Lot 79
Vintage World War I "Save Your Child" War Saving Stamps Poster. Original WW I War Savings Stamps poster, "Save Your Child From Autocracy and Poverty Buy War Savings Stamps", 39" x 29½", linen backed, United States Treasury Department, United States Printing & Lithograph Co. of New York, S-3, c. 1917, by artist Herbert Andrew Paus. This beautiful poster depicts a nude, impoverished blonde child with a swollen belly, gripping the arm of the Statue of Liberty, with its flaming torch light beaming outwards. The United States Treasury Department issued its first war savings stamps in late 1917, in order to help pay for the costs incurred through involvement in World War I. The estimated cost of World War I for the United States was approximately $32 billion, and by the end of the war, the United States government had issued a total of $26.4 billion in debt. Although national campaigns had aimed to sell $2 billion in war savings stamps, they ultimately accounted for only 3-4 percent, of the total debt issued. Despite the low proportion of total debt purchased as war savings stamps, they did represent real additional savings. In addition, the War Stamp Savings program was considered a great success in that it taught citizens the importance of saving and thrift. Tape lifts at top and bottom margins, with minor paper loss easily restored. Rolled, unfolded. Very good +.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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