National Savings Stamps National Savings was founded in 1861 as the Post Office Savings Bank, the world's first postal savings system. The aim of the bank was to allow workers "to provide for themselves against adversity and ill-health", and to provide the government with access to debt funding. In 1969 the name was changed to National Savings and run by the Treasury.     Savings Stamps Card from the 1940s   In the Second World War there were three stamps available 6d, 2/6 and 5/-   National Savings Book and Stamps from the 1950s to 1970s   Click on Stamps to return to the Post Office Normandy Post Office Back to Index   © Copyright by Normandy Historians All Rights Reserved.