Christmas Seals are labels placed on mail during the Christmas season to raise funds and awareness for charitable programs.They have become particularly associated with lung diseases such as tuberculosis, and with child welfare.
Christmas customs and legends on stamps
By Janet Klug
This time of year most people receive holiday mail brightened with a choice of secular and religious Christmas stamps. North America is the birthplace of the Christmas stamp.
Christmas Seals Charity labels used to raise funds for various groups.
Christmas Stamps Special postage stamps issued for use on mail during the holiday season.
Cinderella Any stamp-like label without an official postal value.
Christmas Seals - privately produced, fund raising labels intended for use on mail during the Christmas season. First issued in 1907. Scott numbers are prefixed with WX.
Christmas Seal
A non-postal label, created by various charities and sold or distributed (for a requested donation) to people for use on outgoing holiday mail.
Best Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society Award - must win silver medal or better.
Emily Bissell Award - best Christmas seal or charity seal exhibit earning at least a sliver medal.
Collectors Club of Chicago ...
6¢ Christmas - Winter Sunday, TOP green #31077, "Mail Early", one straight edge (VF+)
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Santa Landia: Christmas fantasy labels created by Maggie Kate.
Santa Maria Albarracin: city in Spain, local post, Spanish Civil War, Nationalist and Republican forces,1936.
The first Commonwealth Country to issue a stamp specifically for postage on Christmas greetings cards was Australia in 1957. The first stamps issued specifically for postage on Christmas greeting cards appeared in Austria in December 1937.
The first US issue designated as setenant was a block of four Christmas (holly) stamps in 1964, though there are earlier issues that could be considered setenants.
Here we have a well-known guy, called Santa Claus in some countries, Father Christmas in some, and other names in several other countries. On the left, Santa trudges through the snow in Canada with goodies for boys and girls.
Christmas Seals - See "Charity Labels."
Christmas Stamps - Postage stamps issued for use on mail during Christmas season.
Cinderella - Any collectible, non-postage stamp item such as a revenue stamp or charity seal.
In the United States, holiday issues such as Contemporary Christmas, Traditional Christmas, Hanukkah and the like are considered special stamps.
Christmas Issue (1999 Rain deer - "a lick and stick" as she called it) didn't soak well; it literally turned to 'mush' - and it met none of the criteria above.
Special stamps are the extra stamps the post office prints each year. The Love stamps and the Christmas stamps are special stamps.
Charity seal - stamp-like label that is not a postage stamp and is distributed by a charity. They are often affixed to envelopes. Christmas seals are one example.
Charity seals: Stamplike labels that are distributed by a charity. They have no postal validity, although they are often affixed to envelopes. United States Christmas seals are one example.
Charity stamp: see Semipostal.
Stamp-like labels that are produced by a charity. They have no postal validity, although they are often affixed to envelopes, usually on the reverse. United States Christmas seals are an example.
Charity Stamp: ...
Omnibus issue - A set of postage stamps featuring a particular topic issued simultaneously by a number of countries, usually with most of the issues sharing a common design (note: Christmas is not an omnibus issue; ...
Don't forget to mention stamps, stamp albums, and hinges before your birthday or Christmas! Also remember that a great many inexpensive stamps in the past have turned into ore valuable stamps over the years.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Sheet, Philatelic
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