Society News

  1. New Catalog/ Handbook of Mexican TB Seals

    Mexican Topical TB Seal Sheet 1967 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 1973 Mexican TB Seal Sheet Mexico 1975 TB Souvenir Sheet 1977 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 1985 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 1989 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 2000 Recalled Mexican TB Seal Sheet 2005 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 2007 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 2008 Mexican TB Seal Sheet 2009 Mexican TB Seal Sheet

    Memoria De Las Estampillas De Lucha Contra La Tuberculosis, 70 Anos 1940-2010, by Alejandro Grossmann Epper, 79 numbered pages with 36 posters illustrated on 4 unnumbered pages in the front and back of the book. 8 ½ x 11” full color, soft cover, illustrating full sheets, used seals, tied ons, and some related TB material such as an early tb bond and tb lottery tickets, loads of information, written in Spanish.

    This handbook, as Grossmann calls it, is a must have for any serious collector of Mexican TB seals. It has the look and feel of a high priced auction catalog. The color printing is outstanding; so much so, if you were not a collector it would negate the need to collect the seals. Every page is professionally laid out; the work of a graphic artist. The official Christmas Seal website of Mexico is located at, http://www.tbsealsmexico.org/english.htm and may be adding this book in the near future. In the meantime, the book is available from the author, Alejandro Grossmann Epper, for 20 dollars + 4.95 by Priority Mail, pay by Pay Pal to alejandro_grossmann@yahoo.com

  2. Christmas Seal® Lantern Slide CD

    1939 Lantern Slide 1914 Lantern Slide 1926 Lantern Slide Lantern Slide

    I just finished making a CD using the reference collection of John Denune, Sr. containing 109 different lantern slides The CD is available for $8.95 + $2 S&H. Most lantern slides were issued each year, and are pictured in the annual sales folder since the beginning of sales folders in the 1920’s. Some have NTA publicity images, mostly from the late 20’s and early 30’s, such as NTA Publicity #204 issued in 1927. There is also a set of 16 slide show ones, which would have been done at the same time. These may have been a predecessor of the modern 35mm slide shows made by the lung association into the 1970's. It is interesting that the slide show lantern slides, made from electrotype proofs, are the same images of the Christmas Seal still used in Scott’s Catalog.

  3. Plan Ahead to attend the next gathering of the CS&CSS Summer 2011

    2011 Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society Souvenir Card

    August 11-14 2011, APS STAMPSHOW, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus. Contact Dana Guyer, stampshow@stamps.org; www.stamps.org; 814-933-3803 ext 217; Fax 814-933-6128.

    The CS&CSS will have a society booth with an educational display and society literature. We will also be giving awards to Christmas Seal exhibits, so submit your collections for competitive display to this show.

    Columbus, connected by high speed freeway, is only 35 miles west of Granville, and John Denune is planning a CS&CSS picnic on Saturday evening after that day of the show.

  4. Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals

    Spanish TB Spain TB Sheet

    by Dr. Manuel J. Casal, see review below, 5-2010. My review was used as the Prologue.

    The finished English edition is 151 pages in full color.

    New (January 2018) Ordering Instructions: PAYMENT CONDITIONS AND SHIPPING INFORMATION

    Price………………………………………………………………………………………………20 Euros or 30 US Dollars

    Postage and Handing……………………………………………………………………. 12 Euros or 15 US Dollars

    Payment Methods : (Total amount = Price plus Postage and Handing )

    Mailed Payment in bank notes in registered letter to :

    Maria Asuncion Garcia Franquesa

    Sociedad Cientifica Anadaluza

    Vallellano 13

    14004 Cordoba

    SPAIN

    Or : Bank Transfer. Bank Account in Spain. BBVA to :Maria Asuncion Garcia Franquesa

    cc nº : 0182 2104 42 0201526573

    IBAN: ES14 0182 2104 4202 0152 6573

    SWIFT CODE (BIC) : BBVA ES MM

    Or : Check payable a Spanish Bank , to :Maria Asuncion Garcia Franquesa

  6. National Wildlife Federation & Christmas Stamps, Specialists Handbook, by Ira Cotton

    #1 National Wildlife Federation

    National Wildlife Federation & Christmas stamps were issued from 1956 through 2000 to promote wildlife conservation and to raise funds for the charity. These stamps are interesting because of their colorful designs by leading wildlife artists and because of the many varieties in the sheets. Over 80 Christmas sheets and booklets are all illustrated in full color (headers and top row for sheets) and varieties are described in detail. Lists are provided for all sheets and booklets, over 400 stamps, artists, and stamp subjects.

