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1 Artillery Stamp Uncut Rationing Stamps; Office of Price Administration USA
| Issuer | Office of Price Administration (OPA), United States of America |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Uncut sheet of twenty stamps (5 rows by 4 columns) printed in black on pale grey-green paper, each stamp bearing a letterpress vignette of a wheeled artillery piece at left with the legends RATION STAMP NO. at right and an individual sequential stamp number below. A faint underprint text reading U.S. GOVERNMENT RATION is visible across the sheet background. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse in uniform pale grey-green paper, showing only the perforated or scored grid lines delineating the individual stamp units. No text, vignettes, or other design elements are present. |
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The Office of Price Administration administered one of the most complex rationing systems in American history, covering everything from gasoline and rubber to meat and shoes. Artillery stamps — part of the ammunition and weapons-related ration books — were issued to civilians and military-adjacent personnel requiring documented allocation of controlled goods. Uncut sheets survived almost exclusively because they were administrative overstock; once detached and used, these stamps had no reason to exist.
The OPA was dissolved in 1947, and most remaining stock was pulped.