December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998

On the CBS television network from 1966 – 1973.

Michael Dorn as Klingon Worf in the Star Trek: Next
Generation and Deep Space Nine TV series.

Michael Dorn was a regular on the NBC TV series “CHiPs”
which aired from 1977 to 1983. His first movie role  was in
ROCKY (1976).

The first Christmas Seals went on sale December 7, 1907
at the Wilmington, Delaware post office. Emily Bissell,
pictured below, was and active member of The American
Red Cross and had considerable experience with fund
raising. She was asked by her cousin, Dr. Joseph Wales
to help keep a sanitarium in operation through the winter.

Emily got the idea for the stamps from Denmark where a
group had raised money to help people with Tuberculosis.
She talked the local post office into selling the stamps in
the lobby for 1-cent. Bissell spent the remaining years
of her live promoting Christmas Stamps and helping
eliminate TB. She died in 1948.

                                 Emily Perkins Bissell

         Conducting the first sale of Christmas Stamps.