TB Seals: Worldwide

Many Christmas seals / Tuberculosis seals have been copied,   it is fun to find them.

One extraordinary coincidence is one matching a Postcard I have,   drawn by Alice Bullen called "Coaching"    see what you think...

May well be true, but not by me!  All these seals are in the second tier for me, more important stuff is on the go (just finished working my way through the 2 packs of 1000 Greenland, now working on about 600g of off-paper Iceland).

I am not only a bulk soaker but also a bulk snipper.  Everything on paper gets trimmed before soaking, I find this is the best way to avoid the fuzzy bits that are always coming loose and sticking to stamps in the washing process. Thankfully I have some of those scissors with the auto-sharpening storage sleeve, who knows how many pairs of scissors I would have gone through by now otherwise.  It also cuts down on the amount of soggy paper that needs to be dealt with, fortunately Calgary is a dry climate and not prone to spontaneous generation of crawly / smelly things wherever anything wet is to be found, but it's still best to reduce the size of the pile of soggy stuff in my garbage can...

Ryan

CEYLON.

Another..........

Mexico's COMITÉ NACIONAL DE LUCHA CONTRA LA TUBERCULOSIS (National Committee Against Tuberculosis) was established by decree in late 1939 and the committee issued its first TB seal in 1943. The topic for each year's seals varies and may be viewed here.

These two seals are from the 1998 "Mexico Lottery" sheet.

Selection of South African booklets picked up during my recent stamp holiday !

Here's a 1947 South African seal that would have been housed in one of Londonbus' booklets, posted above.

It fascinates me where people get their information from 
How did you find that out Terry?

Great info, and absent from my Vietnam collection.

Well, yes please Terry, I would be interested, esp as it deals with original French set.
I have information on similar "copying" by Brazil? I think.

I don't imagine it was plagiarism, rather a WW collective to fight the terrible disease.

New Zealand 1962, 1963, 1975, 1976

For over 100 years, the American Lung Association has led the fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.  America's oldest voluntary health organization, founded in 1904 as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis– dedicated to combating tuberculosis (TB), the most dreaded disease of the time.
By 1954, tuberculosis was largely controlled in the U.S.

ALA is the leading organization working to save lives, improve lung health and prevent lung disease. The American Lung Association is "Fighting for Air" through research, education and advocacy.

Christmas Seals®

In 1907 we launched the Christmas Seals® Campaign that has become an enduring symbol of the power of volunteers to fight illness. Emily Bissell created the first Christmas Seals in 1907 to raise money for a small TB sanatorium, and led the growing effort for many years. In 1980, Bissell herself was honored with a U.S. postage stamp that hailed her as a public health pioneer.

The American Lung Association was among the first to tackle smoking as the nation's greatest preventable health risk, and to make the connection between air pollution and lung disease. Landmark victories included The Clean Air Act, banning smoking on airplanes, and passage of the bill which gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over the marketing, sale and manufacturing of tobacco products to stop tobacco companies from preying on children and deceiving the American public.

A joined pair from my collection............1980

In 1974 the US (ALA) released a 100 sheet panel with 4 designs.

I have a minuscule strip of 4 (I'm missing the Christmas Tree and The Sled which would have been on the line above or below)

One here from Australia 1982 showing Dr Robert Koch - Centenary of the Discovery of the Tubercle Bacillus, 1882

Robert Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacillus in 1882 was a major event in the history of medicine, a turning point in our understanding and conquest of that deadly disease which had plagued mankind for millenia. After centuries of speculation as to the possible infectious nature of tuberculosis, Koch proved conclusively that the cause of the disease was infection by a specific micro-organism which he isolated. In tuberculosis, both seed and soil play their part, but without the seed — the tubercle bacillus — there is no disease.