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"Artists for Victory" Stamps

U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Artists for Victory (A4V) Poster Stamp Artists

Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .02-04-2023)

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      This page displays World War II Poster Stamps derived from posters created by 50 different artists for Artists for Victory, Inc. (A4V or AFV) of New York, NY.

      Out of the 50 artists whose World War II posters were selected for this series of "Artists for Victory" Poster Stamps, only 9 have Wikipedia pages and only 6 have pages at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) which held the Nov. 25, 1942 - Jan. 3, 1943 first Exhibition displaying 214 out of the 2,224* posters entered in the National War Poster Competition (NWPC) (MoMA). It is unknown how many of the posters shown on the 50 stamps on this page were included in the Exhibition. As far as I know, no photos were taken of all 251 posters in the Exhibition, or if they were, I cannot find where they are displayed in one place on the Web, much less a display of every one of the 2,200+ posters in one place. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of the total entries were by women. In 1942, Artists for Victory, Inc., had 10,000 members.

      * The 2,224 total number of posters is from the two official press releases shown on the above MoMA Competition page. However, the sheet of Poster Stamps states there were a total of 2,243 competition entries.

Artists for Victory (A4V) Poster Stamp Covers

      S2# = Lawrence Sherman, 2nd ed. (2006) - 11,060 designs described, with some designs pictured in color

Museum of Modern Art (Wikipedia)
National War Poster Competition Traveling Exhibit:
      New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) -- Nov. 25, 1942 - Jan. 3, 1943
      National Gallery of Art #1 / #2 -- Jan. 17 – Feb. 18, 1943
      Carnegie Institute of Art in Pittsburgh -- dates?
      40 other U.S. museums (I cannot find a list of places and dates for them.)
For more War stamps, see: World War II Poster Stamps
For cataloged War era patriotic cachets, see: Lawrence Sherman World War II Patriotics

