Show HOW THE RED CRUSS CROSS SEAL originated antl anti tuberculosis workers worker after octo fund nearly 2000 lias han bein malsed by lied cross seals in tile the luat last seven beven ears and yet many people who ho mill hlll buy these holiday stickers sticker 4 at this thin eighth anmina sale anle do not know b how aw the charity stamp idea it was war that brought forth tile the chailey stamp our cirii war of 01 61 tu to 60 65 some of your s amt pled placed post office iab falth him am liar to red lied cross seals win ial bak back lit in 1802 1862 when they conc conceded elied the idea of selling stamps at fairs faira for the benefit of the mellef funds for the soldiers hospitals in brooklyn boston aul ant hei e nearly 1000 N w as rain ed lit in this way may before after the nar mar this method of laang money wm in this country for it a gen cration although it found ogue in portugal austria france frame spain arway sweden and other european hur huro peau there ore are now thousands thoua ands of different types of harlte stamps in all parts of the enild its iia ganv as forty being timid unta tit in au adix tott tila for alldren hll dren s hos hospitals alone stamps or seals arst used tu to get foi the antl anti crus crusado in norway and in fix 1901 10 lo the well known boddil al i of new loik pid nid to atess amil lalli 11 I 1 1319 ahnell sell the Pere tary of the Delava if toil cro cross crois is jointly jointe belong the honor of nitting our Am Ampi tinn red ked cross crois Chils tinas seal in 1907 nir mr rivas interest WM was aroused by the receipt of ti a christmas tuberculosis stamp on a letter from norway he published an at tide about this looking stamp in the outlook and suggested somo some possible for it in this country miss at once saw an opportunity here and pro pre pared a stamp from the sale of which her society realized 3 OW for tests work so impressed Impre saed was wan slip she with this success that she induced the american red cross to take up kip the sale tu in it 1108 on a national basis A mth ith very little and with hardly any attempt at cageful advertising the sale that year brought in over for antl anti work in various parts parta of the united states in 1009 1909 with more thorough ration the sale was increased to in 1910 to nearly to in 1011 1911 to ovet and in 1012 to over in 1018 1918 the sale gale was increased to nearl and last year in spite or of ar and hard bard times 22 per cent more inore or rZ spills were sold totaling OM for the aau tuberculosis war |