Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 17:44:51 GMT
Not Cinderellas and not really private postals, these stamps occupy a unique space in US postal history.
The 1861 creation of the Women’s Central Association of Relief convinced the surgeon general to recommend a commission of inquiry to look into camp sanitary conditions
The plan was approved by the Secretary of War on June 9, 1861, and approved by President Lincoln on June 13th of that year.
The commission employed inspectors and doctors for camps as well as staffing hospitals and soldiers’ homes.
The first Sanitary Fair stamps were issued in December 1863 to raise funds to support these efforts.
These stamps were not valid for US postage; they were prepared for, sold and used at the fair post offices.
The Sanitary Commission raised $4.9 million in funds and an additional $15 million in supplies to aid the soldiers on the front.
The 1861 creation of the Women’s Central Association of Relief convinced the surgeon general to recommend a commission of inquiry to look into camp sanitary conditions
The plan was approved by the Secretary of War on June 9, 1861, and approved by President Lincoln on June 13th of that year.
The commission employed inspectors and doctors for camps as well as staffing hospitals and soldiers’ homes.
The first Sanitary Fair stamps were issued in December 1863 to raise funds to support these efforts.
These stamps were not valid for US postage; they were prepared for, sold and used at the fair post offices.
The Sanitary Commission raised $4.9 million in funds and an additional $15 million in supplies to aid the soldiers on the front.
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