and there will be chosen out of the stamp sketches submitted, not to exceed 10 other designs to be retained by the Red Cross as their property as a matter of record and for such designs as will be retained there will be a cash price of $10.00 each.
The wording shall read:
AMERICAN RED CROSS
1909
MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR
and the finished size of the stamp shall be ⅞ of an inch square.
It is preferred that the background of the stamp shall be “white,” and that the emblem of the “Red Cross” shall be shown somewhere prominently in the design. The Red Cross is a geometrical design, made up of 5 equal squares, arranged in the form of a cross, and this proportion must be strictly observed.
A design may be submitted in two or three colors, the ground work not being considered as an applied color.
Artists’ designs submitted must not exceed 3 inches square, as it is supposed that in a space 3 inches by 3 inches the design can be clearly shown in proper detail, suitable for process reduction to size of the finished stamp, which is ⅞ of an inch by ⅞ of an inch.
The competition closes at 6 o’clock P. M. May 15th and designs may be submitted at any time up to that date.
There will be an Associate Committee of Artists to pass on the designs, and it is hoped to have a public exhibition in Washington of the designs submitted.
Designs may be submitted to Mr. Charles L. Magee, Secretary American Red Cross, State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D. C., or to the Secretary of any Red Cross State Branch.