PREFACE 

The Cinderella Story

The name "Cinderella" has become widely used as a way of referring to non-
philatelic labels, seals, stickers, etc. Literature on such material, compared to
information on philatelic material, is sadly lacking.  This Catalog of Olympic
Labels is an attempt to fill a part of that large gap in the literature.

Sid Pietzsch* wrote of an early use of the name Cinderella:

"In 1959, an inspired British collector, David Waters, created a haven for those
fascinated by these castoffs and called it 'The Cinderella Stamp Club,1 and though
similar societies exist in Prance, Germany, and this country (USA), the name of the
kitchen slavey who charmed a prince has won acceptance worldwide.

"Today there exists such a confusion of uncataloged specimens that some simple
breakdown into categories is a mandatory step before specific areas can be explored.
Within each of these are separate fields that can occupy one for a lifetime."

Mr. Pietzsch then wrote about the following areas - locals, fiscals, essays,
proofs, reprints, facsimiles, fakes, phantoms, forgeries and stickers.  Of the
stickers he says, "A final category includes labels produced without any postal
intent whatsoever. They circulate propaganda, publicize fairs and exhibitions, and
raise funds for charity."

The reader may wonder how "Cinderella" relates to these philatelic castoffs.
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981, provides a clue in the following portion
of its definition:

2. one resembling the fairy-tale princess: as
a. one suffering undeserved neglect
b. one suddenly lifted from obscurity to honor or significance

So there we have it!  David Waters felt that the time had come to provide a name
for the many "undeservedly neglected," non-philatelic items that exist, and thus
"lift them from obscurity."

The inside cover of their journal, "The Cinderella Philatelist," states, "The
Cinderella Stamp Club is an association of philatelists, amateur and professional,
whose interests lie in local stamps, telegraph stamps, fiscals, bogus and phantom
issues, Christmas seals, registration labels, advertisement and exhibition labels -
the so-called 'Cinderellas of Philately.' "

Robert J. DuBois, October 1, 1986

* Sid Pietzsch, "Beginners Need Help Taming 'Tigers' " Published in the Cinderellas
column of Linn's Stamp News, June 18, 1973

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