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5 Liter - Fuel Coupon Chengdu, PLA
| Issuer | People's Liberation Army, Chengdu Military Region |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Obverse description | Light blue guilloche underprint across the entire field. At center, a line-art vignette of a military utility vehicle flanked by the circular red PLA Chengdu Military Region official seal and a red serial number. Denomination value '5' appears in oval cartouches at upper left and right, with Chinese inscriptions above and to the right. Year '1991' printed in a decorative banner at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 成都军区加油票 5 实物油票 无副券及地方 车辆使用无效 汽油 5 升 中国人民解放军成都军区油票专用章 1991 (Translation: 5 Chengdu Military Region gas ticket 5 Physical fuel stamp Without coupons and local vehicle use is invalid Gasoline 5 Liters Special seal for fuel stamps of the Chengdu Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army 1991) |
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Military fuel coupons issued by PLA regional commands functioned as an internal rationing currency — redeemable only within the logistics network of the issuing command, never convertible to cash or civilian fuel supplies. The Chengdu Military Region covered Tibet and Sichuan, and the early 1990s saw sustained operational demands in both provinces following the post-1989 internal security posture maintained across the PRC's western commands.
These coupons were printed in tight controlled runs and destroyed after redemption, which is precisely why survivors reach collectors at all — clerical surplus, overlooked stock, the occasional quartermaster who kept what he should have returned.