A stamp showing Einar Holbøll; representing the need for contributions to help the tuberculous. Colour lithograph after R. Serres, 1954.

  • Serres, Raoul, 1881-1971.
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[1954]
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659543i
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A stamp showing Einar Holbøll; representing the need for contributions to help the tuberculous. Colour lithograph after R. Serres, 1954. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Einar Holbøll was a Danish postmaster. One of his assistants originated the idea of special stamp issues for charitable purposes: he implemented it in 1904 with his Christmas stamp (Julemaerket) for a tuberculosis prevention fund, and thus initiated a worldwide movement

Publication/Creation

[Le Vésinet, Seine-&-Oise?] : [Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population] ; Paris (66 Boulevard Saint-Michel) : Comité national de défense contre la tuberculose ([Paris] : Théo Brugière), [1954]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.7 x 40 cm

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Cinquantenaire du timbre antituberculeux 1904-1954. Einar Holbøll. Achetez tous le timbre antituberculeux. Raoul Serres.

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Wellcome Collection 659543i

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