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title: 'Food Stamp News, February 1945, page two: Here Is a Page of Ideas to Help You Sell War Savings Stamps (Canada, February 1945)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-food-stamp-news-page-of-ideas-1945/
description: Page two of a grocers' trade newspaper under a smiling cartoon face, headed 'Here is a PAGE of IDEAS to Help You Sell War Savings Stamps'.
section: Collection
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# Food Stamp News, February 1945, page two: Here Is a Page of Ideas to Help You Sell War Savings Stamps (Canada, February 1945)

Page two of a grocers' trade newspaper under a smiling cartoon face, headed 'Here is a PAGE of IDEAS to Help You Sell War Savings Stamps', with store-staff photographs, a '12 Million War Stamps' quota table by province and sample advertising copy. The tell is the sample copy that ties a stamp purchase to equipment for troops ('Back up our boys on the battlefronts'), lending the soldiers' standing to a retail sale.

## Propaganda techniques used in this newspaper page

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
PAGE TWO  FOOD STAMP NEWS  FEBRUARY, 1945

Here is a PAGE of IDEAS to Help You Sell War Savings Stamps
SET A QUOTA FOR YOUR STORE
How To Erect a Booth To Sell War Savings Stamps
Advantages of the "Friday is Stamp Day" Plan
Merchants' Promotions
OVER THE TOP!
The Food Industry's Third War Savings Stamp Sale: 12 Million War Stamps Objective for 1945
Sell One Stamp to Every Customer Every Friday
Suggested Consumer Copy for a War Stamp "Plug" In Your Advertisement
Allied Industries Back February Stamp Sale
[body columns not transcribed]
```

[← Food Stamp News, February 1945, front page: Friday Is Stamp Day (Canada, February 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-food-stamp-news-friday-is-stamp-day-1945/) [Food Stamp News, February 1945, page three: Powerful Store Displays Will Help Retailer Boost Sale of Stamps (Canada, February 1945) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-food-stamp-news-store-displays-1945/)

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