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Of course, if anyone wants to add to the list please fire away. Put a title and/or country of origin at the top of the page.
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A superb piece of Propaganda USA-style. The Poster stamps do not give much away to the uninitiated but some research tells me these were most likely issued in 1947 during the time of President Harry Truman's health plans. I have no idea if there are others but I am pretty sure there are, maybe of different design, but I have not yet found any. They could have been produced from actual posters as a way of getting their message across.
'They' being the unions ! These were produced by/for the Amalgamated Lithographers of America, a Labor Union, today known as the GCC/IBT. Their 'branches' were known as 'Locals', New York being No.1. These Union labels came out of Local No.23, Indianapolis and were printed by the Success Printing & Lithographing Company about whom I have found nothing !! The cartoons are by a Dave Gerard, a magazine cartoonist from Indiana who worked for a number of publications including the Indianapolis Star. He was also a Mayor in the 1970's.
I ramble on but I truly love these and hope I can find more. Union Labels are new to me and I have found them truly fascinating.
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You really know how to hurt a guy !!!
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Why Philb, are you having problems with your health insurance ?!
Here's a nice patriotic and propaganda all in one ! Now off you go and get your war bonds !
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Here's one of my favourite covers, on a sheet from a recent VANPEX exhibit about the Battle of the Atlantic,
and a larger image of the label:
I have a similar cover with a different label of the same basic design.
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Looks like the editors of the 1940's US messages weren't on the ball. "Your" instead of You're, guess they ran out of space on the envelope! 
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Nice covers and labels, thanks for posting them.
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DAWSON'S FIELD HIJACKINGS.
In September 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) simultaneously hijacked 4 aircraft. The hijackers on an El Al flight were overpowered but the other 3 aircraft were forced to land in the Jordanian Desert where most of the prisoners were released and planes blown up.
Depicted on the propaganda label (below) is a scene from the bombing of the aircraft and jubilant militants.
I have scant information about the label regarding designer, printer etc but it did come with a story that the label was printed BEFORE the hijackings took place and shows Leila Khalid (Now a Politician) and Nicaraguan terrorist Patrick Arguello celebrating the successful operation. However, both were on the El Al flight, the former being captured (later released in a prisoner swap) and the latter killed on the plane.
I have no information about when or where the label was used.
You can see 'AL' on the tail of the plane. I believe it was quite normal for such terror groups to print these propaganda labels in this way.
On this occasion it came back to haunt them !
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Thanks for the memories ..i purchased the 10 cent savings stamps towards a war bond but never filled the booklet so i guess it was all profit for the government. The Iriving Trust company cover brings back memories..One Wall Street was Hq. I worked at the 46th and Madison Ave. branch when i was out of the service..banks would hire just about anyone who was not an out and out criminal. Savings bonds were a popular way of saving for retirement and i sold quite a few. Irving Trust was a commercial bank and went out of business not long after i left.
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More war bonds !
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I used to collect bottle tops as a kid !
The salvage committee of the National Beauty and Barber Association were working hard.
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The following are part of a set of 18 very well reproduced/forged British Mandate pictorials.
I purchased these from a Palestine/Interim period expert and they were supposedly ordered by PLO chief Yasser Arafat himself from Germany. They were overprinted in Ramallah.
Circa.1980 at a time when Mr.Arafat was a wanted man and not allowed in the Palestinian territories.
Probably I will never know the true story of these excellent propaganda stamps.
They are, until today, the single most expensive item I have in my Cinderella collection.
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A rallying cry to the Nation, this 1945 Poster stamp depicts a globe being defended by a Union Flag 'shield' from Nazi war planes.
Can also be found Imperf.
One of the best British wartime propaganda labels I have come across. Powerful !
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Blocks of 8 Se-tenant propaganda labels from larger sheets. Printed in Grey-Blue (shown) and Carmine.
By Polystamps. 1943.
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If you all agree with the following, say 'aye' !!
