The Merry Christmas Seals
By Henry J. Pratt “If each piece of mail were taxed but a pence, then considerable money could be raised for charity.” That’s what a 38-year-old Danish postal clerk, Einar Holbell, thought and dreamed while sorting mail in his country during the 1903 Christmas rush. Denmark’s then-King Christian quickly approved Holbell’s idea. So, in 1904, they printed a […]
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