Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-15 | Page 5 | M' Adoo Explains New Stamp System

MI00 EXPLAINS NEW STAMP SYSTEM Series of 1919 Will Be Similar to Baby Bonds of This Year. Secretary W. G. McAdoo, according to a statement issued yesterday, has determined deter-mined upon the issuance of a new series of war savings certificates and stamps to be placed on sale early in 1919 and to be known as the "Series of 1919." The new series will have a maturity date of January 1, 1924, and ii practically all respects re-spects will be issued on the same terms and In the same manner as the present series of 1918. A new $5 war savings stamp, blue in color, bearing the head of Benjamin Franklin, the apostle of saving, and a former postmaster general, is in preparation. prepara-tion. The new stamps will be placed on sale early in 1919. The same thrift stamps and thrift cards now in use will be continued in 1919 and will be exchangeable into new series of 1919 war savings stamps payable pay-able January l, 19m. in the same way as the exchange has been made during this year into the series of 191S war savings sav-ings stamps. Mr. McAdoo's statement provides a means whereby unfilled books, many of which are in the hands of school children, chil-dren, can be taken care of. Many youngsters young-sters have been telephoning the local thrift stamp headquarters, very much worried that they will not be able to fill books they are now pasting the "5-cent "5-cent stamp In. James H. Collins, state chairman yesterday yes-terday declared that Utah is stiJl short a trifle over 18,000.000 of htr alloted quota which must be sold before January L To accomplish this result plans are now being be-ing made for an intensive drive to bfegin the first week In December.