Christmas seals
Festive mailing decorations
Christmas seals are decorative stamps sold during the holiday season to raise money for charitable causes, particularly lung disease research and prevention.
Unlike postage stamps, they have no postal value and are meant to be placed on the back of envelopes or on packages as festive decoration.
The tradition began in Denmark in 1904 and spread to the United States in 1907, where the American Lung Association has long been the primary beneficiary.
We always buy Christmas seals to support the cause.
Mark-making device
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- mailPostal system items
- letterWritten symbol or message
- postageFee for mailing
adhesive · affixed · lick · decorative · back-of-envelope · greeting · correspondence · sticker
Facility for prolonged recovery
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- lung diseaseIllness of breathing organs
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
- preventionStopping something before occurring
X-ray · dispensary · sanitarium · awareness · cure · treatment · health campaign · medical charity
Voluntary aid for others
- donationsGifts to organizations
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- contributionSomething given to help
fundraiser · giving · cause · awareness · mailing · appeal · donor · volunteer
Cheerfully celebratory
- carolingFestive neighborhood singing
- poinsettiaFestive red-bracted houseplant
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- Santa ClausLegendary yuletide gift-giver
nativity · gingerbread · candy cane · mistletoe · stocking · tinsel · ornament · wreath
stamp
Mark-making device
postage · adhesive · affixed · lick · decorative · back-of-envelope · greeting · correspondence · sticker
sanatorium
Facility for prolonged recovery
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- lung diseaseIllness of breathing organs
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
prevention · X-ray · dispensary · sanitarium · awareness · cure · treatment · health campaign · medical charity · pulmonary
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- donationsGifts to organizations
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
contribution · fundraiser · giving · cause · awareness · mailing · appeal · donor · volunteer · community
festive
Cheerfully celebratory
- carolingFestive neighborhood singing
- poinsettiaFestive red-bracted houseplant
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
Santa Claus · nativity · gingerbread · candy cane · mistletoe · stocking · tinsel · ornament · wreath · December
philatelist
One who collects stamps
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- mint conditionPerfect, unused state
- perforationHole punched through something
catalogue · dealer · exhibit · hinge · rarity · sheet · block · label · vignette · gummed
- stamp collectiblesholiday stamps, vintage designs, limited edition
- tuberculosisTB, tubercle, tuberculosis, active TB, cavitation
Christmas sealspostage stamps
Prepaid mail markers
forever stamps · commemorative stamps · airmail stamps · tax stamps
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