Chyan, Dromidau Kingdom, Principality Erehwon, Republic Goffrea, Kingdom Grand Baetica, Island Hispanico Kingdom Ilis Day, Island Ilyria, Kingdom Intersol, Invelden, Karang island, Sultanate Khayyam, Republic Laurania, Litholand, Principality Lomand, Island Lucid, Mandoro, Mars Postage, Minland island, island Monku, Moon Postage, Island Nei, Scheichtum Nohi Pibni, Republic Normenia, Popalania, Federation Romanches, Sai land, Island Serran, solar System Rocket service, Empire sun, Taiper, Freistadt Toravo, Republic of Tyr, Venus Postage, Republic Wittislingen etc.
Expenditure of governments in exile and the like.
Under spending of governments in exile and the like. includes all those stamps that as well as declared by internationally recognized themselves, therefore not internationally recognized governments in exile and the like. be commissioned / were.
For this purpose, known in the art is above all the stamps of the Croatian government in exile, which at the time their seat last held in the Spanish capital Madrid and from there against the then regular Government of Yugoslavia ( political) operated.
Other examples (selection): Exile Government of Albania, Exile Government of Bulgaria, exile government of Iran, Republic Maluku Selatan (also note issues, see also Chapter demarcation between categories ), Exile Government of Nagaland State of Oman under Imam Ghalib bin Ali (later note issues), Exile Government of Romania, exile Befreiungsrat Slovakia, exile government of Tibet, exiled National Council of Ukraine ua
Resistance or propaganda spending
Issues of resistance groups (English: propaganda label) are consistently associated with politically oriented territorial battles against internationally mostly recognized as a regular government units, with a limited private postal service may have occurred well within the territorial contested area by those resistance groups such but these stamps just mere propaganda purposes may have served without actually operating postal service.
Examples of this were about the stamps of the Polish workers and trade union Solidarity Party or those of the ethnic groups of the Shan and Karenni in Myanmar today, the - have been fighting for many years for political independence from the former Burma - even by military means.
Other examples (selection ): Al - Fatah spending, American Lithuanian philatelist club spending, anti- Bolshevik Block of Nations issues, Baltic Society spending, Dhufar (later note issues), Kernow, committee - German - East issues, La Rosa Blanca edition, organization, Papua Merdeka spending, Permesta spending, Polisario (Western Sahara ) Issues ( also note issues), Sinn Fein spending, UNITA issues among others
Demarcation between each category
A specific distinction between the categories is often not always easy as clearly. This may be illustrated best understood from some subsequent examples.
Stamps of the Sovereign Order of Malta
Sovereign Order of Malta ( sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta, in short: SMOM ), since 1798, which are of a subject of international law without territory, which boasts some possessions in the heart of Rome, the extraterritorial status of a message, since November 15 are from 1966 stamps. The only public for anyone to access the post office of the Knights is located close to the famous Via Condotti shopping street, near the Spanish Steps.
The postal administration of the Order of Malta has now been more than fifty (as of 2006) completed recognized postal administrations of the UPU bilateral contracts for the transport of mail with its headquarters in Rome, including with Austria (since 1 December 1989). This means that stamps of the Sovereign Order of Malta for shipments from the headquarters of the Order of Malta in those States Parties have full Frankaturgültigkeit and franked mail is delivered to the recipients without extra postage surcharge by post with those stamps. In Austria's view, the postage stamps of the Sovereign Order of Malta - including the marks issued prior to the entry into force of the Agreement - thus classified as official postage stamps due to the mentioned bilateral agreement.
A mailing to Germany, however, would, however, at the post office of the Order can not be accepted, as between the postal authorities of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the German Post Office no bilateral postal agreements, there is (as of 2006) and thus have the stamps of the Equestrian Order no Frankaturgültigkeit for German territory.
Stamps Republic Raoul
The stamps of the Republic of Raoul are always clearly attributable to the mail art editions. Unaware of the background of the appearance of those stamps but one could also suggest that it is mere appearance spending in these stamps, as having regard to any kind of artistic freedom the north of New Zealand lying island group of the Kermadec with their main Raoul Island as an independent " territory " that Republic is proclaimed.
Stamps of the Republic Maluku Selatan
Main article: Postal History and Stamps of Maluku Selatan
As of 1950, published a wide variety of stamps under the name of the Republic Maluku Selatan, the sezessionierten of Indonesia on April 25, 1950 Republic of South Moluccas, however, never use postal found on site. In fact, a portion of those stamps was printed on behalf of a resident of the Netherlands government in exile and spent, which is why those stamps are initially also the category " Editions of governments in exile " assign.
Only later, about the year 1955, a Republic Maluku Selatan stamps are then published, which were shown to have been of the company Henry Stolow, a stamp house in Munich and New York, in order. Consequently, those shall be valued " Stolow " concoctions only as a mere sham spending.
Expenditure of governments in exile or resistance groups
A clear distinction between expenditures of governments in exile and those of resistance groups or propaganda spending is also not always been clear-cut. So spending of governments in exile may well serve only pure propaganda purposes, as well as resistance groups formally abroad can declare a kind of exile government, so as to give the (political) goal of their claims even further emphasis.
Solution
Is a Cinderella stamp basically assign multiple categories, then can those be selected which is mostly the case or the last valid possessed (in the example above would be today from the (official) view of Austria or local assignment of the stamps of the Sovereign Order of Malta in the category of. Privatpost editions out of date as appropriate). But even then prepares a specific assignment or difficulties, essentially the majority of the opinions of all respondents can be used as a basis for the assignment to a category.