Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-04-03
Thrift Stamps used in 1918 re-

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senting the difference between
.$4.00 (the value of sixteen
Thrift Stamps) and the cur
rent price of a War Savings
Stamp, may be exchanged for
a 1919 War Savings Stamp,
This difference in January is
IL cents; in February, 13
cents, and so on.
Persons who have Thrift
Cards partly filled out last
year should complete filling
them outs and exchange them
for 1919 War Savings Stamps.
EXPLANATION
@. l want to begin to save
on the War Savings Stamp
plan. What is the first thing
to do?
A. Go to the Postoffice,
bank or any other authorized
agent and buy a War Savings
Stamp and you will be given a
War Savings Certificate on
which to affix the Stamp.
@. What is a War Savings
Certificate?
A. 1t is a pocket-size fold
er containing twenty spaces on
which to affix War Savings
Stamps of the 1919 issue. The
name of the owner should be
written in ink in the space
provided on the back of the
Certificate.
@. What do | do next?
A. You have now become
a partner with your Govern
ment and you are on the road
to prosperity. Continue to in
vest in War Savings Stamps
regularly until you have filled
all twenty spaces on the Ger
tificate; when this is done OBJ
tain another War Savings
Stamp and Certificate and con-
tinue to save and invest in
War Savings Stamps.
@. What is done with each
filled War Savings Certifi-
cate?
A. Keep each filled Certi-
ficate until January /, 1924,
and the Government will pay
you $4,000 for it.
@. How many War Savings
Certificates may | fill?
A. Ten. The law allows
each person, corporation, part
nership and individual mem
bers of a partnership to own
100000 worth of these Gov
securities. One thous-
and dollars worth of both
1918 and 1919 issue of War
Savings Stamps may be owned
by a person, corporation, etc.
@. Does the price of a War
Savings Stamp always remain
the same?
A. No. The price for each
appears on the face of
each Stamp. Never pay either
more or less than the amount
shown for the month in which
you make the purchase.
@. Why is the price diff
ferent each month";
A. Because the Stamps are
earning interest.
@. If | haven't enough
to buy a War Savings
Stamp and can only save in
small amounts, what should |
do?
A. Buy a 25-cent Thrift
Stamp and you will be given a
Thrift Card on which it should
be affixed. This Card will
hold sixteen Thrift Stamps,
which represents a value of 81.
@. When l have filled my
Thrift Card what do | do?
A. Take it to a Postoffice,
bank OF other authorized
agency, surrender the Card
and pay in cash the few cents
difference between the 81
worth of Thrift Stamps and
the current price of a War
Savings Stamp. Secure an
other Thrift Card and keep on
saving.
@. Can War Savings Stamps
or Certificates be transferred?
A. No. They are not trans
ferable. They are of value
to the original owner only, ex-
cept in case of death or dis
ability.
@. Who can sell War Sav.
ings Stamps?
A. Only authorized agents,
@. What about partially
filled 1918 War Savings Cert.
ficates?
A. War Savings Stamps OF
the 1918 issue are as good as
gold, no matter whether the
Certificate has one Stamp at.
tached or the entire twenty.
@. Are $5 War Savings
Stamps of the 1918 issue to be
converted into or exchanged
for SIS War Savings Stamps OF
the 1919 issue?
M Eooh 80 n Iiffor.