Collecting
While many cinderella stamps are common, others were privately produced in limited numbers, are little-known, and can be quite rare. Cinderella stamps are not normally listed in the main stamp collecting catalogues. If they are, it is usually in a separate appendix within the publication, and so they are sometimes called back of the book stamps.
Revenue stamps are a recognised competitive category within the FIP (Fédération Internationale de Philatélie) and have their own Commissioner, unlike other types of cinderella stamps.
There are cinderella stamp clubs in the United Kingdom and in Australia, both of which accept members worldwide.
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