Description
Object description
whole: the main image occupies the majority of the lower half, with a smaller image positioned upper centre. The title is
separate and positioned across the top edge and across the bottom edge, in dark brown, and in brown outlined dark brown. The text is
separate and positioned in the upper half and lower right and lower left, in dark brown. Further text is integrated and positioned mainly
in the lower half, in white. All set against a light brown background and held within a dark brown border.
image: a War Savings Stamp depicting a Canadian soldier on a battlefield using his rifle to wave his cap in the air. In his left hand he
holds a Canadian flag. In the background, barbed wire fences and the barrel of an artillery gun can be seen. The stamp also gives details
of how the cost of War Savings Stamps will rise during 1919. The smaller image is of nine 25 cent Thrift Stamps depicting the same
scene.
text: CANADA
TIMBRES D'EPARGNE DE GUERRE
ACHETEZ SEIZE DE CEUX-CI
[image of Thrift Stamps]
ET ECHANGEZ-LES CONTRE CELUI-CI
[image of War Savings Stamp]
[text of War Savings Stamp follows]
PREMIÈRE SÉRIE (1919)
COÛTE EN 1919
JANVIER $4.00
FÉVRIER $4.01
MARS $4.02
AVRIL $4.03
MAI $4.04
JUIN $4.05
JUILLET $4.06
AOÛT $4.07
SEPTEMBRE $4.08
OCTOBRE $4.09
NOVEMBRE $4.10
DÉCEMBRE $4.11
CANADA
TIMBRE D'ÉPARGNE DE GUERRE
CONFORMÉMENT AUX CONDITIONS STIPULÉES CI-CONTRE ET POURVU QU'IL SOIT COLLÉ À UN CERTIFICAT D'ÉPARGNE DE GUERRE, CE TIMBRE SERA PAYABLE
5 CINQ DOLLARS 5
LE 1 ER JANVIER 1914
[end of text of War Savings Stamp]
PRIX D'ACHAT $4.00 EN JANVIER 1919
PRIX DE REMBOURSEMENT $5.00 LE 1ER JANVIER 1924
VENEZ EN AIDE AU PAYS
Imprimé et distribué par le Comité National des Epargnes de Guerre, Ottawa, Canada.
No. 7A.
[Canada. War-Savings Stamps. Buy sixteen of these
and exchange for this. First series (1919). Cost during 1919. Jan. $4.00. Feb. $4.01. Mar. $4.02. Apr. $4.03. May $4.04. June $4.05. July
$4.06. Aug. $4.07. Sept. $4.08. Oct. $4.09. Nov. $4.10. Dec. $4.11. Canada War-Savings Stamp. When affixed to a War-Savings Certificate and
subject to the conditions printed thereon five dollars will be payable, Jan.1, 1924. Cost $4.00 January 1919. Worth $5.00 January 1st 1924.
Help pay for the war. Printed and issued by the National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada.]
[Canada War-Savings Stamps. Buy sixteen of these [image of thrift stamps] and exchange them for this one [image of war savings stamp] [text
of War Savings Stamp follows] First series (1919) costs in 1919: January $4.00 February $4.01 March $4.02 April $4.03 May $4.04 June $4.05
July $4.06 August $4.07 September $4.08 October $4.09 November $4.10 December $4.11. Canada War-Savings Stamps. In accordance with the
conditions laid down opposite and provided it is stuck to a War Savings Certificate, this stamp will be redeemed for 5 five dollars 51
January 1914 [end of text of war savings stamp] Purchase price $4.00 in January 1919. Redemption price $5.00 on 1 January 1924. Come to the
assistance of the country. Printed and issued by the National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada.. No. 7a.]
Physical description
National War-Savings Committee Poster No. 7A.
An English language version (with slightly different text) was also produced (see PST 12355).
Inscription
27790.