Cinderella Corner The cinderella illustrated in Figure 8 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: CANN’S / Melbourne Centenary The building illustrated in the label is the one established in 1920, at 135 – 137 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Clauscen & Co.
Clauscen & Co. was a Melbourne furniture organisation founded by George Clauscen (1840 – 1918). At its central location at 131 Bourke Street, Clauscen & Co designed, manufactured and sold furniture. The cinderella illustrated in Figure 9 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: CLAUSCEN & CO. / MELBOURNE CENTENARY The entire building presented in the label was occupied by Clauscen & Co. from 1926. It was later occupied Fletcher Jones, Allans Music, and finally Dimmeys. After nearly 140 years following its 1870 construction, the building was demolished in 2008 and replaced by the Citadines Hotel.
Coles Stores
Coles Stores were founded by Victorian-born Sir George James Coles (1885 – 1977) over a century ago in 1914. The cinderellas illustrated in Figure 10 measure 17mm x 51mm and each is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY / COLES STORES / MELBOURNE The building featured in this label, located on Bourke Street, Melbourne, was completed in 1929 and then extended in 1939.
Collins House
Collins House was a reference to the building illus30 - Stamp News
trated in Figure 11. Located at 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, it was built in 1910 – 1911 to house a formed alliance of companies known as the ‘Collins House Group’ which, collectively, had an impact on the Australian mining and related industries’ landscape. It was demolished in 1974 and replaced by an office tower known as Collins-Wales House. The cinderella illustrated in Figure 11 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 1935 / COLLINS HOUSE
Edments
Alfred Edments (1853 – 1909) was an Australian philanthropist and merchant. In 1895, he ran an Auction house at 309 – 311 Bourke Street, Melbourne. The cinderella illustrated in Figure 12 measures 20mm x 32mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 5 / EDMENTS
English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd.
The most common of the labels illustrated in this Cinderella Corner is the one featured in Figure 13. The English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd. was an Australian bank founded in 1852. It merged with ANZ, in 1970, to form the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited. Each cinderella in the block of six illustrated in Figure 13, with wide left margins, measures 36mm