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0.5 Kilogram - Fine Grain Food Stamp Tangyin County, Henan
| Issuer | Tangyin County Grain Bureau, Henan Province |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Size | 77 x 33 mm |
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| Obverse description | Vertically oriented voucher printed in pink with green and gold underprint elements in a woodcut style. The face bears the denomination in Chinese characters (公斤) with the issuing county title partially obscured by an official red stamp, alongside a date inscription and a skyline vignette in woodcut design. A decorative border frames the composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | 0.5 公斤 (Translation: 0.5 Gong Jin (0.5 kg)) |
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County-level grain rationing in China operated through a layered bureaucracy — national quotas flowed down through provincial bureaus to county-level offices, each issuing their own scrip redeemable only within their jurisdiction. This half-kilogram stamp from Tangyin County's Grain Bureau is a product of that system in its final decade; national grain rationing was abolished in 1993, making issues from the late 1980s among the last of their kind. Tangyin-issued ration materials rarely surface outside Henan collector networks.