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title: $1.00 in War Stamps from Every American Will Build the Mystery Ship Shangri-La
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/one-dollar-in-war-stamps-shangri-la-1943/
description: 'War Stamps sales poster: an orange block of type states that one dollar from every American will build the ''mystery ship'' Shangri-La.'
section: Collection
---

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[![$1.00 in War Stamps from Every American Will Build the Mystery Ship Shangri-La, 1943 US poster: War Stamps sales poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/one-dollar-in-war-stamps-shangri-la-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/one-dollar-in-war-stamps-shangri-la-1943.jpg)

# $1.00 in War Stamps from Every American Will Build the Mystery Ship Shangri-La

War Stamps sales poster: an orange block of type states that one dollar from every American will build the 'mystery ship' Shangri-La, above a grey aircraft carrier with aircraft and the lines 'Bomb Tokyo with your extra change'. 'Every American' sets the purchase as a shared act (bandwagon), and the small sum is set against a named, concrete result.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
$1.00 IN WAR STAMPS FROM EVERY AMERICAN WILL BUILD THE MYSTERY SHIP . . .
Shangri-La
BOMB TOKYO With Your Extra Change
BUY WAR STAMPS .
Fill Your Stamp Album Now
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943-O-531075  WSS 817-A
```

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