Non-postal

Non-postal refers to cinderellas or stamplike items that are not usable for postage. These are typically items that are privately produced as souvenirs and not made by a post office. However, there are items produced by post offices like the US Post Office's Philatelic Truck sheet, given away as souvenirs, but, again, are not valid for postage. Stamps not issued for postage like revenue stamps, telegraph and telephone stamps are sometimes included in this category.

Quite a few were produced as items looking like souvenir sheets. Some were created from obsolete stamps or souvenir sheets, as is true of a couple of Belgian overprints on old postally-issued souvenir sheets. Many philatelic events in China have produced souvenir sheet-like items that even incorporate old stamp designs.





See

 * Cinderella
 * Souvenir sheet

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