  1. S2#1819 -- A4V#49 -- Charles T. Allenbrook
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1819, A4V #49 front
  2. S2#1813 -- A4V#12 -- Joel N. Altshuler
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1813, A4V #12 front
  3. S2#806 -- A4V#1 -- McClelland Barclay -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1806, A4V #1 front
  4. S2#5793 -- A4V#13 -- Joseph Binder -- Wikipedia -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #5793, A4V #13 front
  5. S2#4110 -- A4V#10 -- Roswell Brown
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #5793, A4V #10 front
  6. S2#8030 -- A4V#23 -- Duane Bryers -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8030, A4V #23 front
  7. S2#7143 -- A4V#19 -- Charles Clement
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7143, A4V #19 front
  8. S2#1228 -- A4V#11 -- Paul W. Darrow
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1228, A4V #11 front
  9. S2#4109 -- A4V#24 -- Don I. Daugherty
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #4109, A4V #24 front
  10. S2#727 -- A4V#5 -- by Alexander E. Dugas
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #727, A4V #5 front
  11. S2#2951 -- A4V#4 -- Sgt. Jack (John L. Jr.) Dumas
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #2951, A4V #4 front
  12. S2#1820 -- A4V#18 -- Seymour Fogel -- Wikipedia -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1820, A4V #18 front
  13. S2#7086 -- A4V#15 -- Edwin Georgi
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7086, A4V #15 front
  14. S2#9490 --#9 -- J. Duncan Gleason -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #9490, A4V #9 front
  15. S2#8085 -- A4V#8 -- Douglas Grant
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8085, A4V #8 front
  16. S2#1227 -- A4V#47 -- E.B. Greenhaw
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1227, A4V #47 front
  17. S2#7139 -- A4V#3 -- Paul Haus-Dorff
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7139, A4V #3 front
  18. S2#1815 -- A4V#2 -- Irwin D. Hoffman
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1815, A4V #2 front
  19. S2#7685 -- A4V#17 -- Jack Homowitz
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7685, A4V #17 front
  20. S2#9491 -- A4V#7 -- Gordon Innes
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #9491, A4V #7 front
  21. S2#7684 -- A4V#25 -- Bob Kearfoil
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7684, A4V #25 front
  22. S2#7087 -- A4V#22 -- Will Keon
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7087, A4V #22 front
  23. S2#9488 -- A4V#50 -- Otto Keisker
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #9488, A4V #50 front
  24. S2#8091 -- A4V#46 -- Karl Koehler & Victor Ancona -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (Koehler) / (Ancona) -- University of Minnesota Libraries
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8091, A4V #46 front
  25. S2#1814 -- A4V#14 -- Virginia Legakes
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1814, A4V #14 front
  26. S2#1817 -- A4V#16 -- James Lewicki -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1817, A4V #16 front
  27. S2#10371 -- A4V#21 -- Louis Lispi
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #10371, A4V #21 front
  28. S2#7088 -- A4V#6 -- George Maas
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7088, A4V #6 front
  29. S2#1818 -- A4V#20 -- Barbara Marks
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1818, A4V #20 front
  30. S2#8094 -- A4V#31 --Harley Melzian
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8094, A4V #31 front
  31. S2#8084 -- A4V#39 -- D.H. Moneypenny
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8084, A4V #39 front
  32. S2#8086 -- A4V#28 -- Ben Nason -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8086, A4V #28 front
  33. S2#7144 -- A4V#32 -- Oliver Nelson
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7144, A4V #32 front
  34. S2#7085 -- A4V#45 -- Tony Palazzo
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7085, A4V #45 front
  35. S2#1211 -- A4V#35 -- by Silvia Passerini
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1211, A4V #35 front
  36. S2#7523 -- A4V#34 -- Weimer Pursell -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7523, A4V #34 front
  37. S2#10372 -- A4V#33 -- Helen Rabinowitz
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #10372, A4V #33 front
  38. S2#8092 -- A4V#30 -- Lionel S. Reiss -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8092, A4V #30 front
  39. S2#6754 -- A4V#27 -- Nikol Schattenstein
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #6754, A4V #27 front
  40. S2#1213 -- A4V#41 -- Xanti Schawinsky -- Wikipedia -- New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1213, A4V #41 front
  41. S2#10377 -- A4V#40 -- Don Schreckengost -- Wikipedia
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #10377, A4V #40 front
  42. S2#2191 -- A4V#29 -- Herbert Sipp
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #2191, A4V #29 front
  43. S2#1210 -- A4V#26 -- Howard Stabin
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1210, A4V #26 front
  44. S2#1212 -- A4V#37 -- by Hugo Steccatti
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1212, A4V #37 front
  45. S2#8093 -- A4V#48 -- Mary Stewart
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8093, A4V #48 front
  46. S2#10614 -- A4V#36 -- Art Wells
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #10614, A4V #36 front
