Ww2 fuel ration book

The coupons were exchanged at shops and outlets when buying supplies for the family. On 8 january 1940 bacon, butter and sugar were rationed. Distributed may 20, 1943 the coupons used for food and other commodities. Collection consists of ration coupons, stickers, permits, and certificates for tires. In ny, drivers sometimes tail a gasoline tank truck until, like a pied piper, the truck had collected a string of cars following it to its destined delivery point. Between 1942 1947, the government issued four different series of ration books. This ration book was issued in 1948 to miss jane harvey, an irish teacher at the nearby colaiste muire, who resided at the queens hotel in abbey street, ennis. Clothing ration book can you spot the two books for children. World war 2 ration books the war ration was not very high. To get your classification and ration stamps, you had to certify to a local board that you needed gas and owned no more than five tires. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Vintage antique wwii era motor car fuel ration book coupons.

Ration book for sale in uk 67 secondhand ration books. Each stamp authorized a purchase of rationed goods in the quantity and time designated, and the book guaranteed each family its fair share of goods made scarce, thanks to the war. Inside this ration book is a page for shopkeepers receipts containing handwritten entries for lipton ltd and monahans. Once a persons ration stamps were used up for a month, she couldnt buy any more of that type of food. Books such as this were issued by the british government to combat petrol shortages during the 1973 oil crisis. Each stamp was worth 1 lb of sugar and was given a. When the second world war began in september 1939 petrol was the first commodity to be controlled. Nov 15, 2012 nope, its excerpted from the book dont you know theres a war on by richard lingeman, describing life on the home front during wwii when gas was seriously rationed. The ration book gave the people a fair share of these hard to get items. What is the value of world war 2 ration books with. Make offer post ww2 british home front ration book unused motor fuel petrol car rationing. Guide to the world war ii ration coupon collection, 1942.

Petrol ration petrol ration books are available today on application at post offices or local taxation offices, but they cannot be used before sept. Make offer vintage motor fuel ration book motor car 15012200cc complete and unused 1966. What you need to know about rationing in the second world war. Apr 11, 2020 a ration book is a series of coupons collected together into book form. Your daughters ration book two, like ration book one, will be used by the dormitory or sorority house in which she eats, to buy her share of food while she is living away from home. Of the 180,000,000 printed, 123,000,000 were issued. Memories of the emergency in ireland during world war two. This is a work in progress from a series of on line catalogues to help the collector and dealer alike. World war ii ration books, fuel ration cards, stamps. Nov 24, 2015 to get a classification and a book of rationing stamps, one had to appear before a local rationing board. Basic foodstuffs such as sugar, meat, fats, bacon and. I forgot to schedule a thanksgiving post, so after the rabid consumerism many americans display on black friday weekend and throughout the christmas shopping season, i think this topic is, in a way, highly relevant to the holidays.

Ration books one through four food preparation, newspaper, tennessee, trade. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. What you need to know about rationing in the second world. Motor car fuel ration book 11011500 cc mh145170 unused good condition. Petrol rationing after the war in 1945, after the war finished, petrol for private use did become available, although it remained rationed until 1950. In 1942, five months after december 8, 1941 the united states entered the second world war, book one series were issued. World war two petrol ration tickets from australia.

Note that the uk petrol coupons were always referred to as coupons not tokens. Civilians first received ration bookswar ration book number one, or the sugar book on 4 may 1942, through more than 100,000 schoolteachers, pta groups, and other volunteers 7. Please note last page picture that has nothing on it looks like the other half is missing but i assume its just blank looking at other ones. Motor car fuel ration book 11011500 cc mh145170 very good condition.

Unfollow ww2 rations to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Ww2 food rationing 19391954 display of 1 week of foodstuffs for 1 person during rationing period strictly controlled by ration stamp book purchases in the uk motor fuel ration book. Certain key commodities were also rationed petrol in 1939, clothes in june 1941 and soap in. World war two petrol ration tickets from australia oz revenues. War time rationing you cant stretch ration coupons but you can stretch gas. Several months after putting this page together, steve dropped me a line, with some more background details on the fuel rationing that motorists have contended with since the 1930s, and a list of coupons and ration books he has in his own collection. I was given a war ration book four with almost all the stamps still in it by a friend of my now deceased mother whom the friend. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one persons allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. A person could not buy a rationed item without also giving the grocer the right ration stamp. Initially used to ration sugar, coupons were later designated for other products. Fuel oil ration class 4a consumer coupons zone b2, 1944.

I seem to remember this being given to me in the early sixties when i. Get the best deals on war ration book when you shop the largest online selection at. Fuel oil old period 4 and 5 coupons and new period 1, 2, 3. Food rationing during world war 2 primary homework help. Four different series of war ration books were issued. Petrol ration books are available today on application at post offices or local taxation offices, but they cannot be. Every american was issued a series of ration books during the war. Homefront during the second world war, you couldnt just walk into a shop and buy as much sugar or butter or meat as you wanted, nor could you fill up your car with gasoline whenever you liked.

