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20 Kilograms - Nitrogen Fertilizer Stamps Gao'an County, Jiangxi
| Issuer | Gao'an County People's Government, Jiangxi |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper voucher printed in teal with a geometric guilloche border on all four sides. The denomination '20' in large numerals occupies the centre, flanked by the unit '公斤' and the grade inscription '标氮'; the issuing authority legend runs along the top. A red official seal impression is applied diagonally across the face, and the validity period is printed at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 高安县定购粮食挂钩化肥票 20公斤 标氮 1991年7-12月有效 (Translation: Gao'an County orders grain-linked fertilizer stamps 20kg Standard nitrogen Valid from July to December 1991) |
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China's fertilizer rationing system persisted well into the reform era, and county-level governments retained authority to issue commodity stamps for agricultural inputs long after most consumer goods had been decontrolled. This stamp authorized the bearer to purchase 20 kilograms of nitrogen fertilizer — urea or ammonium bicarbonate being the typical controlled forms — at the state-subsidized price rather than the significantly higher free-market rate that had emerged by 1991.
Gao'an, a county-level city in northern Jiangxi known for paddy cultivation, would have distributed these through its agricultural supply cooperatives ahead of planting season. Timing was everything — unused stamps from the wrong quarter were generally voided.