And below is another War bond label......but is it British ?
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Michael, those tanks are really interesting. By the 1943 date, most of those tanks were horribly obsolete. The little US Lee in the middle mounted a 37mm gun; the Grant, at top, was called by the Soviets, who used more of them than the Americans, "a coffin for six brothers"... it had the ubiquitous 75 that was mounted in the hull and a 37mm atop, giving it a wonderfully high profile, perfect to aim at. The British tanks at top right are American-made Shermans, which mounted all sorts of guns and suspension systems and would have about a dozen main variants before war's end. The Soviets are represented by the T26 and T34; the former was outclassed at war's beginning; the latter was probably the best all-around tank of the war. The French tank is a Renault R35, which found widespread use as a tank destroyer in the German army after being upgunned.
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Thanks for the tank info, most interesting. The 1943 date is not set in stone I believe as there is scant little info about these anywhere. The Polystamps inscription is in the bottom margin on a full sheet but no date is given.
In the meantime, a strip of patriotism from someone who has never been to the USA !! 
God Bless America !
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A small group with a strong American sentiment....and why not !
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This one has an anti-semetic feel and was most likely produced around the time of the U.N. partition plan.
Exists too in other values and colours.
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notice the two domes, one with a crescent and one with a cross?
funny, too, how one might read "pro Arab" as "anti-semetic"
Is "pro Israel" necessarily "anti-Arab"?
wonderful viewing these propaganda labels.... so much is here. They are reminiscent of the issued Palestine stamps of the same period.
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"notice the two domes, one with a crescent and one with a cross?
funny, too, how one might read "pro Arab" as "anti-semetic"
Is "pro Israel" necessarily "anti-Arab"?
wonderful viewing these propaganda labels.... so much is here. They are reminiscent of the issued Palestine stamps of the same period.
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I believe the domes represent both the Muslim nad Christian Arabs as the building on the left looks like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, the major christian site in the Middle East.
Regarding the politics, my guess would be at the time that someone 'pro Israel' was most likely to be 'anti-Arab'. The same might be said in some quarters about the present day situation.....but that's for another discussion.
Let's see what else I can find.........
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A bit different from the last offering but equally interesting.
These came with a note that they were from a booklet of Poster stamps designed (most likely) by Mabel Lucie Atwell, the superb postcard designer and author of childrens books.
But were they ? More another day on that.
Whoever produced these did a great job, true British 'stiff upper lip' and all that. Lovely wartime propaganda/patriotic stuff.
Love 'em ! 
These posters actually reside in my 'Flags on Cinderellas' album but like many stamps and cindys, they can go in any number of topicals.
Such is the beauty of our hobby.
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While I "like" the "British Kids" poster stamps, I am also uneasy about the attempt to militarize children. There is nothing "cute" about children carrying and using guns, which we have seen all too often in several of Africa's recent "conflicts". I had to stop reading Roméo Delaire's book, Shake Hands with the Devil, which was made into a film of the same name. Before he retired, and before he developed severe PTSD, he was head of Canada's UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. I stopped reading his book when he described his failure to rescue a small child who was taken at gunpoint by child soldiers. He had planned to take the child back to Canada with him. It was a painful episode for me to read; I can't imagine what he went through.
I have a small collection of German postcards published in the First World War, all showing young sweethearts saying goodbye as the boys (in dress uniforms) leave for the front. A reading of All Quiet on the Western Front rather takes away the "glory" of war.
The Hitler Youth organization before and during the Second World War supplied many teenagers to the front lines. The Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred in June, 1944 during the Battle of Normandy near Caen, France; 20 Canadian soldiers were illegally executed at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, e.g. Hitler Youth.
When I was wounded in Vietnam, I was an "elderly" 23 years old. My last patient was a young U.S. Marine, probably no more than 18 years old, who had been eviscerated. Ten young Marines in my company were killed that day; 100 in total, in two battalions, were killed that day.
