American Philatelic Society affiliate #101, CS&CSS is a non profit organization formed in 1931 to attract people of all ages to the hobby of Christmas Seal collecting; to provide information and resources to aid members in the pursuit of this hobby; and to assist its members in acquiring and disposing of items for their collection through our member only auction, which is published in every issue of our quarterly journal, Seal News. Joseph D. Ward, Jr. is our CS&CSS Auction Manager, sealward@aol.com

Our collecting interests include Christmas Seals, US and worldwide anti tuberculosis seals, other fundraising and, event seals, poster stamps, as well as seals on cover and all Cinderella Stamps.

Members meet biannually at national and international philatelic exhibitions where their hobby and publications are on display and educational material is distributed from society booths.

Current as well as all past issues of Seal News, our award winning quarterly journal, are now available to members online at this site.

Member-to-Member networking allows us to freely reach out to each other for the purpose of connecting with other members who share similar collecting interests. See how it works, and sign up.

1913 type 1 US Christmas Seal, Scott WX11

Site Map

"Membership" - Join or Renew Online

"Literature" - Buy Online - Christmas Seals are the best cataloged area of Cinderella Stamp collecting.

"Overview & Exhibits" - Exhibited by the CS&CSS at International Stamp Shows.

"Links" - Related collecting clubs, Dealers, and Christmas Seal societies.

"Seal News" - Journals back to 1931 with member login. Once a member, contact john@christmasseals.net to set it up

"News" - Highlights of our "News" page: a wealth of information not found in "Seal News".

Seal Collecting Literature

The CS&CSS publishes a quarterly journal, Seal News. Our editor, David Teisler is always interested in publishing your articles. Email him at Teisler@abct.org

The  CSS&CSS publishes a large catalog of seal collecting literature. Keeping Society literature current and making it more useful is a primary goal of the CS&CSS. Green's Catalog, named for it's author, CS&CSS member #2 Dick Green, was first published in 1930, and it remains the Bible of Christmas Seal® collecting. It is divided into 3 parts, US National Christmas Seals®, US Local TB Seals, and Foreign TB Seals. Raymond Mosbaugh wrote the catalog of Worldwide Red Cross Fundraising seals, as well as the All Fund Catalog, which is divided into sections listing US fundraising seals issued for causes other than Red Cross or Tuberculosis. Nearly all titles are now available on CDs, which save on international shipping and enabling anyone with a computer to print their own catalogs. There are many recently completed and ongoing literature projects, but many still remain.

Not all seal collecting literature is published by The CS&CSS. In 1935 Christmas Seals were added to the Scott Specialized Postage Stamp Catalogue with the help of CS&CSS members including, Dorsey F. Wheless, and W. L. Kinkead, the first president of our club. Information on this, and more recent works like this are included in the "News" page.

1907 type 1- 1st US Christmas Seal® / 1911 type 4 US Christmas Seal® / 1913 type 4 US Christmas Seal® / US Local Jewish Tuberculosis Association #780 date unknown, only known copy / US Local TB Lake County #805 1908 / US Local TB Marshall #1091 1926 / Danish West Indies #1 TB 1907 / Indochina #1 1932 / Japan #34C.1 1942 / 15 cent Emily Bissell Commemorative Postage Stamp

Modern Meetings of the CS&CSS

Where we had an Educational Christmas Seal Booth

1986 Ameripex, Chicago
 

1989 Stamp Expo '89, Washington, D. C.

1997 Pacific '97, San Francisco, CA

1997 Vapex, Virginia Beach, VA

1999 Midaphil, Kansas City, MO

2001 Ropex Rochester, NY

2003 APS Stamp Show, Columbus, OH

2006 World Philatelic Exhibition, Washington, D. C.
 

2007 Vapex, Williamsburg, VA

2009 APS StampShow, Pittsburgh, PA

2009 StampExpo 400, Albany, NY

2011 APS StampShow, Columbus, OH

2013 APS StampShow, Milwaukee, WI

2015 APS StampShow, Grand Rapids, MI

2016 World ShampShow, NY, NY

2018 APS StampShow, Columbus, OH

2019 Minnesota Stamp Expo, APS WPS

2019 Seattle Philatelic Exhib, APS WSP

2020 Stamp Expo, APS WSP, Mesa AZ

2020 Rocky Mountian Stamp Show, APS WSP, Denver, CO

2020 APS StampShow, Hartford, CT. Cancelled due to Covid 19

Great American Stamp Show August 2022, Sacramento, CA.

2022 Rocky Mountain Stamp Show, Denver; and Great American Stamp Show, Sacramento CA

2023 Great American Stamp Show, August 10-13, 2023 Cleveland

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Officers of the Society

  • President

    Tom Richards

  • Vice President & Green's US Local TB Catalog Chairman

    Brian McInturff

  • Secretary - Treasurer & US TB Button Catalog Chairman

    Lou Caprario

    91 Fairview Ave
    West Orange NJ 07052
    (973)-736-9034

Board of Governors

Governor and Director At Large