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20 Points Processed Food Rationing Stamps; Office of Price Administration, USA
| Issuer | Office of Price Administration |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION RATION COUPON FOR TWENTY POINTS PROCESSED FOODS OPA FORM R-1325 ✩ GPO 16-34717-1 |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted blue-grey paper with show-through of the obverse underprint visible in the centre. The reverse is otherwise blank with no printed elements. |
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The Office of Price Administration administered one of the most complex rationing systems in American history during World War II, covering everything from sugar and coffee to canned goods and meat. These processed food stamps operated on a points-based model rather than a simple quantity limit — each item carried a fluctuating point value adjusted weekly by OPA regional offices, meaning a single book of stamps could buy vastly different quantities depending on which week you shopped and what was on the shelves.
The GPO printed these in enormous volumes across multiple series, distinguished by color and letter codes. Ration book fraud was a genuine federal enforcement problem; the OPA prosecuted thousands of cases by 1944.