If poster stamps like those shown in the previous post must be collected, then let it be because they are evidence of man's violent nature, not because they are "cute".
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I think when those Poster stamps (see my previous post) were produced the furthest thing from the designers mind was to militarize children. Times were different back then.
Today it's another story....the world has changed for the worse. But it's another topic for another day, in a different part of Stamporama. 
The following label is from the Head Office of the AFC (America First Committee), an anti-war pressure group which garnered support from almost a million Americans from September 1940 until the end of 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbour.
I have no idea if other labels for the organization exist, I am sure they do but have not been able to find a list as yet. I may even have others but need to check. With over 400 'chapters' throughout the USA, it could be that there is an interesting collection out there !
Whatever, the one below is straight to the point but surprisingly does not include their logo.
More info about the label or others that exist will be gratefully received.
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Just noticed after I posted the scan of the AFC label that it is actually a Union label (see first post in this topic) and from Chapter 73 ! I hadn't noticed that before. 
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Plenty of the following types of labels were to be found during and just after WWII. They most likely number in their thousands and I have little or no information about them.
Lots of research needed !!
A selection...we'll call it SEL1 ! (There will be more)
Just one 'V' for victory posted now but they do make a nice page or three so will save some other types for a future post.
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A sheet similar to one I posted back in 2014 !! 
Time is running guys, we'd better show all our stamps here before........before what ?
OK, just show your stamps.....on any topic !!
This one seems to have a problem. Can anyone spot it !! ?
(apologies for the blurry image. I must be nervous today !!)
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These are recent patriotic acquisitions. The first three are from Dr. W.C. Hensyl, Berwick, PA. I have been seeing a number of patriotic covers from him lately on ebay. The little bit of information I found about him is that he was a surgeon during the First World War.
These labels are added to the covers. I like the second cover with the bombs in a "V" shape, V for Victory.
These four covers are all home made.
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I do not have information for many of these so if anyone can help in identification or with snippets of information I have missed, please chip in.
Of course, if anyone wants to add to the list please fire away. Put a title and/or country of origin at the top of the page.
U.S.A.
A superb piece of Propaganda USA-style. The Poster stamps do not give much away to the uninitiated but some research tells me these were most likely issued in 1947 during the time of President Harry Truman's health plans. I have no idea if there are others but I am pretty sure there are, maybe of different design, but I have not yet found any. They could have been produced from actual posters as a way of getting their message across.
'They' being the unions ! These were produced by/for the Amalgamated Lithographers of America, a Labor Union, today known as the GCC/IBT. Their 'branches' were known as 'Locals', New York being No.1. These Union labels came out of Local No.23, Indianapolis and were printed by the Success Printing & Lithographing Company about whom I have found nothing !! The cartoons are by a Dave Gerard, a magazine cartoonist from Indiana who worked for a number of publications including the Indianapolis Star. He was also a Mayor in the 1970's.
I ramble on but I truly love these and hope I can find more. Union Labels are new to me and I have found them truly fascinating.
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You really know how to hurt a guy !!!
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Why Philb, are you having problems with your health insurance ?!
Here's a nice patriotic and propaganda all in one ! Now off you go and get your war bonds !
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Here's one of my favourite covers, on a sheet from a recent VANPEX exhibit about the Battle of the Atlantic,
and a larger image of the label:
I have a similar cover with a different label of the same basic design.
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Looks like the editors of the 1940's US messages weren't on the ball. "Your" instead of You're, guess they ran out of space on the envelope!
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Nice covers and labels, thanks for posting them.
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DAWSON'S FIELD HIJACKINGS.
In September 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) simultaneously hijacked 4 aircraft. The hijackers on an El Al flight were overpowered but the other 3 aircraft were forced to land in the Jordanian Desert where most of the prisoners were released and planes blown up.
Depicted on the propaganda label (below) is a scene from the bombing of the aircraft and jubilant militants.
