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title: Buy More Defense Stamps Now!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-more-defense-stamps-now-1941/
description: 'Lettered-only poster in a red, white and blue shield: ''Your Government needs your dollars for your defense... All loyal American citizens must buy more'
section: Collection
---

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[![Buy More Defense Stamps Now!, 1941 US poster: Lettered-only poster in a red, white and blue shield](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-more-defense-stamps-now-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-more-defense-stamps-now-1941.jpg)

# Buy More Defense Stamps Now!

Lettered-only poster in a red, white and blue shield: 'Your Government needs your dollars for your defense... All loyal American citizens must buy more Defense Stamps now!', with underlined 'YOUR' and 'MUST'. 'All loyal American citizens must' frames purchase as a duty shared by all (bandwagon, glittering-generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
YOUR GOVERNMENT
NEEDS YOUR DOLLARS FOR
YOUR DEFENSE....
DO NOT DELAY ...
ALL LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS MUST
BUY
MORE
DEFENSE STAMPS
NOW!
ON SALE AT ALL
UNITED CIGAR STORES,
AT BANKS AND ELSEWHERE
```

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