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0.25 Kilogram - Fine Grain Food Stamp Tangyin County, Henan
| Issuer | Tangyin County Food Bureau, Henan Province |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green woodcut-style vignette with a skyline view as central underprint, overlaid with red and pink security guilloche patterns. The denomination in gongjin and issue date appear in the lower portion, with the county title partially obscured by an official red administrative stamp. |
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| Reverse lettering | 说明 （一）凭券在本县指定店、所购买成品粮及粮食制成品，对外无效。 （二）本券系无价证券，严禁买卖、伪造和涂改。遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions: (1) This voucher is valid only at designated stores in this county for the purchase of processed grain and grain products; invalid outside. (2) This voucher has no monetary value; trading, counterfeiting, and alteration are strictly prohibited. Lost vouchers will not be replaced.) |
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Chinese county-level food rationing stamps of this type were administrative instruments rather than currency, issued by local grain bureaus operating under the national unified procurement and distribution system that remained in force until the early 1990s. Tangyin County, in the far north of Henan Province bordering Hebei, was an agricultural district with grain procurement quotas administered through exactly this kind of locally-printed coupon. The "fine grain" designation — distinguishing wheat flour and refined cereals from coarse grain allocations — mattered to recipients in ways that a single undifferentiated ration would not.
By 1987 the national ration system was already being quietly wound down in coastal cities, but inland Henan counties were still running it in full. This stamp likely had a short usable window before the bureau issued the next quarterly or seasonal series.