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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unattributed (sale point printed: United Cigar Stores)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Unattributed sheet, sale point United Cigar Stores. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-517 (NAID 513996).
Text on the object
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
