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Holiday and Christmas Greeting Labels for TB
Holiday and Christmas Greeting Labels for TB
  • A kind man named Einar Holboell worked in a post office in Denmark. Once while sorting heavy Christmas mail in 1903, he noticed some children limping across the road. He was extremely moved by the sight of these children who were suffering from tuberculosis of the bone. It hurt him to see the suffering caused by sickness> He wished he could do something  about it. A thought struck him.
  • If we could get people to buy a special Christmas Seal while the spirit of giving is strong during Christmas, it would be wonderful. There are so many letters and packages, and just a penny seal on each one would bring a lot of money to help the sick and needy children. There might even be enough to start a hospital for children.
  • The idea for Einer Holboell was received enthusiastically by the Danish people. The king of Denmark gave his approval. This was how the first Christmas seal appeared in 1904 with the Patronage of King Christian.The seals had on them Queen Louse's picture and all Christmas letters carried a 2-ore Christmas Stamp. The Danish people participated in the first campaign by using an average of two stamps per person as extras on their Christmas mail. The first hospital for children in Denmark was built out of the returns of this Campaign.
  • The sale of Christmas Seals for collecting funds for anti-tuberculosis work was soon taken up by other countries and today almost all National TB Associations are collecting large sums of money through this Campaign.
  • Holboell, who died in1972, was happy to see his idea prosper and grown in other countries while he was still alive. Thus, the idea of the Danish Postal official provides succor to millions of TB sufferers all over the world.
  • Here some such Holiday and Christmas TB Seals/Labels are shown which have been used in India along with other countries. Some of them have year written on them. As the exact dates of issue of these Seals/Labels are not known they all are shown with 1 December of the respective year as the issue date as the month of December is the month for Christmas.
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Mother and Child
01 December 1952
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Villagers receiving grace from Heaven
01 December 1953
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Mother and Child
01 December 1954
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Child in the lap of mother and father is by their side
01 December 1955
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Villagers and lambs receiving the grace from Christmas Stars
01 December 1956
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Mother and Child
01 December 1958
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Mother and Child
01 December 1960
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Child in the lap of mother with some lambs around
01 December 1961
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Mother, Child and a girl
01 December 1962
Christmas Greetings and Logo
Child in the lap of mother and father is standing
01 December 1963
Christmas Greetings and Logo

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