Ration stamps became a kind of currency with each family being issued a war ration book. Fuel shortages, actual and threatened, reared their heads a number of times in the years following ww2, what with the postwar rebuilding of britain after the luftwaffes attentions, the suez crisis of the 1950s, and the oil shortages of the early 1970s. A brilliant example of a ration booklet that children can use during their learning on the second world war and rationing. Condition is unused, there is no writing on any of the book. Collection consists of ration coupons, stickers, permits, and certificates for tires, bicycles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the office of price administration between 19421946.

World war ii rationing stamps program, 19431946 overview of the collection title world war ii rationing stamps program dates 19431946 inclusive 1943 1946 quantity 1 box. Home front coupons, rare book, manuscript, and special collections library, duke university. Ration book one was issued in may 1942, book two in january 1943, book three in october of 1943, and book four towards the end of 1943. Your first ration book has been issued to you, originally containing 28 war ration stamps. I wonder if there were any provisions for mass transit vehicles. Each book required different identification and some were more detailed than others. Get the best deals on wwii ration book when you shop the largest online selection at. Meat rationing continued for 10 years after dday june 1954 in 1946, when food was just as short as during the preceding years, bread was added to the ration and the sweet ration was halved. Every man, woman and child was given a ration book with coupons. The a sticker is the most common of the ww2 gas ration stickers, and was issued to the general public and entitled the holder to four gallons a week. People were also urged to make do and mend so that clothing factories and workers could be used to make items. In consequence of drought conditions and the necessity to maintain all available supplies to the united kingdom, it was necessary to reduce the butter ration to 6 oz.

Guide to the world war ii ration coupon collection, 19421946. On august 15, 1945, world war ii gas rationing was ended on the west coast of the united states. Damaged items please do not accept or sign for an order which is visibly damaged. Petrol ration petrol ration books are available today on application at post offices or local taxation offices, but they cannot be. An antihoarding, prorationing poster from the united states in world war ii.

Image of motor fuel ration book, serial no lh 553685, 1973. Cars would line up for blocks as many as 350 of them when word spread that a filling station had received a gasoline shipment sound like. Important notice regarding delivery we pride ourselves on our fast delivery we offer to all customers. Each person in a household received a ration book, including babies and children. The organisation of petroleum producing countries opec imposed an oil embargo on western countries which had supported israel during the arabisraeli yom kippur war. I have a motor fuel ration book dated 15012200 and the number displayed is nh3721995. When the japanese attacked pearl harbor the question whether america will enter the second world war was over. Dec 01, 2011 making an exception to my pre1922 only rule, here are some high quality scans of u.

During world war ii, ration books were distributed to families by the office of price administration opa to help regulate food shortages as a result of the war. This reminds me somewhat of the gas shortages and rationing in the 1970s, although the situation during ww2 seems more severe. Applicants for the coupons were required to produce their car or motor cycle registration book, whereupon they received two ration books one marked first month and one marked second month. Dealers in fuel oil or their representatives are hereby authorized to deliver fuel oil to the above person or his agent for use at the above address, and are required to detach from this sheet coupons having a gallonage value equal to the quantity of oil delivered, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the office of price administration in effect at the time of such delivery. These were required before rationed goods could be purchased. Food rationing lasted for 14 years in britain, from 1940 until 1954. Jul 17, 2017 4 responses to make it do gasoline rationing in world war ii kathy west jul. Stores had to post both the price and the coupon value of a product. To get a classification and a book of rationing stamps, one had to appear before a local rationing board.

Prefix fnfy war ration book fours are harder to find than the suffix books and are. The ration books contained removable stamps good for certain rationed items, like sugar, meat, cooking oil, and canned goods. Buy 1942 a ration sticker reproduction window cling decal. Get the best deals on wwii ration book when you shop the largest online selection. In the late 1940s the conservative party exploited and incited growing public anger at rationing, scarcity, controls, austerity and government bureaucracy. The war ration stamps are very common and the demand for them in the collectors circle is not very high. This article may feature affiliate links to amazon or other companies, and purchases made via these links may earn us a small commission at no additional. Other items, like gasoline or fuel oil, were rationed only to. This free online catalogue is courtesy of dave elsmore.

A ration book is a series of coupons collected together into book form. The war ration stamps are very common and the demand for them in the collectors circle is. Antique world war ii ration books are not rare,antiques expert larry cox answers readers questions about world war ii ration books, blakely china and commemorative coins. The opa accepted ration book applications and issued ration books, from which consumers tore out stamps in order to purchase food and other supplies at grocery stores. War ration book one ration coupons on the home front. Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand. A common ration book fraud was the ration books of the dead being kept and used by the living. Motor fuel ration book for sale in uk view 32 bargains. A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a british housewifes ration book. Ww2 war ration book leather case holder vintage metal toy soldier. Buy 1942 aration sticker reproduction window cling decal. The books contained coupons for the quantity of motor spirit allowed them according to the rating of the vehicle as shown in the registration book.

Every american was entitled to a series of war ration books filled with stamps that could be used to buy restricted items along with payment, and within. These were issued during war time when food and other items like petrol, gas, clothes etc were in short supply. Meat rationing postwar 1946 ww2 british propaganda image of happy foodshopping crowd with government food ration books keen to purchase unrationed reindeer meat from smithfield market butcher london uk motor fuel ration book uk 1949. She will bring her book home with her when school is out.