1918 United States War Savings Certificate
by United States Treasury Department 1/2/1918
Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States
A World War I "War Savings Certificate" - a war bonds booklet issued January 2, 1918. The booklet is registered to Earnest C. Petite of Yamhill, Oregon. There is room for 20 war savings certificate stamps to be fixed in the booklet. No stamps are affixed.
More about this item
- Description
- A World War I "War Savings Certificate" - a war bonds booklet issued January 2, 1918. The booklet is registered to Earnest C. Petite of Yamhill, Oregon. There is room for 20 war savings certificate stamps to be fixed in the booklet. No stamps are affixed.
- Provenance
- Found in collections. War savings certificates were issued by the U.S. Treasury Department during World War I and World War II, with World War I stamps issued between late 1917 and 1920. These stamps were meant to be purchased by average Americans, and offered a 4% return on investment, calculated quarterly and maturing in 1923. Stamps issued between 1917 and 1918 covered 3.5% of the U.S. government's war debt - approximately 930 million dollars.
- Date
- 1/2/1918
- Creator
- United States Treasury Department
- Subject
- War bonds & funds
- Certificates
- World War I
- Stamps
- Location
- Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs2013e0128
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Booklet, War Bonds
- Type
- Text
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
