Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1910 — History of Red Cross Seal. [ARTICLE]

History of Red Cross Seal.

“Charity stamps,” first used la Boston in 1862 for the soldiers’ relief funds during the Civil war, were the original forerunners of the Red Cross Christmas Beal, which will be used this year to bring happiness and cheer to millions. The Delaware Anti-Tu-berculosis society in 1907 for the first time in America made use of a stamp for the purpose of getting revenue to fight consumption. In a hastily organized campaign of only three weeks they realized $3,000. The next year, 1908, the American Red Cross conducted the first national tuberculosis stamp campaign. From this sale $135,000 was realized for the anti-tubercu-losis movement. In 1909, under many adverse conditions, $250,000 was realized from these stamps. This year the slogan of the tuberculosis fighters and the Red Cross is "A Million for Turberculosis From Red Cross Seals In 1910.”