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0.25 Kilogram - Flour Stamp Harbin City, Heilongjiang
| Issuer | Harbin City Grain Bureau, Heilongjiang |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Reverse description | Orange letterpress-printed reverse on cream paper with matching ornate floral guilloche border. Three-clause usage instructions in Chinese fill the central field, flanked by denomination numerals '0.25' in circular cartouches at left and right, with a red official seal at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1.本票只限在哈公区使用。 2.本票以成品粮单位可按粮食局规定购买面粉制品位司或持证到粮店购买面粉。 3.本票严禁买卖，涂改无效、遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions for use 1. This ticket can only be used within the Harbin district. 2. This ticket may be used to purchase flour products in accordance with the provisions of the Grain Bureau, or with a certificate to purchase flour at grain shops. 3. This ticket is strictly prohibited from buying or selling; alterations render it void; loss will not be compensated.) |
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Grain ration stamps of this type were issued by municipal and county-level grain bureaus across China as part of the centrally administered rationing system that had been in place since the early 1950s. By 1991, that system was already being dismantled — market reforms introduced through the late 1980s had begun eroding the infrastructure of planned grain distribution, and Harbin, as a major industrial city in the northeast, was among the urban centers still managing the transition with localized coupon issues like this one.
The flour-specific denomination — rather than a generic grain coupon — reflects the dietary patterns of Heilongjiang, where wheat consumption outpaced rice. National rationing ended formally in 1993.