FREE: Red Cross, MNH, 1940s-50s

The listing, Red Cross, MNH, 1940s-50s has ended.

Note: The first bi-colored U.S. postage stamp ever produced on the rotary press is the International Red Cross stamp.

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1948, Founder of the Red Cross
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
Founder – American Red Cross
Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Her service during the American Civil War earned her the title “Angel of the Battlefield.” After touring Europe, where she learned of the International Red Cross, she returned home and started a similar organization, the American Red Cross, in 1881.

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U.S. #1016, issued to honor the International Red Cross, was the first bi-colored U.S. postage stamp ever produced on the rotary press.

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Winner receives stamp/stamps in 1st photo. All other are close up images and different angles, backside etc.

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