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noun
A label resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after Cinderella, a folk-tale underdog heroine who was treated as inferior within her family. Cinderella stamps similarly were considered inferior to postage stamps.
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