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First U.S. Christmas Seal (Delaware, 1907)
- Year
- 1907 Community consensus
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
About this item
Charity stamp designed by Emily Bissell and sold in Delaware in 1907 to fund tuberculosis care, adapting Denmark's 1904 Christmas seal idea. It launched the annual American Christmas Seal campaign later run with the National Tuberculosis Association (now American Lung Association).
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- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Promotional Item
- Materials
- gummed paper stamp
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- Christmas seal (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia Article Supports: Holboll 1904 Denmark; Bissell 1907 Delaware design; $3,000 first sales; Red Cross/NTA expansion; collecting values View source