I have scant information about the label regarding designer, printer etc but it did come with a story that the label was printed BEFORE the hijackings took place and shows Leila Khalid (Now a Politician) and Nicaraguan terrorist Patrick Arguello celebrating the successful operation. However, both were on the El Al flight, the former being captured (later released in a prisoner swap) and the latter killed on the plane.
I have no information about when or where the label was used.
You can see 'AL' on the tail of the plane. I believe it was quite normal for such terror groups to print these propaganda labels in this way.
On this occasion it came back to haunt them !
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Thanks for the memories ..i purchased the 10 cent savings stamps towards a war bond but never filled the booklet so i guess it was all profit for the government. The Iriving Trust company cover brings back memories..One Wall Street was Hq. I worked at the 46th and Madison Ave. branch when i was out of the service..banks would hire just about anyone who was not an out and out criminal. Savings bonds were a popular way of saving for retirement and i sold quite a few. Irving Trust was a commercial bank and went out of business not long after i left.
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More war bonds !
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I used to collect bottle tops as a kid !
The salvage committee of the National Beauty and Barber Association were working hard.
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The following are part of a set of 18 very well reproduced/forged British Mandate pictorials.
I purchased these from a Palestine/Interim period expert and they were supposedly ordered by PLO chief Yasser Arafat himself from Germany. They were overprinted in Ramallah.
Circa.1980 at a time when Mr.Arafat was a wanted man and not allowed in the Palestinian territories.
Probably I will never know the true story of these excellent propaganda stamps.
They are, until today, the single most expensive item I have in my Cinderella collection.
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A rallying cry to the Nation, this 1945 Poster stamp depicts a globe being defended by a Union Flag 'shield' from Nazi war planes.
Can also be found Imperf.
One of the best British wartime propaganda labels I have come across. Powerful !
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Blocks of 8 Se-tenant propaganda labels from larger sheets. Printed in Grey-Blue (shown) and Carmine.
By Polystamps. 1943.
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If you all agree with the following, say 'aye' !!
And below is another War bond label......but is it British ?
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Michael, those tanks are really interesting. By the 1943 date, most of those tanks were horribly obsolete. The little US Lee in the middle mounted a 37mm gun; the Grant, at top, was called by the Soviets, who used more of them than the Americans, "a coffin for six brothers"... it had the ubiquitous 75 that was mounted in the hull and a 37mm atop, giving it a wonderfully high profile, perfect to aim at. The British tanks at top right are American-made Shermans, which mounted all sorts of guns and suspension systems and would have about a dozen main variants before war's end. The Soviets are represented by the T26 and T34; the former was outclassed at war's beginning; the latter was probably the best all-around tank of the war. The French tank is a Renault R35, which found widespread use as a tank destroyer in the German army after being upgunned.
thanks for sharing
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Thanks for the tank info, most interesting. The 1943 date is not set in stone I believe as there is scant little info about these anywhere. The Polystamps inscription is in the bottom margin on a full sheet but no date is given.
In the meantime, a strip of patriotism from someone who has never been to the USA !!
God Bless America !
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A small group with a strong American sentiment....and why not !
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This one has an anti-semetic feel and was most likely produced around the time of the U.N. partition plan.
Exists too in other values and colours.
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notice the two domes, one with a crescent and one with a cross?
funny, too, how one might read "pro Arab" as "anti-semetic"
Is "pro Israel" necessarily "anti-Arab"?
wonderful viewing these propaganda labels.... so much is here. They are reminiscent of the issued Palestine stamps of the same period.
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"notice the two domes, one with a crescent and one with a cross?
funny, too, how one might read "pro Arab" as "anti-semetic"
Is "pro Israel" necessarily "anti-Arab"?
wonderful viewing these propaganda labels.... so much is here. They are reminiscent of the issued Palestine stamps of the same period.
"
I believe the domes represent both the Muslim nad Christian Arabs as the building on the left looks like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, the major christian site in the Middle East.
