World War II U.S. War Savings Bond envelopes and V-mail blank

00-2024-48-0

File

Identifier: 00-2024-48-0

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Two United States War Savings Bond envelopes and one blank V-mail form.

Dates

Creation: 1942-1945

Creator

United States. Office of Price Administration (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown.

Biographical / Historical

War bonds (sometimes referred to as victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level. V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used by the United States during the Second World War as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. [Source: Wikipedia]