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title: Buy Victory Bonds [3]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-victory-bonds-bond-lettering-canada-1939/
description: A wide banner shows the word VICTORY spelled out in standing Dominion of Canada bond certificates over a globe, between the words 'BUY' and 'BONDS'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Buy Victory Bonds \[3\], 1939 Canada poster: A wide banner shows the word VICTORY spelled out in standing Dominion of Canada](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-victory-bonds-bond-lettering-canada-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-victory-bonds-bond-lettering-canada-1939.jpg)

# Buy Victory Bonds [3]

A wide banner shows the word VICTORY spelled out in standing Dominion of Canada bond certificates over a globe, between the words 'BUY' and 'BONDS'. The tell is the slogan: 'Victory' is a virtue word the bond purchase is made to spell, and no rate, term or reason is given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
BUY
VICTORY
BONDS
[on the bond certificates:] DOMINION OF CANADA ... PRINCIPAL PAYABLE AT ANY OF THE AGENCIES IN CANADA OF THE BANK OF CANADA ... CAPITAL PAYABLE A TOUTE AGENCE AU CANADA DE LA BANQUE DU CANADA
[signature, lower left:] MARTIN REGENSTREIF
```

[← Buy Victory Bonds \[4\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-victory-bonds-bayonet-charge-canada-1939/) [Buy Victory Bonds (woman reading 'Canadians Move Forward' newspaper, artist Ron White) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-victory-bonds-ron-white-canada-1939/)

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