Lot 71730 – RED CROSS 1870-1900, Exhibit collection titled:

RED CROSS 1870-1900, Exhibit collection titled: The Red Cross Movement – Everywhere for Everyone Outstanding award-winning (Triple Gold Medal at FIP exhibitions 2008-09) exhibition collection neatly mounted & knowledgeably written on 128 album pages. The collection illustrates and tells the story through early stampless mail, Red Cross stamps, die proofs, proofs, essays, imperforates, booklets, semi-officials, scarce on cover usages, usages on scarce Red Cross stationery etc., cancellations & postmarks from the early scarce usages to the modern slogans, private labels from the early Swiss Gratis labels off & on covers etc. An interested & clearly defined plan of the collection, as described below: 1. Prior to the Red Cross Foundation: Mounted on 11 album pages & illustrating the place of birth of the idea, combatants status before the existence of the Red Cross & Hygiene and the sanitary commissions. 2. Founding and Early Years of the ICRC Organization: Mounted on 27 album pages & illustrating the man behind the idea, Committee of Five, the committee’s successes and achievements, the spread of the idea & Societies begin to fulfil their duties. 3. The Red Cross’s Activities in War: Mounted on 37 album pages & illustrating first aid to wounded on the battlefield, care of soldiers in prison, Prisoners of War (POW), care for soldier’s health and hygiene & confronting post war problems including large scale aid. 4. Red Cross Activities in Peace: Mounted on 26 album pages & illustrating the widening of its activities included the League, Aid and care for civilians hygiene, Red Cross struggles for a better and healthier life. 5. Red Cross – A Humanitarian Provider: Mounted on 23 album pages & illustrating that all activities need money, who is doing all the work, ways to act from the simple stretchers to modern transportation & not always an easy transportation. 6. Epilogue: Mounted on 5 album pages & illustrating the difficulties in the implementation of conventions & the work must go on. In addition a valuable backup group of mostly collateral & extra material which can be a wealth of items to further develop and expand the scope of this marvellous collection. The balance material is partly mounted on more than 200 pages, plus fours stockbooks crammed with mint sets, four covers albums with first day covers & a balance box of various covers & cards etc. An exciting lot for the specialist and an excellent basis to build one or more collections of this fascinating subject (Est. € 20’000/30’000)