Label

Differences between label and mobile stamp

The labels are to be distinguished carefully from the stamps, that those tax or postal, are generally emitted by the State or certain communities to recover obligatory taxes or taxes. The stamps are almost always of public or semipublic origin (cf postal Timbre and mobile Revenue stamp), except exception (cf private Timbre). Unfortunately of many confusions frequently occur. It is thus when certain advertizing labels are wrongly qualified " timbres" , as it was the case, for example, by certain albums especially published with the use of the children by various chocolate marks.
Another factor of confusion lies in the fact that the labels are often stuck on the postal folds beside the stamps, to transmit their messages. The philatelists are fond of delicacies besides such folds, when the aforementioned labels were obliterated by the post office, generally inadvertently. But that is not enough to transform them into stamps, and the post offices Frenchwoman or English, generally posed like rule, to avoid such confusions, that the labels could be affixed only with the back of the letters, or on the left of the postcards.
In opposite direction, several legislative texts and lawful fed confusion, while qualifying officially and improperly " vignettes" , to decrease the opposition of the taxpayers, the special revenue stamps emitted in France since 1956, to be affixed on the windshields of the cars (automobile cf Label).

Various categories of labels

The labels belong to varied categories and are used to mobilize the public on many topics:

Free labels

Many labels, if not the majority, are emitted free, with an aim of propaganda or publicity.

Paying labels

Paying labels are those which are emitted, not only to diffuse ideas, but also to encourage the public to pour contributions to the profit of certain works or certain causes.
They then comprise often mentions of facial values, but not necessarily.
Among these paying labels, some are emitted on a purely occasional basis to finance such or such cause, It was thus, for example, of the labels anti-tubercular patients or fight against cancer.
Others are emitted at regular intervals to recover contributions (Labels of contributions of the trade unions, parties, or private associations, political figurines, etc).
It should be noted that certain labels are indirectly paying. It was about " labels adresses" , sent by certain works to people whose they request financial aid, to force the hand to them. The addresses of their recipients appear in the center of these labels, surrounded reasons relating to work. Thus, those of the presumptive recipients and benefactors who appreciate these vignetttes addresses, are believed obliged, in order to use them validly, to contribute to work.

Topics of the labels

Propaganda

The labels of propaganda were emitted for the defense of multiple causes, very often opposite.

Political labels

Patriotic labels

Certain labels comprised, in 1914-1918, of the effigies of French generals, then others commemorated the return of Alsace to France. Others still, during the Second world war, celebrated the combined effort of war, free France, etc.
Symmetrically, of with dimensions of overcome, many labels appeared, to commemorate the memory of the German colonies lost, while others claimed fastening in Germany of what remained Autriche.
At the conclusion of the same war, other labels were emitted by the French industrialists for décrier the German products, and to encourage the public with the French product purchase.
It is necessary to also announce, among the patriotic labels, the figurines Zionists of the K.K.L intended to finance the purchase of grounds in Palestine under British Mandat, in order to install Jewish pioneers there, wishing to restore out of Holy Land the Hebrew State whose their ancestors had been despoiled by the Arab Romans and their auxiliaries. The destiny of these labels is particularly interesting, because they were thereafter overloaded word " Doar" (= " Poste"), during the birth of the State of Israel, and were thus transformed into provisional stamps.

Labels partisanes

Labels were emitted in France, by the royalists, the Breton boulangists, nationalists, the feminists, about 1900, and the French Action, at the end of the Thirties, etc It was in the same way, in 1948, to promote the Gathering of French people (RPF) directed personally, at the time, by the de Gaulle general. Many labels were also emitted, during the War of Spain, in the opposed camps, either only as propaganda, or also to obtain some money re-entries intended to finance the forces fighting in presence.

Tourist labels

During years 1930, many labels illustrated selected landscapes of Soft France and its colonies. Nowadays of superb labels were emitted in Bayeux to make known the tapestry recalling the memory of the conquest of England by the Norman ones.

Labels of exposures

Many labels announced or commemorated the exposures of all kinds since the end of the 19th century.

Labels of wishes

Labels were often put in circulation to carry wishes, in particular, at the time of Christmas. (cf on this subject Label of Christmas)

Aeronautical labels

At the time of certain first air flights or first meetings, various commemorative labels were put in ciculation, in France, as in Germany.

Military labels

Label of propaganda for the army

Labels appeared in certain countries to pay homage to the army. Such were for example the regimental or naval labels published in 1914-18 by the printer Delandre (http://vignettesdelandre.free.fr) and which represented the badges or the soldiers of the various units and the principal vessels of France and its Allies.

Labels of " frankness militaire"

Other labels were presented in the form of stamps of military Frankness, for the soldiers in operations, either in time of war, or at the time of colonial forwardings. However, in spite of, their mentions of frankness, they were actually simple labels emanating of warned private individuals, because the supposed soldiers to profit from it were entitled to the frankness in any case, that they use them or not. (military cf Frankness) Ainsi has you it be of the many figurines of " frankness militaire" from Spanish Morocco (cf postal History of Morocco), and figurine " Infanterie" putting into circulation in France in 1940, and some time mentioned wrongly like stamp F.M. by unquestionable catalogs.

Medical and social labels

Medical labels

It is necessary to announce here the labels of Red Cross and the labels anti-tubercular patients

Social labels

Various labels were put in circulation to inform school expenditure certain, like the labels of cases of the schools of various French departments and Parisian districts. In the same way certain labels were created to gather funds for certain underprivileged populations

Labels of Strike

It happens that in times of strike of the stations, certain contractors intervene on a purely private basis (Chambers of commerce or others) to transport the mail, at the place of the failing public service. These organizations then emit sometimes figurines, which are true private stamps, in the condition which the transmitting organizations really transposté of the mail. (cf Stamps and labels of strike)
But it is whereas, too often, certain private individuals benefitting from these disturbed circumstances, put in circulation on the philatelic market of the figurines comprising the same mentions as the stamps of strike, but corresponding to no service. These figurines apocryphal books are thus not stamps, but of simple labels. (cf private Stamp)

Advertizing labels

Labels were also emitted to sell products. It was thus, for example those carried out by various manufacturing, for example chocolates, cycles, etc

Publicity

- Various labels were born to celebrate the technical innovations of such or such fabriquant.
- Others, camouflaged in patriotic figurines, endeavoured to encourage the public to buy only the products of French industry.

Labels transformed into postage stamps

It was able in certain cases that, to quickly get the stamps necessary, of the labels were transformed into stamps by way of overload (cf Surcharge), to face urgent needs:
One can quote in this respect the case of the " Compania Colombiana de Navigacion aera" who, to get the first stamps of air surtax of Colombia, overloaded multicoloured labels of propaganda of aviation intended for the children. In the same way, at the time of its accession to independence, Israel, attacked by the Arab countries which rejected the plan of division of the O.N.U., quickly got postage stamps while making overload the labels Zionists of benevolence available.

Collection of the labels

There exist collectors of labels, which one indicates of the name d'" errinophiles". Their activity, l" Errinophilie" , a branch of the philatélie.
does not constitute What does not prevent those which wish it to collect the labels, parallel to their activity of philatelists, the important one being whom they do not confuse these two types of figurines.
There exists in France an association of errinophiles called " The Arc in ciel".

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