Dueling Christmas Seals - Louisiana Seals 1925-1955?

Under a separate thread, philb is having an auction for some unique 1931 Christmas Seals emblazoned with the word "LOUISIANA" on them.

So as not to take away from his auction, I decided to post this under the Cinderella topic as I found the background history behind these Louisiana Seals rather fascinating.

First, here are the seals that philb is auctioning:



When I looked up the story behind them, I came up with this summary from a 1925 newspaper article:



Apparently, the Louisiana Seals were promoted by a splinter group established in 1924 as the "[Louisiana] Tuberculosis and Public Health Association", which later disbanded in 1955.

Here's a more recent (2010) news article on the subject:

http://www.nola.com/living/index.ss...p_consu.html

And a link to the entire 1925 newspaper article on the subject, with images of the 1925 National Christmas Seal and 1925 Louisiana Christmas Seal:

http://media.nola.com/living_impact...eal-1925.pdf

What is unclear to me is whether or not the competitive Louisiana Christmas Seals were available for every year from 1925-1955 or just a portion thereof. Does anyone know for sure?

I find this a very interesting subject given that we are (or soon will) be entering the Christmas Seal Season.

The seller charityseals on ebay has what is described as a complete set, running 1928-1940.

I have a few different years, and they all fall in that range, for whatever that's worth. (I bought some of mine from philb.)

Thanks for posting the story of the seal schism.

Interesting. The news article posted above suggests that there was at least a 1925 Louisiana Christmas Seal, so the list isn't quite complete. I wonder if any were issued after 1940?

Sounds like another internet search for me!

http://www.christmasseals.com/index...istmas-seals


John Denune lists LA Christmas Seals for 1924-1940.

Hi WT1 yes I just happened to go into the Christmas seals box today..i thought they were interesting...i appreciate the information on them !!

Hi WT1 yes I just happened to go into the Christmas seals box today..i thought they were interesting...i appreciate the information on them !!

WT I just looked at the other Louisiana Christmas seal offers on ebay..i should have done that first..but it looks like my asking price is toward the low end..you never know with ebay even with all those browsers out there !!