CHARITY’S PENNY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 18

CHARITY’S PENNY

Practical Goodwill at Christmas ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS STAMP Each stamp costs two pence. One penny is for the postage rate, but the other penny will be applied for charitable purposes. Einar Holboell’s idea of a Christmas Seal for charity has come to New Zealand, 26 years after the young Dane saw the possibilities of securing community relief from the volume of Christmas correspondence. All the post offices of New Zealand, from this morning, will sell Christmas charity stamps at a fee of 2d, with the additional penny to be used for charitable purposes throughout the Dominion. Charity stamps are slightly larger than the ordinary penny issue. They are carmine on a white base. Beneath the words “New Zealand” is depicted a hospital nurse. Underneath again is a slogan, “Help stamp out tuberculosis.” The base of the stamp is occupied with the date, 1929, and the corners are inscribed with the lettering, “Postage, Id,” and “Charity, Id.” FOR HEALTH CAMPS In the first instance, the proposal is to use the funds in instituting more summer camps for under-nourished children, and those who are contacts with consumption cases in their homes. The Health Department believes that many victims of tuberculosis can be spared if attention is given before the disease develops consumption. Good nutrition is absolutely essential as a guard against consumption. Liberal use of the stamps by business organisation is anticipated. With a large response, the funds accumulated will be considerable. For 21 years the Charity Stamp scheme has been operated in the United States. In a recent effort there over £ 1,000,000 was raised. Einar’s stamp is becoming the sign of anti-tuberculosis work throughout the worlds