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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, war loans / savings, action, flag / banner / standard, inter-war, military personnel, reconstruction / repair Description: whole: the main image occupies the majority of the lower half, with a smaller image positioned upper centre. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge and across the bottom edge, in dark brown, and in brown outlined dark brown. The text is separate and positioned in the upper half and lower right and lower left, in dark brown. Further text is integrated and positioned mainly in the lower half, in white. All set against a light brown background and held within a dark brown border. image: a War Savings Stamp depicting a Canadian soldier on a battlefield using his rifle to wave his cap in the air. In his left hand he holds a Canadian flag. In the background, barbed wire fences and the barrel of an artillery gun can be seen. The stamp also gives details of how the cost of War Savings Stamps will rise during 1919. The smaller image is of nine 25 cent Thrift Stamps depicting the same scene. text: CANADA WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS BUY SIXTEEN OF THESE [image of Thrift Stamps] AND EXCHANGE FOR THIS [image of War Savings Stamp] [text of War Savings Stamp follows] FIRST SERIES (1919) COST DURING 1919 JAN. $4.00 FEB. $4.01 MAR. $4.02 APR. $4.03 MAY $4.04 JUNE $4.05 JULY $4.06 AUG. $4.07 SEPT. $4.08 OCT. $4.09 NOV. $4.10 DEC. $4.11 CANADA WAR SAVINGS STAMP WHEN AFFIXED TO A WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATE AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS PRINTED THEREON 5 FIVE DOLLARS 5 WILL BE PAYABLE JAN.1, 1924 [end of text of War Savings Stamp] COST $4.00 JANUARY 1919 WORTH $5.00 JANUARY 1ST 1924 HELP PAY FOR THE WAR Printed and Issued by the National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada No.7 Object: stamp | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: National War-Savings Committee, Canada Publisher/Sponsor: National War-Savings Committee, Canada | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2960... | Go to resource |
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