Show Savings St Stamp mp Goes Patriotic The post office has a a real reat bargain bar gain for you a brand new United States Savings stamp in patriotic red white and blue at atthe atthe atthe the same old price of ot 25 cents For an on even better bargain you can buy 10 stamps In an attractive at Gift Girt book for or 20 stamps for and the book doesn't even cost you that extra penny The new stamp a 11 successor to the old cent 25 green Savings stamp went on sale in post offices offices of of- all over the country on November 18 It marks the first major change in design since the present series was begun In 1942 The other denominations remain unchanged the cent 10 stamp is red the cent 50 stamp in blue the 1 grey and the 5 brown The gift book is an entirely new Item providing a useful attractive and inexpensive gift for the youngster who has everything ev ev- Size 4 in x 2 in the book cover Is in red white and blue picturing Uncle Sam wrapping wrapping wrapping wrap wrap- ping a huge gift with the wordIng wording wording word word- ing A Gift of U. U S. S Saving Stamps and the customary To and From lines While especially especially especially espe espe- appropriate at the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas season the gift books are for year round use Savings stamps are accumulated accumulated accumulated in a special album available available available avail avail- able free at all nIl post offices Filled Filled Fill Fill- ed albums may be exchanged for Savings Bonds at any bank More than one hundred million Savings stamps were sold last year at a total value of nearly 20 million Many of these sales were made through weekly Stamp Day plans in schools enrolling enrolling enrolling en en- rolling more than six million students Many additional schools are in process of installing the Savings Stamp thrift plan this fall the Treasury reported I |