k doesn't collect Easterseals

The seals shown above were issued by the International Society for Crippled Children. If you aren’t interested in knowing the name history of the organization, too bad -- you’re going to read it. They started off in 1921 as the National Society for Crippled Children. I guess they figured out that crippled children aren’t a solely US phenomenon (we Americans tend to be so US-centric about everything). So they changed their name the following year to the International Society for Crippled Children. They began issuing seals annually in 1934 (so the 1934 seal above is actually the first of the annual national issues).

In 1939, they restructured the organization, so the national organization became an affiliate of the international organization. So the US affiliate became known as the National Society for Crippled Children of the United States of America, while the international governing body became known as the International Society for the Welfare of Cripples. Around 1944, the US organization was renamed the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Then in late November 1964, renamed the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Wait, it gets better(?). In 1980, it became the National Easter Seal Society. Did you pay attention? Because there may be a test on this at the conclusion of this thread!!!

Here’s a hint for the bonus question: the seals were originally called Crippled Children Seals, and then Easter Seals in 1953, and then rebranded as Easterseals. The organization claims the name was changed to Easterseals in 1967, but I believe that is an erroneous statement. While the website does use the name Easterseals and current seals are also inscribed EASTERSEALS, the seals still were inscribed “EASTER SEALS” as recently as 2016. So in reality, it probably happened in the past couple of years.

And remember: k doesn’t collect Easterseals, because you can change what you call them, but they’re still cinderellas and k doesn't collect Cinderellas!