
Hamilton Bank Note Co.
Cinderella Stamp
The first international stamp exhibition to be held in the U.S. took place in New York City in 1913. The Post Office Department hadn’t yet created a division to cater directly to stamp collectors, so there were no U.S. stamps issued to commemorate the event.
However, the Hamilton Bank Note Co. of New York produced a set of four Cinderella stamps to mark the occasion.
A lot had changed by the time of the second U.S. international philatelic exhibition in 1926. The U.S. Post Office Department was more actively engaged with collectors and so they issued a special 25-stamp sheet with an inscription in the margin to commemorate the show. Continue reading