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Bomb Tokyo With Your Extra Change restored 1943 U.S. war stamps poster: a blue aircraft carrier launching planes beneath a red panel naming the mystery ship Shangri-La
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Bomb Tokyo With Your Extra Change: Shangri-La War Stamps — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1943 U.S. Treasury war stamps poster, restored: “$1.00 in war stamps from every American will build the mystery ship… Shangri-La.” A red, white and blue aircraft carrier launches its planes under the line Bomb Tokyo with your extra change.

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Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Bomb Tokyo With Your Extra Change poster

Bomb Tokyo With Your Extra Change was printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943 for the Treasury’s war stamp programme. Under a bold red panel, a blue aircraft carrier ploughs through the sea as its planes take off, and the poster asks every American for one dollar in war stamps to build “the mystery ship… Shangri-La.”

The name was a joke that became a warship. After the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April 1942, President Roosevelt told reporters the bombers had flown from Shangri-La, the hidden kingdom in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon, to keep the carrier USS Hornet a secret. The Navy then gave the name to a real carrier. USS Shangri-La (CV-38) was launched at Norfolk on 24 February 1944, sponsored by Josephine Doolittle, wife of the raid’s leader, and saw action off Japan in 1945.

The artist is not recorded. The poster carries the code WSS 817-A and the GPO imprint 1943-O-531075.

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Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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