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FREE: 60 RARE COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE WORLD WAR 2 TRADING RED STAMPS

60 RARE COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE WORLD WAR 2 TRADING  RED STAMPS
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60 Rare Collectible Vintage World War 2 Trading Red Stamps, These Stamps Were Out From 1939 Through Part Of 1946, Red-stamp rationing covered all meats, fats and oils, and most cheese, Every man, woman and child was given a ration book for food and had to register with a grocery store. The grocery store was only given enough food for the people on their list. When someone bought rationed food, the grocer stuck a sticker in his or her ration book to show that week's ration had been purchased

At first only butter, sugar and bacon was rationed. By the middle of 1940 all meat, eggs, cheese, jam, tea and milk was also rationed. Clothes were rationed from June 1941 due to a shortage of raw materials and also to allow the factories and workers to concentrate on producing weapons, aircraft and ammunition for the war.

The task of regulating food distribution was a major concern for the federal government from the beginning, with the Food Rationing Program set into motion in the spring of 1942. The Department of Agriculture unofficially handled administrative oversight until December 5, 1942. On that date, an executive order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt reorganized the department, putting a director of food distribution in charge of all agencies dealing with food processing, storage, allocation, and distribution, The government introduced rationing to make sure that everyone had a fair share of what was available,


One Person's Weekly Food Allowance

4oz (113g) lard or butter
12oz (340g) sugar
4oz (113g) bacon
6oz (170g) meat
2 eggs


There Are 30 Stamps On Each Side For A Total Of 60 Stamps


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Apr 14th, 2012 at 6:57:58 PM PDT by
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Definitely watching and WILL be bidding!!!
Apr 14th, 2012 at 11:15:57 PM PDT by
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thank you, they are very nice rare stamps
Apr 15th, 2012 at 7:59:58 AM PDT by
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here's what another listia member told me about world war 2, what she remembered

yes you paid for the food, but couldn't get certain things without using the stamps. i remember when I started school and had air raid drills in the classrooms. I still worried if they would come to our shores. I remember watching blimps patrol the shorelines,
We were in San Francisco and every one was afraid we were next. I remember when the Japanese Seals blew up the ammo dump at Fort Bragg, CA. It was about 4 am and it threw me out of the bed. It was 90 miles away and was felt for over 100 miles. I shook for days. It was awful for a small child.
We had to have black shades on all the windows in case of an air raid and we were always on alert.
Apr 15th, 2012 at 8:26:07 AM PDT by

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