Content note: Uses the coined slur-like label 'Japanazi' and swastika-marked silhouettes, printed as issued. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Knock off a Japanazi with a war stamp, take your change in war stamps
War-stamp sheet: a helmeted gunner fires a machine gun under the headline 'Knock off a Japanazi with a war stamp'. Below, a grid of small silhouettes, some with swastikas and some in the outline of a Japanese soldier, is laid out as a stamp sheet. The coined label 'Japanazi' joins two enemies in one name, and each stamp is likened to a bullet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Stamp Council, Liquor and Wine Industries, cooperating with U.S. Treasury Department
- 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, War and the military
- 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)
War Stamp Council, Liquor and Wine Industries, cooperating with U.S. Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1226 (NAID 514832).
Text on the object
KNOCK OFF A JAPANAZI WITH A WAR STAMP TAKE YOUR CHANGE IN WAR STAMPS WAR STAMP COUNCIL—LIQUOR AND WINE INDUSTRIES—COOPERATING WITH U. S. TREASURY DEPT. [the middle of the sheet is a grid of small silhouette figures with no words]
