"$1 War Stamps From Every American Will Build the Mystery Ship . . . Shangri-La" When a reporter asked FDR where the Doolittle Raid (April 18, 1942) took off from, he said they were based in Shangri-La, In those days reporters had a sense of humor and didn’t press further. The line stuck and In 1943, there was a War Stamp Drive to support the construction of the soon to be real aircraft carrier Shangri-La. Publishing info on bottom: U.S. Government Printing Office 1943_O_531075 WSS 817-A Dimensions: 26.5h x 20w Processing and shipping in the continental US ($45 rolled in tube) ($55 flat between cardboard) plus a 1.5% insurance fee top of poster has wrinkles, tears and water stains. poster creased from being folded into quarters.