Easter Seals (philately)

picture info	Easter Seals (philately) An Easter seal is a form of charity label issued to raise funds for charitable purposes. They are issued by the Easterseals (U.S.), Easterseals charity in the United States, and by the Easter Seals (Canada), Canadian Easter Seals charities. Easter seals are applied to the front of mail to show support for particular charitable causes. They are distributed along with appeals to donate to the charities they support. Easter seals are a form of Cinderella stamp. They do not have any postal value. {{philately-stub Cinderella stamps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charity Label A charity label is a label resembling a postage stamp, sold by charities to raise funds.Mackay, James. ''Philatelic Terms Illustrated'', 4th edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, 2003, p.25. They are generally intended to be used on mail, as a way of advertising the sender's support of the charity's cause. Christmas Seals and Easter Seals are perhaps the two best-known types, although many kinds have been made. While designed to look like postage stamps, they only rarely include a denomination, and never the name of a country. They are distinct from charity stamps which also include a charge for postage. Charity labels are one of several kinds of cinderella stamp In philately, a cinderella stamp is "virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration". There is a wide variety of cinderella stamps, such as those printed for promotional .... File:1908 Messina earthquake stamps.jpg, Italy 1908, Messina ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Easter Seals (Canada) In Canada, Easter Seals is a group of charitable organizations which supports the development and advancement of people who are living with different types of disabilities. Founded in 1922 by a group of Rotary Clubs, it sought to emulate the success of the American Easter Seals program. Today, Easter Seals is set up as a federated structure led by Easter Seals Canada which represents the organization's national interests, and provincially-licensed member organizations in each of the ten provinces that directly provide a range of programs, and services locally. Across Canada, Easter Seals supports over 40,000 children, youth, adults and their families each year. The best-known and largest of Easter Seals services are the summer camp programs. There are 12 Easter Seals accessible camp facilities across Canada that are geared towards providing camp opportunities to over 4600 children with physical or mental disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism, muscular dystrophy, and spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cinderella Stamp In philately, a cinderella stamp is "virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration". There is a wide variety of cinderella stamps, such as those printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups. The term excludes imprinted stamps on postal stationery. Etymology Named after Cinderella, a folk-tale underdog heroine who was treated as inferior within her family. Cinderella stamps similarly were considered inferior to postage stamps. Types As cinderella stamps are defined by what they are not, there are many different types and the term is usually construed fairly loosely. Items normally regarded as falling within the area are poster stamps, propaganda labels, commemorative stickers, stamps issued by non-recognised countries or governments, charity labels like Christmas seals and Easter seals, most telegraph stamps, some railway stamps, some local stamps and purely de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]