Full text of District Notices (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) : Commemorational Data on Savings Bonds

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS
F IS C A L A G E N T O F TH E U N ITED ST A T E S

Dallas, Texas, June 9,1944

COMMEMORATIONAL D A TA ON SAVINGS BONDS

To Qualified Issuing Agents of
War Savings Bonds, Series E :

It has been the policy of the Treasury Department to discourage the use of commemo­
rative stamps and stickers on savings bonds, although no objection has been raised in
certain cases to the procedure where the stamp or sticker is affixed in a manner which
would not obliterate any of the textual provisions of the bond. In view of the smaller size
of the current savings bond, the Treasury has found it necessary to revise existing instruc­
tions. Accordingly, hereafter the Department will not permit the use of any stickers on
savings bonds, and commemorative stamps will be permitted only where it is possible to
have the commemorational data included as a part of the issuing agent’s dating stamp.
Such a stamp must include the agent’s name and location, provide for the current date, and
the stamp must not exceed 114 inches in its largest dimension. In any event, dating stamps
containing such commemorational data may be used only after approval by the Federal
Reserve Bank or appropriate branch, or the Treasury Department.
As a result of the recent invasion of the continent of Europe by our armed forces,
numerous requests have been received for authority to place special notations on savings
bonds issued during this period. Without modifying its instructions regarding com­
memorational data, as above outlined, the Treasury Department has advised that it will
not object to a notation such as “ Issued During Invasion Week, June 6-12, 1944,” if it
is carefully placed on the margin of the bond so as not to interfere with the textual matter,
the inscription, or the date of the bond.

Yours very truly,
R. R. GILBERT
President

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