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10 Shi Jin - Hebei Province Forage Stamp
| Issuer | Hebei Province Grain and Fodder Bureau |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in magenta on pale ground, the obverse carries the title inscription 河北省饲料票 across the top, with denomination numerals 10 in rosette cartouches at each upper corner. Left centre bears a green vignette of a weeping willow above stylised agricultural produce; to the right, a letterpress rural scene shows a long column of swine being herded along a fenced road. The year 1970 appears in a guilloche panel at foot centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 河北省饲料票 拾市斤 1970 (Translation: Hebei Province Forage Stamp 10 Shi Jin (5 Kilograms) 1970) |
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China's Cultural Revolution–era rationing infrastructure extended well beyond grain staples. Provincial bureaus issued commodity-specific stamps for fodder and forage separately from the general food ration system, and Hebei's Grain and Fodder Bureau was among the more administratively active in this respect. These stamps functioned as internal allocation instruments, typically used by collective farms and production brigades rather than individual households — which is why survival rates are uneven and institutional rather than personal hoarding accounts for most known examples.
The "shi jin" unit (市斤, equivalent to 500 grams) was standard for bulk commodity rationing in this period. A 10 shi jin forage denomination is a working quantity, aimed at animal feed allocation within the collective system.