  47. S2#9616 -- A4V#38 -- Josefa Wenter
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #9616, A4V #38 front
  48. S2#8083 -- A4V#44 -- Clarence West
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #8083, A4V #44 front
  49. S2#7089 -- A4V#43 -- J.C. White
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #7089, A4V #43 front
  50. S2#1816 -- A4V#42 -- Jack A. Willard
    Artists for Victory, WW II Patriotic, Sherman 2nd ed. #1816, A4V #42 front
Artists for Victory Poster Stamps - Sorted in order of the text IN the photo:
  1. no text -- Avenge Pearl Harbor---buy war bonds today! -- S2#806 -- Artists for Victory #A4V1
  2. Attack! / Sacrifice---the privilege of free men -- Your country calls for more war bonds! -- S2#727 -- Artists for Victory #A4V5
  3. Buy More / war bonds / and stamps -- Support the man behind the gun! -- S2#1210 -- Artists for Victory #A4V26
  4. Buy More / war bonds and stamps -- Hand up your share for victory! -- S2#1211 -- Artists for Victory #A4V35
  5. Buy More / war bonds and stamps -- Put your heart in your work---your pay in bonds! -- S2#1212 -- Artists for Victory #A4V37
  6. Buy More / war bonds and stamps -- Smash the double cross with more tanks! -- S2#1213 -- Artists for Victory #A4V41
  7. Buy more war bonds and stamps -- Take a smash at the Axis! -- S2#1227 -- Artists for Victory #A4V47
  8. Buy more war bonds and stamps -- War bonds and stamps supply the bullets! -- S2#1228 -- Artists for Victory #A4V11
  9. Deliver / us / from / evil [in quotes] -- Their deliverance depends on you! -- S2#1813 -- Artists for Victory #A4V12
  10. Deliver us from evil -- War bonds will remove this shadow! -- S2#1815 -- Artists for Victory #A4V2
  11. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- "Protective custody" under the barbarian! -- S2#1816 -- Artists for Victory #A4V42
  12. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- Defend your sacred right of worship! -- S2#1817 -- Artists for Victory #A4V16
  13. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- Destroy the despoilers of our faiths! -- S2#1818 -- Artists for Victory #A4V20
  14. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- Eradicate the footprints of the tyrant! -- S2#1819 -- Artists for Victory #A4V49
  15. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- For peace' sake---fight! -- S2#1814 -- Artists for Victory #A4V14
  16. Deliver us from evil [in quotes] -- Her liberation depends upon your liberality! -- S2#1820 -- Artists for Victory #A4V18
  17. Fight it out / on this line -- Gear yourself in the battle of production! -- S2#2191 -- Artists for Victory #A4V29
  18. Go without / so they won't have to -- Food is a weapon---waste not! -- S2#2951 -- Artists for Victory #A4V4
  19. Imagine your child in her stead! -- S2#10614 -- Artists for Victory #A4V36
  20. Join / the / silence / squad -- Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut! -- S2#4109 -- Artists for Victory #A4V24
  21. Join the / silence / squad / to preserve our liberty -- Rumors are enemy weapons! -- S2#4110 -- Artists for Victory #A4V10
  22. On the job! / the boys need guns -- Save waste kitchen fats for explosives! -- S2#5793 -- Artists for Victory #A4V13
  23. Sacrifice / The Privilege of free men -- Find your place in the fight for freedom! -- S2#6754 -- Artists for Victory #A4V27
  24. Slave / world / or / free / world -- Keep the goose step out of America! -- S2#7085 -- Artists for Victory #A4V45
  25. Slave / world / or free / world -- Fight today for your child's tomorrow! -- S2#7086 -- Artists for Victory #A4V15
  26. Slave world / or free / world -- Fight for the light of the right -- S2#7087 -- Artists for Victory #A4V22
  27. Slave world / or free world? -- Concentrate on war bonds for victory! -- S2#7088 -- Artists for Victory #A4V6
  28. Slave world---or free world? -- Fight for the four freedoms! -- S2#7089 -- Artists for Victory #A4V43
  29. Someone talked! -- ... And many died! Think before talking! -- S2#7143 -- Artists for Victory #A4V19
  30. Someone talked! -- Ship talk can be sabotalk! -- S2#7139 -- Artists for Victory #A4V3
  31. Someone talked! -- Talk is not cheap! Be careful! -- S2#7144 -- Artists for Victory #A4V32
  32. The enemy is listening -- Idle chatter can be a serious matter -- S2#7523 -- Artists for Victory #A4V34
  33. The people are / on the march -- United Nations -- One for all and all for one! -- S2#7685 -- Artists for Victory #A4V17
  34. The people are / on the march! -- Work! fight! sacrifice! united we'll win! -- S2#7684 -- Artists for Victory #A4V25
  35. This / is the enemy -- Extinguish this menace to Humanity! -- S2#8030 -- Artists for Victory #A4V23
  36. This is the / enemy -- Fight for your right to free worship! -- S2#8083 -- Artists for Victory #A4V44
  37. This is the / enemy -- Just another atrocity story, eh? -- S2#8084 -- Artists for Victory #A4V39
  38. This is the / enemy -- Loose lips = lost lives! -- S2#8085 -- Artists for Victory #A4V8
  39. This is the enemy -- An eye for an eye -- The swine will swing! -- S2#8091 -- Artists for Victory #A4V28
  40. This is the enemy -- An eye for an eye -- The swine will swing! -- S2#8091 -- Artists for Victory #A4V46
  41. This is the enemy -- Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! -- S2#8092 -- Artists for Victory #A4V30
  42. This is the enemy -- Rid them of the specter of fear! -- S2#8093 -- Artists for Victory #A4V48
