Show LOCAL postoffice POST OFFICE TO SELL POSTAL SAVINGS STAMPS the following story was given to us by the postmaster for publication li to let our readers know about the sales plan for the new postal savings stamps 1 we have received the following communication from 3rd ard assistant postmaster general ramsay S black with a view to assisting the treasury department in raising funds for the national defense program the postmaster general has fias designated your office a restricted postal savings office effective may 1 1941 that is you will be authorized to sell postal savings stamps but not postal savings certificates accordingly postal savings stamps will be placed on sale in the post office at the opening of business on oi thursday may 1 as part of thu the national effort to make america impregnable postmaster general frank C walker in a letter to postmasters throughout the country said that the help of local postmasters would be a real service to the coun country for the small investor who wants to buy a government bond on an easy payment plan the post office will have a new series of postal sav ings stamps at loc 1 and 5 A purchaser will be given a stamp card or album for mounting the kind of postal savings stamp you yoa find easiest to collect on the purchase of a 10 cent stamp you will be given a card on which you may mount 10 of these stamps and exchange them for 1 worth of the larger sizes on the purchase of a 25 cent stamp you will be given an albun album on which you may mount 75 ot of these stamps when so filled d the album will have a total value of 1875 the purchase price of a savings bond that will appreciate in 10 years to 25 albums will be given on a similar basis upon the purchase of 50 cent 1 and 5 stamps thirty million of these albums are now being prepared the cover design of the albums is in color featuring a united states battleship and an eagle bearing the american flag on the back cover is a painting of the minute man statue by daniel chester french which symbolizes the american citizen ever alert in defense of his country the inscription is america on guird guard secretary has declared that even a boy or girl who saved loc to buy a savings stamp would help the country he suggests that hat you can safeguard your own money and your own future while helping the national defense by buying united states postal savings stamps now it seems fitting that Pa rowans children and citizens should avail themselves of the opportunity afforded in this connection pamphlets explaining in more detail may be had at the post office |