These were produced by a private company (perhaps with the intent to use them for the purpose noted on the stamp. A total of two million stamps were issued}. This set is missing one of the stamps (I suspect a five cent value).
All stamps were purchased as a lot by a California stamp dealer and were parceled off initially at $5 a set.
The stamps themselves belong to a friend of mine who loaned them to me for study. I thought I would share them with you.
I think its interesting that the stamps match the UPU color codes for the values.
re: Central American Steamship Co. - Cinderella Stamps
Antonio, it might have been a bit of a stretch..but when i saw these in a dealers stockbook i decided to add them to my back of the book Guatemala collection.
re: Central American Steamship Co. - Cinderella Stamps
Hi smauggie;
Hey those are nice stamps, thanks for showing us. They may have felt that giving them the UPU
approved colors, might lead collectors to consider them as real stamps instead of Cinderellas.
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re: Central American Steamship Co. - Cinderella Stamps
Very nice set, I want them. But I'll just have to settle or the originals.
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