Author Postings ikeyPikey 26 Jan 2020 11:16:01pm
Italian Military Cinderellas for the 56th, 58th, and 94th Infantry.
As they came on small postcards, I scanned each card, and each one is a little different.
Only the 58th came with a coat-of-arms logo on the address side of the card.
Only the 94th came with a rubber stamping in the stamp box.
Q/ Does anyone know anything about these? Their purpose, perhaps?
Q/ Are these three part of a larger series?
Q/ Does anyone collect them?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
 
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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old." londonbus1 27 Jan 2020 08:19:19amre: Italian Military Cinderellas Gorgeous !!
The bottom two are Delandre labels and maybe the top one is too but for the moment I cannot find it.
All issued between 1914-1917 after which Mr.Fontanille was incarcerated in Prison for cheating the Red Cross out of funds for selling labels he produced. Not nice.
A wonderful area of Cinderella collecting and my latest project which has seen me muster a mere 200 or so from a total of over 4,000 !!!
But there is time........(He says, hopefully)
Thanks for showing ikeyPikey !!! Wonderful.
Here's another Italian.
Londonbus1
 
1 Member likes this post. Login to Like. londonbus1 27 Jan 2020 08:20:15amre: Italian Military Cinderellas If you want me to post another couple of hundred, just say the word !!
Login to Like this postphilb 27 Jan 2020 08:47:30amAuctions re: Italian Military Cinderellas Michael, sure and if you have any from the Austria-Hungary side my ancestry would be complete.
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"If a man would be anything, he must be himself." londonbus1 27 Jan 2020 10:49:30amre: Italian Military Cinderellas
"Michael, sure and if you have any from the Austria-Hungary side my ancestry would be complete."
Sadly not Phil. Mr.Fontanille only produced labels for France, Great Britain, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia and Italy.
Login to Like this postsnowy12 29 Jan 2020 06:40:54pmAuctions re: Italian Military Cinderellas I think this is Italian ,but from WWII,not sure what it is for though.
Brian
Login to Like this postmusicman APS #213005 29 Jan 2020 07:49:32pmre: Italian Military Cinderellas REGIO ESERCITO = 'ROYAL ARMY'
Victor Emmanuel III; king of Italy from
1900 to 1946, when he abdicated.
That's all I know about it.
Login to Like this postphilb 30 Jan 2020 04:32:49pmAuctions re: Italian Military Cinderellas The little king..he was around for quite a while.
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"If a man would be anything, he must be himself." londonbus1 04 Feb 2020 03:23:24amre: Italian Military Cinderellas Here's another Delandre produced for Italy.
 
2 Members like this post. Login to Like. ikeyPikey 04 Feb 2020 08:41:23amre: Italian Military Cinderellas Q/ Any idea what these were for ? Personal profit ? Widows & orphans funding ?
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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old." amsd Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads 04 Feb 2020 11:30:04amAuctions re: Italian Military Cinderellas initially, it was a private venture with the idea of selling labels to the various units he honored; when the govt objected, he sold to the public.
he was hired by the French Red Cross, and, had he actually shared in the proceeds, that would have been a good thing......
for more, see the Rigas article: https://cinderellas.rigastamps.com/columns/Delandre/index.html
 
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"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives" juicyheads.com/link.php?PLJZJP ikeyPikey 04 Feb 2020 02:13:55pmre: Italian Military Cinderellas Well-posted !
 
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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old."