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)