Show Stamping Out Totalitarianism With Victory Bonds an and Stamps After you lay down your money for your war stamp or bond you feel the tingle of a patriotic fervor as you sense that your investment investment investment in in- vestment will help s some me soldier to wash the blot of totalitarianism from the face of the earth B But t have you ever examined your stamp or bond carefully This is the picture story of the careful planning and painstaking effort that went into them Did you notice notice notice no no- tice that Minute Man for instance on your war savings stamp Topnotch artists first created him special gov trained government trained engravers engravers engravers en en- gravers cut the design hand free-hand on steel plates The paper was subjected to the most rigid tests for tensile strength and ability to withstand folding Ink was vas tested for color and liability to fading After printing your stamp was counted and inspected by exactly 29 people before re it left the bureau of engraving and printing are acs some of the steps in inthe inthe the making of a bond bondor 4 or stamp Rig Right h t With t h the sketch as r model the r e engraver n g raver c cut u t t the he die by by lz hand and He Hells used d e n no 0 x y i transfer or tracing r methods Engravers worked for two to six months on the steel plate f- f lW lWY Y vl j jr 7 r L i ar r N Designer here is lu or king on the 5 slam stamp t y Above A rl laboratory technician technician tech tech- examines examines the paper N 4 fibers through a microscope Paper has a rag base and that for the bond is is as distinctive distinctive dis dis- as that If used ed for cur cur- y rency It has the ability to withstand folding and ing Every waste scrap is accounted accounted ac ac- a counted for Right That 1 smile snide is is worth a million This girl irl who has just just checked the 5 x bonds in the delivery room holds four each packages containing containing con con- c taming in war bonds a a total of lw E Experienced workers corkers count the theu u printed sheets r. r left and examine Rl r M them for or ins er ech ec- ec h a 1 s. s Defective EAb J f bonds are set aside y and destroyed 1 Sheets are arc counted 29 9 times from the time they were lVere f first placed laced on the press S to the date of deliver de- de liver Below Flatbed Flatbed Flat Flat- 4 T bed press Girl in F d foreground rec removes removes re re- c- c moves the bonds 1 i from the plate and stacks them r n S T. T S f S S Syi yi r a r t T Td d O 4 y aY v 5 y y l ri p S S c i s M R yf t 2 |