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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?
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/s/ ikeyPikey
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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.
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If you want me to post another couple of hundred, just say the word !! 
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"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.
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REGIO ESERCITO = 'ROYAL ARMY'
Victor Emmanuel III; king of Italy from
1900 to 1946, when he abdicated.
That's all I know about it.
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Here's another Delandre produced for Italy.
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Q/ Any idea what these were for ? Personal profit ? Widows & orphans funding ?
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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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Well-posted !
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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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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.
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If you want me to post another couple of hundred, just say the word !!
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"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.
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REGIO ESERCITO = 'ROYAL ARMY'
Victor Emmanuel III; king of Italy from
1900 to 1946, when he abdicated.
That's all I know about it.
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Here's another Delandre produced for Italy.
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Q/ Any idea what these were for ? Personal profit ? Widows & orphans funding ?
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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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Well-posted !
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