Charity label

This article is about charity labels. It is not to be confused with charity or semi-postal stamps that have postal validity.

A charity label is a label resembling a postage stamp, sold by charities to raise funds.^[1] They are generally intended to be used on mail, as a way of advertising the sender's support of the charity's cause.

Christmas Seals and Easter Seals are perhaps the two best-known types, although many kinds have been made.

While designed to look like postage stamps, they only rarely include a denomination, and never the name of a country. They are distinct from charity stamps which also include a charge for postage.

Charity labels are one of several kinds of cinderella stamp.

Italy 1908, Messina earthquake charity labels
India 1916, Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund half anna charity label
Russia 1916, 10 kopecks War victims charity label of Fellin

References

↑ Mackay, James. Philatelic Terms Illustrated, 4th edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, 2003, p.25. ISBN 0-85259-557-3

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