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118. Anon: The Browning: Uncle Sam’s Official Machine- gun.
Text states “a thrift stamp a day will help keep Uncle Sam’s official machine-gun barking.” It fired 400 rounds a minute making its bark worse than its bite. Rare, only poster to focus on a weapon.
30x21 NML $1850.
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A dozen immigrants, still wearing the clothing of their native countries, line up to buy War Savings Stamps from Uncle Sam. Stamps cost only a small amount that enabled immigrants as well as women and children to swell the ranks of buyers. Enormous sums were raised this way. Rare. Rawls 216.
30x40 NML $575.
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"Black Jack" Pershing, A.E.F. Commander graciously receives the admiration of children. War Savings Stamps, issued in very small denominations, were designed to be purchase by children. This helped take money out of circulation that would otherwise be spent on consumer items causing wartime inflation.
30x20 NML $235.
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Text reads “every six hours a ship is launched to carry our boys “over there.” Artist illustrates what inexpensive thrift stamps can buy. The massive hull of a Liberty Ship is shown slipping down the ways, Jubilant shipyard workers crowd around to watch the launch as officials wave from the the railing of the bow.
30x12 ANML $850.
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Poster asks the viewers to make 1918 the greatest year in history by buying war stamps. Rainbow with pots of gold at either end illustrates text that read ‘after the flood the rainbow appeared in the sky and was taken by the people as a sign that the flood was over and would not destroy the earth.
New to us. 30x20 NML $350.
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Perched on a nest feathered with War Work Stamps, a bald eagle watches her fledglings, a squadron of Curtiss Jennys, take flight. Planes were used as scouts in 1914 but by 1917 they were being used as artillery spotters and bombers, and engaged in spectacular dogfights.
Gregory 6, Rawls 218. 30x20 ANML $750.
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A radiant Joan of Arc shows her mettle. The beautiful model resembles Star Wars Princess Leia, complete with laser beam. Comparison between her sacrifice and the tiny burdens of war stamp buyers is drawn in a poster meant to appeal to women.
Rawls 217. 30x20 ANML $650; 40x30 ANML $950.
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War Savings Stamps are shown magically transforming into live bullets feeding a Browning .30 caliber machine gun. Bold graphic, borrowed from an English design, enables viewers to see how their investment in stamps contributes directly to the war effort.
Rawls 220. 30x20 NML $325.
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Uncle Sam holds a War Savings Stamp certificate explaining to a model-perfect girl and a boy that saving their quarters to buy stamps will help to end the war. Many small contributions did make a difference. The money raised was staggering even by today's standards.
Now hard to find. Aulich 103, Rawls 216. 30x20 ANML $485.
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Sensitively rendered scene of Boy Scout showing War Savings Stamp book to his soldier Dad. The Scouts also helped the war effort by pasting up war posters after the war began. They also sold war bonds. Nearly 70,000 scouts earned medals by selling ten or more war bond subscriptions.
Rawls 216. 28x18 NML $285.