May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 186

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
ERIC FRASER (1902-1983) MAKE YOUR MONEY PROVIDE THE DRIVING POWER - PUT IT INTO THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK. 1943.
28 1/2x36 inches, 72 1/2x91 1/2 cm. Greycaines, Watford.
Condition B+: slice in lower text; minor tears, creases and staining in margins. Paper.
In the darkest days of the Second World War, the General Post Office (GPO) commissioned different artists to work on a campaign aimed at getting citizens to deposit their money in the postal bank, from which the funds were used to help finance the war effort. By "making your money provide the driving power" (which was the slogan of the whole campaign), citizens could concurrently save while supporting the government's military cause.