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1921 CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS SEAL MAIL RED CROSS POST TUBERCULOSIS AD FC3626* :
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1921 CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS SEAL MAIL RED CROSS POST TUBERCULOSIS AD FC3626*

DATE OF THIS**ORIGINAL** ITEM:1921

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Christmas sealsare adhesive labels that are similar in appearance to postage stamps that are sold then affixed tomailduring theChristmasseason to raise funds and awareness for charitable programs. Christmas seals have become particularly associated with lung diseases such astuberculosis, and with child welfare in general. They were first issued in Denmark beginning in 1904, with Sweden and Iceland following with issues that same year. Thereafter the use of Christmas seals proved to be popular and spread quickly around the world, with 130 countries producing their own issues.

Christmas Seals were sometimes mistaken forChristmas stampsused for postage, prompting the US Post Office to adopt a policy requiring seals to be affixed on the reverse side of a postcard or envelope, but the policy was generally unfavorable and often ignored, ultimately resulting in its withdrawal. Christmas seals exist in several varieties, most notably those first issued by the Red Cross and later by the National Tuberculosis Associationwith its red double barred cross on the face of the seal. Other charitable seals have been issued by state governments, religions and social organizations worldwide. Various governments have issuedsemi-postal postage stampsto raise funds for theRed Crossor other charitable causes.From the onset Christmas seals received much public acclaim and were soon sought after bycollectorsandpostal historians.Today, as a collectable item, their monetary worth varies considerably.

At the beginning of the 1900stuberculosiswas a greatly feared disease, and its harmful effects on children seemed particularly devastating. In 1904, Einar Holbøll, aDanishpostal clerk, developed the idea of adding an extra charitable stamp on mailed holiday greetings during ChristmasThe money raised would be used to help children sick with tuberculosisThe plan was approved by the Postmaster and the King of Denmark (Christian IXPrior to his death in 1927 Holboell was knighted by the king of Denmark for his contributions in the effort to fight tuberculosis and for associating Christmas with the need to help those afflicted with the disease. He was also honored by a number of other countries, including the United States, for his efforts

In 1904, the world\'s first Christmas seal was issued in Denmark, bearing the likeness of the Danish Queen (Louise of Hesse-Kassel) and the wordJulen(Christmas). Over 4 million were sold in the first year atDKK0.02 per seal, raising more than $18,000, which in 1904 was a considerable sum of money. The following year the sale of Christmas Seals brought even more money to the fight against tuberculosi

During the first six years, enough funds were raised to build the Christmas Seal Sanatorium inKolding, which was opened in 1911. The same year the sanatorium was transferred to the administration of the Danish National Association to Combat Tuberculosis as it was considered a waste of resources to have two organizations working towards the same purpose. Fundraising would successfully continue via Christmas Seals for years to come

The Danish Christmas Seal Committee, today known as Julemærkefonden (the Christmas Seal Fund), decided at that time to put all future collected funds to use in building and operating convalescent homes for children.

In 1958 a controversy over the appearance ofSanta Clauson a Danish Christmas seal started when Rev. Paul Nedergad, aCopenhagenclergyman, referred to Santa Claus as a \"pagan goblin\". He insisted that people should find another way to help the charitable cause to fight tuberculosis and boycott the Christmas seal in question. Most of the people of Denmark, however, paid little attention to Negerdard\'s comment and continued to buy the Christmas seals that depicted Santa Claus.
At the beginning of the 20th century the United States was also experiencing a tuberculosis outbreak of epidemic proportions. At the time the only practical way to treat the disease was confining those afflicted in asanatorium. Most of these facilities, however, were in dire need of funding and were faced with closure. One such facility was located inBrandywine, Delaware, and almost at the point of its termination, where a doctor, Joseph Wales, remembered his cousinEmily Bissellwho was experienced in fundraising efforts. He subsequently sent her a letter relating the situation his sanatorium was facing. Bissell was touched by his letter and sent out looking for ways to raise the $300 needed for her cousin\'s sanatorium to remain open.

