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10 Cents - Type 1 - Food Stamp Scrip Safeway Stores
| Issuer | Safeway Stores, Phoenix Division |
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| Size | 102 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow scrip on yellow paper with a fine basket-weave underprint. A decorative scrollwork border frames the face; two starburst medallions at left and right carry the numeral '10'. Issuer name and denomination are set in bold letterpress capitals at centre, with redemption conditions in smaller text below. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHOENIX DIVISION 10 SAFEWAY STORES 10 FOOD STAMP CREDIT TEN CENTS REDEEMABLE ONLY BY PARTICIPANT OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOOD STAMP PROGRAM FOR FOOD ITEMS ON AUTHORIZED LIST... AT ANY SAFEWAY STORE IN ARIZONA |
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During the late 1930s, Safeway Stores participated in the USDA's experimental food stamp program, which required participating retailers to issue their own scrip denominations redeemable against orange stamp purchases. The Phoenix Division scrip was locally distributed rather than centrally printed for the national scheme, which accounts for the variation collectors now distinguish as Type 1 — a separate design or printing run predating or running parallel to a standardized version.
Food stamp scrip of this kind had an extremely short functional lifespan, typically weeks, before redemption or destruction. Survivors are almost entirely from uncirculated stocks rather than returned trade.