Special thanks to Joseph Ward & Rod Stuart, and George Painter for help on this News item. Like many collector groups, the CS&CSS has an Archive. Today, this Archive consists of a complete Seal News reprint, as well as a collection of early articles pertaining to Christmas Seal collecting, and history. Formed in 1931, The CS&CSS's first official organ was Linn's Stamp News, and the "Christmas Seal and Charity Stamps" monthly department served as our official bulletin, and was edited by A. W. C. Brumfield. 1931-1934 issues are included in the Seal News section, available at this website with member login. Fifty cents covered annual dues which included a subscription to Linn's, double the normal Linn's subscription fee. Later, April 4th, 1934 thru February 5th, 1947, The Western Stamp Collector carried the official bulletin of CS&CSS, first called "Charity Review" thru February 1940 before changing it's name to "Official Bulletin of CS&CSS". The official society column published in the WSC was edited by Harold V.B. Voorhis thru 1938 when he was called to serve in WW2. Ben Morris edited the column thru 1945 and passed away while holding the position of editor. Dick Green took over as editor of the WSC column thru February 1947 before splitting off the Western Stamp Collector, and editing "Seal News", first issued on March 1947. I'm searching for a long run of the CS&CSS Western Stamp Collector bulletins, so they can be added to the Seal News section. For a time, The CS&CSS and The Poster Stamp Collectors of America used a combined journal, The Poster Seal Bulletin. The known issues are included in the Seal News section, which are May 1941 thru October 1941, and a part of a 1943, leading me to believe they were issued for several years. The heading or title page lists both organizations and their respective officers. They even had separate Editors. The CS&CSS was so decimated by the war that the planned Society Exhibition, May 6, 1942, in Philadelphia in conjunction with the Pennsylvania TB Society's 50th Anniversary, was in jeopardy. Attendance was expected to be low but some, notably Charles Lorenz anticipated it, and made the event a success. The exhibit that Lorenz put together with members material demonstrated that it was an exceptional event. A report on this May event was published in The Western Stamp Collector, CS&CSS bulletin, June 1942, and is included in the Seal News section. Joseph Ward also wrote a scholarly article on this event published in Spring 2005 Seal News. During the early years the CS&CSS was a very active group with chapters in New York, Chicago, and later adding Missouri, Wisconsin, and Sacramento. The following are highlights of the CS&CSS Archive, as well as early Christmas Seal articles submitted by members. The first article is by Leigh Mitchell Hodges, The Philadelphia North American newspaperman who was instrumental in making the 1907 seal a success. The first Christmas Seal, conceived by Danish Postal worker, Einar Holboll, became a reality in 1904. Emily Bissell picked up his idea from an article she read to save a small TB sanatorium in the state of Delaware. The article, The Christmas Stamp, by Jacob Riis was published in this News section September 2014. Several articles mention the newly formed CS&CSS, while others contain fascinating back stories to events, such as President FDR receiving a Christmas Seal collection from The National Tuberculosis Association; an album put together by members of the CS&CSS. FDR mentioned a prized Christmas Seal item in his collection, a Danish West Indies TB Seal tied on cover. A publicity photo of this event can be seen in the September 2014 News. Many are written by or about early CS&CSS members collections or exhibits. In the June 1933 article, written by Emily Bissell; she responds to a discovery of some 1907 seals at the NTA office; "We regret that discovery of a quantity of these 1907 seals in cleaning up our office has brought us so much unfavorable publicity, causing people to think we are dickering in the seal trade." Bissell's office had offered 5,000 1907 seal for sale. Collectors correctly predicted the price drop from $5/ $7.50 (type 1 & 2) to .50/ .25 a year later. In 1938 the NTA allowed the CS&CSS to give advance notice of the limited edition Christmas Seal souvenir pane, or Deluxe Pane. With 25,000 printed, they were priced at .25.
12-5-07 WIlmington Morning News.pdf 12-9-17 Wilmington Morning News.pdf 12-12-07 Wilmington Morning News.pdf 12-13-07 Philadelphia North American.pdf 12-17-07 The Optimist.pdf 12-18-07 Philadelphia North American.pdf 12-19-07 Philadelphia North American.pdf 12-23-07 Philadelphia North American.pdf 1-3-08 Philadelphia North American.pdf 1908 The Christmas Stamp in America, The Outlook, Priscilla Leonard (Emily Bissell).pdf 12-16-11 Philadelphia Stamp News, The Am Red Cross Stamps by Percy McMann-1.pdf 1911 Charity Stamps that Collectors Seek.pdf The Christmas Seals, Jacobs Dec. 1912.pdf cs&css Dec 1929.pdf CS&CSS 10-10-31 Linns.pdf CS&CSS Dec 1931.pdf cs&css 1931 seal exhibits.pdf cs&css 1932 noted artists.pdf 1932 Christmas Seal Artists.pdf CS&CSS 1932 xmas seal story- radio broadcast.pdf cs&css Mar 1933.pdf cs&css june 1933 NTA discovery.pdf cs&css Dec 1933 FDR.pdf wheless, dorsey.pdf 1933, Dec 16, Stamps, Dorsey Wheless.pdf cs&css Nov 1934 Linns.pdf cs&css 1934.pdf cs&css Dec 1934.pdf article 1934 jacobs.pdf cs&css Dec 1935.pdf cs&css 1935 nat coin & hobby.pdf 11-27-36 story of xmas seal. cole-1.pdf cs&css Aug 1937 WSC.pdf cs&css un 1938 WSC.pdf csss Oct 1938 WSC.pdf article 12-40.pdf CS&CSS 1942 Story of Xmas Seal, Hodges.pdf c&cs Mar 1945 WSC.pdf 12-16-56 Lorenz.pdf article 12-53.pdf 12-1960 Dateline Delaware.pdf article 6-3-63.pdf NTA 8-65.pdf halls of india.pdf article berlin ontario 5-89.pdf article 2-95.pdf modern christmas seals 1995.pdf federated womens club article.pdf