    Philatelists, conservationists, wildlife topical collectors, cinderella collectors, and anyone who loves Christmas should find this handbook appealing. The handbook is available in saddle-stitched and spiral bindings. Available form the publisher, http://www.lulu.com/shop/ira-cotton/national-wildlife-federation-christm...

  7. Review of pre publication, Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals

    Spanish TB Seal Sheet

    Review of pre publication, Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals

    Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals, by Professor Manuel Casal mi1carom@hotmail.com is more than a catalog of anti tuberculosis seals of Spain. An original classification system is used, and the seals are arranged chronologically by type. Included is the history of the double barred cross and double crescent as a symbol in the fight against TB, as well as the current status of TB in the world, and in Spain, as only a microbiologist could. Professor Casal is the director of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cordoba.

    Collectors have often asked me what I knew about a particular issue, and I have been embarrassed by the lack of available information. Catalogs of TB seals generally list the name of the issuing society, the date and place of the issue. Dr. Casal has looked far and wide into the people and events surrounding these issues, making his book the definitive source for information on the subject. If it were not for Dr. Casal’s diligent efforts, much of this early rich history of Spanish TB seals would have been lost. Because of his research, this book stands out from other similar efforts, and sets a new standard for future TB seal catalogs.

    No small effort has gone into acquiring the illustrations, which are better than any other catalog of Spanish TB seals. Rare seals, almost never offered in the market are for the first time available clear and in color. Few countries in the world have a TB seal catalog as nice as this one. As editor of a similar work on US TB seals, I know this is a labor of love. I am proud to know the professor, and am delighted to see his work completed.

    Sincerely,

    John Denune, past president Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society,

    American Philatelic Society affiliate #101

  8. New Canadian Specialized TB Seal Catalog

    1961 Canadian TB Sheet 1966 Canadian TB Sheet 1969 Canadian TB Imperforate Sheet

    The National Christmas Seals of Canada, 1927-2008 by Cliff Beattie, Andrew Chung FRPSC, and Robert D. Vogel. This 119 page comb bound first edition is a specialized catalog and contains the best information on the subject.

    Order from Andrew Chung, P.O.Box 89111, Westdale RPO, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4R5 The full color edition is $79.95 or black and white for $29.95 + shipping of $4 within Canada, $8 to USA, or $16 elsewhere.

  9. 4 diff CS&CSS intaglio Engraved Souvenirs for 2009

    2009 CS&CSS Pittsburgh Souvenir Card 2009 CS&CSS Albany Souvenir Card

    2 different intaglio engraved souvenirs, printed by retired BEP printer, Mike Bean, are now available mint, or show cancelled (add .44 for each show cancelled card). Both cards are overprinted for CS&CSS participation at APS Stamp Show 2009 in Pittsburgh, and Stamp Expo 400 in Albany, making 4 diff cards in all; about 100 cards each will be printed. The price is $10 each postpaid. Both cards have 3 different intaglio vignettes, each in a different color, requiring 3 passes thru the hand fed press. The first card features 3 eagles, and the second has a scene of a trolly car, agriculture with tractor, and a steam ship. Other recent CS&CSS event souvenirs are offered near the bottom of the "CS&CSS Literature" page. Order from John Denune, CS&CSS Literature Chairman, 234 E. Broadway, Granville, OH 43023, (740) 587-0276

     

    Earlier News Items

    January 1, 2009

    CS&CSS Meeting at two Stamp Shows in 2009

    APS National Stampshow, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 6-9

    Stamp Expo 400, Albany, NY, September 25-27

    Plan to Join us at these CS&CSS Meetings. We will have a society booth at both events.

     

    Sept 30th, 2008

    2009 Unitrade Canadian Postage Stamp Catalogue has added TB Seals

     

    Sept 1st, 2008

    4 Newest CS&CSS Catalogs all won Vermeil at APS StampShow '08

    2007 Green's Foreign TB Seals, 1983-2007, by Charles Hoger, full color comb bound  or computer CD edition

    2007 Christmas Seal Buttons, by Lou Caprario, full color printed comb bound, or computer CD edition

    2007 Green's Canadian Local and Provincial TB Seals, by Cliff Beattie, 94 pages, full color, comb bound, or computer CD edition

    2008 Green's Catalog of US National Christmas Seals®, by John Denune, Jr., 172 pages, comb  bound, or 2008 computer CD edition

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