-The donor Katherine Morey Ferguson was the granddaughter of the founder Chester Morey and daughter of 2nd president John W. Morey.
-The C.S. Morey Mercantile Company was founded in Denver in 1884 (C.S. Morey or Chester Stephen Morey was born in Wisconsin, served in the Civil War and attended the Eastman Business College in Chicago in 1867. In 1872 he settled in New Mexico for health reasons and worked as a western sales rep for Sprague & Warner & Co. who helped him start his own business in Denver in 1884). In 1901 Morey's son J.W. joined the company eventually taking over as president. The popular Solitaire brand was started in 1902. In 1905 J.W. Morey married Mable Feldhauser and they had one daughter Katherine Laura (who later married John A. Ferguson--see HCC 84.436.1-.5. In 1910 the company changed its name to The Morey Mercantile Company and by 1925 occupied 253,000 square feet in downtown Denver. The company remained an important Colorado business until it closed in 1956.
-See also article by William L. Myatt, Colorado Magazine 1961--copy in DFA object file
, Poster stamp
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Definitions
The unofficial nature of poster stamps has led to debate about exactly what is and is not a poster stamp. One definition has been "labels without postage stamp values, not good for postal service; advertising labels or charity labels." [1]
Origins
The first poster stamps were inspired by the invention of the postage stamp. A perforated label was produced in England in 1864 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and in Italy a label was produced in 1860 to celebrate Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily during the campaign to unify Italy.[2] Commercial interests soon realised the publicity potential of the stamps and they were quickly adopted for the promotion of every type of product and cause. Poster stamps were also widely used by both sides during World War One as political propaganda.
Scope
As late as the 1930s they were still being used to promote political and other causes. In 1937 Irene Harand published a series of anti-Nazi poster stamps portraying the contributions made by Jews to civilisation over the centuries,[3] and adhesive labels of all kinds that are not postage stamps continue to be produced today to promote particular causes or events.
See also
?Campbell-Johnston Collection
?Cinderella stamp
?Cinderella Stamp Club
References
1.^ Patrick, Douglas & Mary. The Hodder Stamp Dictionary. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973, p.191. ISBN 0-340-17183-9
2.^ Mackay, James. The Complete Guide to Stamps and Stamp Collecting. London: Hermes House, 2005, p.62. ISBN 1-84477-726-X
3.^ Rogers, Peter. "Irene Harand and The Truth About Anti-Semitism." in The Cinderella Philatelist. Vol.48, No.3, July 2008, p.124.
Further reading
?Blase, Ch. J. Hungarian Poster Stamps and Similar Cinderellas: A narrative and illustrated catalogue. Alton: World Poster Stamps, 2000. ISBN 1-901959-25-2
?Kiddle, Charles. Ludwig Hohlwein: The poster stamps. Alton: World Poster Stamps, 1999. ISBN 1-901959-15-5
?Schmidt, Walter., ed. "The Poster Stamp Report" in The Cinderella Philatelist, Journal of The Cinderella Stamp Club. ISSN: 0009-6911
?Steele, H. Thomas. Lick 'em, Stick 'em; the Lost Art of Poster Stamps. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989. ISBN 0-89659-899-3