Regarding the politics, my guess would be at the time that someone 'pro Israel' was most likely to be 'anti-Arab'. The same might be said in some quarters about the present day situation.....but that's for another discussion.
Let's see what else I can find.........
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A bit different from the last offering but equally interesting.
These came with a note that they were from a booklet of Poster stamps designed (most likely) by Mabel Lucie Atwell, the superb postcard designer and author of childrens books.
But were they ? More another day on that.
Whoever produced these did a great job, true British 'stiff upper lip' and all that. Lovely wartime propaganda/patriotic stuff.
Love 'em !
These posters actually reside in my 'Flags on Cinderellas' album but like many stamps and cindys, they can go in any number of topicals.
Such is the beauty of our hobby.
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While I "like" the "British Kids" poster stamps, I am also uneasy about the attempt to militarize children. There is nothing "cute" about children carrying and using guns, which we have seen all too often in several of Africa's recent "conflicts". I had to stop reading Roméo Delaire's book, Shake Hands with the Devil, which was made into a film of the same name. Before he retired, and before he developed severe PTSD, he was head of Canada's UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. I stopped reading his book when he described his failure to rescue a small child who was taken at gunpoint by child soldiers. He had planned to take the child back to Canada with him. It was a painful episode for me to read; I can't imagine what he went through.
I have a small collection of German postcards published in the First World War, all showing young sweethearts saying goodbye as the boys (in dress uniforms) leave for the front. A reading of All Quiet on the Western Front rather takes away the "glory" of war.
The Hitler Youth organization before and during the Second World War supplied many teenagers to the front lines. The Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred in June, 1944 during the Battle of Normandy near Caen, France; 20 Canadian soldiers were illegally executed at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, e.g. Hitler Youth.
When I was wounded in Vietnam, I was an "elderly" 23 years old. My last patient was a young U.S. Marine, probably no more than 18 years old, who had been eviscerated. Ten young Marines in my company were killed that day; 100 in total, in two battalions, were killed that day.
If poster stamps like those shown in the previous post must be collected, then let it be because they are evidence of man's violent nature, not because they are "cute".
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I think when those Poster stamps (see my previous post) were produced the furthest thing from the designers mind was to militarize children. Times were different back then.
Today it's another story....the world has changed for the worse. But it's another topic for another day, in a different part of Stamporama.
The following label is from the Head Office of the AFC (America First Committee), an anti-war pressure group which garnered support from almost a million Americans from September 1940 until the end of 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbour.
I have no idea if other labels for the organization exist, I am sure they do but have not been able to find a list as yet. I may even have others but need to check. With over 400 'chapters' throughout the USA, it could be that there is an interesting collection out there !
Whatever, the one below is straight to the point but surprisingly does not include their logo.
More info about the label or others that exist will be gratefully received.
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Just noticed after I posted the scan of the AFC label that it is actually a Union label (see first post in this topic) and from Chapter 73 ! I hadn't noticed that before.
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Plenty of the following types of labels were to be found during and just after WWII. They most likely number in their thousands and I have little or no information about them.
Lots of research needed !!
A selection...we'll call it SEL1 ! (There will be more)
Just one 'V' for victory posted now but they do make a nice page or three so will save some other types for a future post.
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A sheet similar to one I posted back in 2014 !!
Time is running guys, we'd better show all our stamps here before........before what ?
OK, just show your stamps.....on any topic !!
This one seems to have a problem. Can anyone spot it !! ?
(apologies for the blurry image. I must be nervous today !!)
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These are recent patriotic acquisitions. The first three are from Dr. W.C. Hensyl, Berwick, PA. I have been seeing a number of patriotic covers from him lately on ebay. The little bit of information I found about him is that he was a surgeon during the First World War.
These labels are added to the covers. I like the second cover with the bombs in a "V" shape, V for Victory.
These four covers are all home made.
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