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ISSUE 168 - December 6, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine

December - Thirteen States and Christmas Seals

Thirteen States
This month our coverage begins with the first 13 states to ratify the United States Constitution, selected for a December display because the first state, Delaware, ratified on December 7, 1787.

Click: Thirteen States FDC Collection Display
http://en.wikipedia.org/ - Thirteen Colonies

Christmas Seals
We then turn to a very different subject of tremendous significance in its own way, the development of Christmas Seals, with examples of colorful seals from around the world.



1908 United States



1909 United States
http://www.christmasseals.org (American Lung Association Christmas Seal Gallery 1920 - present)
http://www.christmasseals.org (The History of Christmas Seals - American Lung Association)

1912 United States

1913 United States



1914 United States
http://en.wikipedia.org (Origins of the Christmas seal - Wikipedia)



1917 United States
http://www.seal-society.org/ (The Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society since 1931)



1922 United States
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/alav/seals/ (The Story of the Christmas Seals - University of Virginia)
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu (Campaigns and Crusades - The Anti-Spitting Campaign)



1927 Denmark - Einar Holboll, Copenhagen

1928 Denmark
http://www.christmasseals.net (An extensive collection of Christmas Seals worldwide)



1928 Japan



1928 United States



1930 Scotland



1932 Egypt



1932 United States



1936 United States



1937 Ireland



1938 Ireland

1941 China

1943 United States



1944 - 1952 Switzerland

1945 Poland



1947 Spain



1952 United States



1955 South Africa

1956 Yugoslavia



1959 Sweden



1959 United States
http://www.boystown.org (Father Edward J. Flanagan - founder of Boys Town 1917)



1959 El Salvador

1960 United States
http://www.boystown.org/ (Boys Town website)

1964 Portugal

1968 United States

1970 Japan

1971 United States



1979 Canada
http://www.youtube.com (The history of the Canadian Lung Association and how Christmas Seals help fight lung disease.)

1991 Faroe

1993 South Korea



2001 United States

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