Many Years of Effort Behind Blood Donor Stamp

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dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T17:44:11Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T17:44:11Z
dc.date.issued1971
dc.descriptionAn idea to create stamps commemorating blood donor programs was approved by President Roosevelt in 1945 but, due to both his death and the end of World War II, it wasn't created. The first US stamp promoting blood donations was released in 1971.<br></br><br></br>Included is a copy of an article by Drs. Robert A. Kyle and Irving J. Wolman: "Blood Transfusion and Philately: Encouraging the Post Office to Honor Blood Donors" <em>Clinical Pediatrics</em> Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1968.en_US
dc.description.abstractHistory of push to create blood donor stamps in the United States.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/11389
dc.provenanceFrom collection of K.F. Meyer.
dc.subjectStamp collectingen_US
dc.subjectPostage-stamp albumsen_US
dc.subjectBlood banksen_US
dc.subjectCommemorativeen_US
dc.titleMany Years of Effort Behind Blood Donor Stampen_US

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