The Great success of Christmas seals in Europe prompted Danish bornJacob Riis, amuckrakingjournalist, photographer and a friend ofTheodore Roosevelt, to write an editorial advocating their sale in America. The editorial and the great success Christmas Seals brought to charitable efforts in Europe in 1904 was a great source of inspiration toEmily Bissellwho pursued the prospect in the United States and organized the production and sale of Christmas Seals in America.Bissell likewise hoped to raise money for her cousin\'s a sanatorium on theBrandywine CreekinDelaware. Bissell went on to design a Delaware local Christmas seal, the first to be issued in the United States in 1907. By 1907 Christmas Seals were introduced to theUnited StatesbyEmily Bissell, Christmas seals generated $3000 in the first year. By 1909 sales generated $250,000. It became clear to the Red Cross sales of Christmas seals should continue as an independent enterprise. The Director of the American Red Cross, Ernest P. Bicknell, was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Tuberculosis Association, now in its sixth-year of operation. Bicknell along with Dr. Livingston Farrand, a member of the faculty of Columbia University proceeded in the summer of 1910 to arrange a partnership in the sale of Christmas Seals with the Red Cross, which lasted until 1920, when the Red Cross turned over the entire Christmas seal operation to the National Tuberculosis Association. In the succeeding years sales grew continuously, from three thousand dollars in 1907 to 26 million dollars by 1955.

Initially printed by theLithographprocess, the seals were sold in post office lobbies across the United States.The first U.S. Christmas seal of 1907 was initially sold on December 7, 1907 inWilmington, Delawareby the Delaware Chapter of the American Red Cross, at a penny each. By 1908, Bissell\'s idea grew to a national program administered by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis (NASPT) Christmas seals issued from 1908 to 1918 were issued nationally by the American National Red Cross. Net proceeds from the sales would be divided equally between the two organizations.Beginning in 1919 when the National Tuberculosis Association assumed operations of Christmas seal production all seals bore the red double-barred cross in the designs.

The Christmas seals issued in 1918 have an unusual history apart from all the others, in that they were not sold to the general public that year. Issued duringWorld War Ithey were only given to members of the American Red Cross so as not to compete with other fund-raising drives for the war effort. Issued only in booklet panes of ten, there are no known sheets of 100 of this issue.

By 1920, the Red Cross withdrew from the arrangement and sales were conducted exclusively by the NASPT, then known as the National Tuberculosis Association (NTA). Issues from 1920 to 1937; by the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association (NTDRA); from 1968 to 1972 and the American Lung Association from 1973 to the present The NTRDA became theAmerican Lung Associationin 1973, though the 1974 seals and those issued thereafter continue to show the NTRDA inscription on the sheet margin.

Often times two or more different printers were employed to produce a given Christmas seal, producing a seal that was identical to the other such printings. To distinguish between the various printings the Christmas Seal Society deemed it appropriate that each printer add his ownprinter\'s markto one of the seals in a sheet of 100, usually in the middle of the sheet. Printer\'s marks usually consisted of a small letter within the design of the seal. The addition of printer\'s marks was initiated In 1926 and continued until 1997.

Local Christmas seals also began to emerge during this time and have existed alongside national issues in the US since 1907, and are also catalogued by theChristmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society.

The first real-life people were not featured on U.S. Christmas seals until the 1938 seals were issued. They featured prominent men associated with the fight against tuberculosis, which include.Einar Holbøll,Robert Koch,René LaennecandEdward Livingston Trudeau

With the exception of the 1907 and 1908 issues, US Christmas seals were issued in sheets of 100 up until 1975, thereafter being issued in sheets of 54.Beginning in 1935 US Christmas seals were being printed inse-tenant, where there was more than one design of Christmas seals on a single sheet of one hundred Christmas seals.Beginning in 1970 sheets of Christmas seals sometimes each had an individual seal with its own design or depicted an overall scene, with each seal having a portion of that scene,similar to the way that puzzle pieces together displayed a scene or picture.

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