Show history of red cross seal charity stamps first used la in doston boston in 1862 for tho the soldiers relief funds during the civil war were the original forerunners of the red cross christmas seal which will bo be used this year to bring happiness and cheer ta to millions the delaware antl anti tu bercu losis society in 1907 for the first time in america made use of a stamp for the purpose of getting revenue to light fight consumption in a nastily hastily organized campaign of only three weeks they realized the next year 1908 the american red cross conducted the first national tuberculosis stamp campaign from this sale was realized for the anti losis movement in 1909 under many adverse conditions was realized from these stamps this year the slogan of the tuberculosis fighters and the red cross to is A million for from red cross seal in 1910 11 |