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Artist
Designer Unknown
Datec. 1915
Dimensions23 1/4 x 17 in. (59.1 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.62
DescriptionIn December 1918, the Canadian government introduced Thrift Stamps intended to encourage children to play a role in the post-war rebuilding of the county while saving for their own futures. This sentimental illustration shows a little girl surrounded by toys carefully pasting a thrift stamp onto her Thrift Card. Each stamp was worth 35 cents. Sixteen of these could be traded for one War Savings Stamp, worth four Canadian dollars. The logo of Canadian War Savings Stamps showing a beaver resting on top of an inverted triangle containing the letters W.S.S. appears at the lower-right corner.On View
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