  43. This is the enemy -- Wipe the slime and crime from the earth! -- S2#8094 -- Artists for Victory #A4V31
  44. Victory / starts / here -- Stay on your job to the finish! -- S2#9488 -- Artists for Victory #A4V50
  45. Victory / starts here -- Lives depend on your job! -- S2#9490 -- Artists for Victory #A4V9
  46. Victory / starts here -- Victory is in your hands! -- S2#9491 -- Artists for Victory #A4V7
  47. Victory starts here -- As we sow, sh shall we reap! -- S2#9616 -- Artists for Victory #A4V38
  48. Work / to keep free -- A "Sound" policy for victory! -- S2#10371 -- Artists for Victory #A4V21
  49. Work / to keep free -- Your hands can shape victory! -- S2#10372 -- Artists for Victory #A4V33
  50. Work to keep free -- Idle hands work for the enemy! -- S2#10377 -- Artists for Victory #A4V40
Artists for Victory Poster Stamps - Sorted in order of the text UNDER the photo:
  1. An eye for an eye -- The swine will swing! -- S2#8091 -- Artists for Victory #A4V28
  2. An eye for an eye -- The swine will swing! -- S2#8091 -- Artists for Victory #A4V46
  3. ... And many died! Think before talking! -- S2#7143 -- Artists for Victory #A4V19
  4. As we sow, sh shall we reap! -- S2#9616 -- Artists for Victory #A4V38
  5. Avenge Pearl Harbor---buy war bonds today! -- S2#806 -- Artists for Victory #A4V1
  6. Concentrate on war bonds for victory! -- S2#7088 -- Artists for Victory #A4V6
  7. Defend your sacred right of worship! -- S2#1817 -- Artists for Victory #A4V16
  8. Destroy the despoilers of our faiths! -- S2#1818 -- Artists for Victory #A4V20
  9. Eradicate the footprints of the tyrant! -- S2#1819 -- Artists for Victory #A4V49
  10. Extinguish this menace to Humanity! -- S2#8030 -- Artists for Victory #A4V23
  11. Fight for the four freedoms! -- S2#7089 -- Artists for Victory #A4V43
  12. Fight for the light of the right -- S2#7087 -- Artists for Victory #A4V22
  13. Fight for your right to free worship! -- S2#8083 -- Artists for Victory #A4V44
  14. Fight today for your child's tomorrow! -- S2#7086 -- Artists for Victory #A4V15
  15. Find your place in the fight for freedom! -- S2#6754 -- Artists for Victory #A4V27
  16. Food is a weapon---waste not! -- S2#2951 -- Artists for Victory #A4V4
  17. For peace' sake---fight! -- S2#1814 -- Artists for Victory #A4V14
  18. Gear yourself in the battle of production! -- S2#2191 -- Artists for Victory #A4V29
  19. Hand up your share for victory! -- S2#1211 -- Artists for Victory #A4V35
  20. Her liberation depends upon your liberality! -- S2#1820 -- Artists for Victory #A4V18
  21. Idle chatter can be a serious matter -- S2#7523 -- Artists for Victory #A4V34
  22. Imagine your child in her stead! -- S2#10614 -- Artists for Victory #A4V36
  23. Just another atrocity story, eh? -- S2#8084 -- Artists for Victory #A4V39
  24. Keep the goose step out of America! -- S2#7085 -- Artists for Victory #A4V45
  25. Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut! -- S2#4109 -- Artists for Victory #A4V24
  26. Lives depend on your job! -- S2#9490 -- Artists for Victory #A4V9
  27. Loose lips = lost lives! -- S2#8085 -- Artists for Victory #A4V8
  28. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! -- S2#8092 -- Artists for Victory #A4V30
  29. "Protective custody" under the barbarian! -- S2#1816 -- Artists for Victory #A4V42
  30. Put your heart in your work---your pay in bonds! -- S2#1212 -- Artists for Victory #A4V37
  31. Rid them of the specter of fear! -- S2#8093 -- Artists for Victory #A4V48
  32. Rumors are enemy weapons! -- S2#4110 -- Artists for Victory #A4V10
  33. Save waste kitchen fats for explosives! -- S2#5793 -- Artists for Victory #A4V13
  34. Ship talk can be sabotalk! -- S2#7139 -- Artists for Victory #A4V3
  35. Smash the double cross with more tanks! -- S2#1213 -- Artists for Victory #A4V41
  36. Stay on your job to the finish! -- S2#9488 -- Artists for Victory #A4V50
  37. Support the man behind the gun! -- S2#1210 -- Artists for Victory #A4V26
  38. Take a smash at the Axis! -- S2#1227 -- Artists for Victory #A4V47
  39. Talk is not cheap! Be careful! -- S2#7144 -- Artists for Victory #A4V32
  40. Their deliverance depends on you! -- S2#1813 -- Artists for Victory #A4V12
  41. United Nations -- One for all and all for one! -- S2#7685 -- Artists for Victory #A4V17
  42. Victory is in your hands! -- S2#9491 -- Artists for Victory #A4V7
  43. War bonds and stamps supply the bullets! -- S2#1228 -- Artists for Victory #A4V11
  44. War bonds will remove this shadow! -- S2#1815 -- Artists for Victory #A4V2
  45. Wipe the slime and crime from the earth! -- S2#8094 -- Artists for Victory #A4V31
  46. Work / to keep free -- A "Sound" policy for victory! -- S2#10371 -- Artists for Victory #A4V21
  47. Work / to keep free -- Your hands can shape victory! -- S2#10372 -- Artists for Victory #A4V33
  48. Work to keep free -- Idle hands work for the enemy! -- S2#10377 -- Artists for Victory #A4V40
  49. Work! fight! sacrifice! united we'll win! -- S2#7684 -- Artists for Victory #A4V25
  50. Your country calls for more war bonds! -- S2#727 -- Artists for Victory #A4V5
What's New on this page -- changes since 01-14-2023:
02-04-2023
      Added Index Menus of all 50 Poster Stamps to this in "Artist's Name Order" page:
      1) #TextIn --Sorted in order of the text IN the photo
      2) #TextUnder -- Sorted in order of the text UNDER the photo .
02-01-2023
      1) Added a References Section to the in "Stamp Number Order" page.
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