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Care Coupon 1951, April
| Issuer | CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Coupon printed in black on buff paper with a fine guilloche underprint. Three numbered coupon stubs (RAZNO 1, 2, 3) are arranged vertically along the left margin. The central field bears the title inscription and handwritten recipient details, with a circular purple official stamp at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | „CARE” - KARTA za raspodelu pomoći po programu „CARE” ZA APRIL 1951 prezime i ime korisnika mesto ulica i broj osnov po kome dobija pomoć M.P. organa koji izdaje karte RAZNO 1 RAZNO 2 RAZNO 3 |
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CARE packages were already well-established by 1951 — the organization had been operating since 1945, originally distributing surplus U.S. Army ration kits to postwar Europe. By the early 1950s, CARE had shifted to purpose-assembled food and supply packages, and these coupons were the mechanism by which American donors pre-paid for specific packages to be delivered to named recipients abroad, primarily in West Germany, Austria, and elsewhere in occupied or recovering Europe.
The coupon itself is a financial instrument in the strict sense — it represented a paid claim redeemable against CARE's warehouse stock. April 1951 falls squarely in the Korean War period, when public appetite for foreign aid was complicated by renewed anxieties about communism and resource allocation.