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1 Jin · Cooking Oil Stamp Wuhan City, Hubei
| Issuer | Wuhan City People's Government |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 武汉市地方油票 壹斤 wuhanshidifangyoupiao 1980 (Translation: Wuhan City Cooking Oil Stamp 1 Jin 1980) |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1. 在全市范围内，可购买各种食油（油料）。 2. 购油时，按当时规定的供应品种购买。 3. 严禁买卖，全改无效，遗失不补。 |
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China's urban rationing system, formalized after 1953 and never fully dismantled until the early 1990s, required residents to surrender coupons like this one at point of sale — no coupon, no purchase, regardless of cash on hand. Wuhan administered its own municipal ration books separately from national allocations, meaning these Hubei-issued stamps were invalid outside the city. A Wuhan resident traveling to Chongqing needed that city's coupons instead.
Cooking oil remained under strict rationing longer than grain in many municipalities, reflecting persistent supply constraints through the reform decade. This 1980 date places it squarely in the earliest phase of Deng Xiaoping's opening policies, when market liberalization was beginning but state distribution infrastructure had not yet loosened its grip on edible oils.