General Information

Serial #

A 576383

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

INK ON PAPER; METAL STAPLES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.7 cm

Width

6.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Government CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS BOOKLET WAS USED IN 1945. RATION BOOKLETS WERE ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER WAR WAS DECLARED IN SEPT. 1939.

Canada

GASOLINE RATIONING, ALONG WITH THE RATIONING OF OTHER PRODUCTS, WAS INTRODUCED SHORTLY AFTER WAR WAS DECLARED. THEY WERE ISSUEDTO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS, WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BEING APPLIED DEPENDING UPON THE VEHICLE'S NEED IN THE WAR EFFORT (D.W. MONAGHAN).

Function

PERMITTED COUPON HOLDER TO PURCHASE LIMITED QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE FORUSE IN A SPECIFIC REGISTERED AUTOMOBILE.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FRONT COVER READS: 'GASOLINE LICENCE and RATION COUPON BOOK/ CATEGORYAA CATEGORIE/ 1945/ 1946/ A 576383/ [EMBLEM]/ CANADA/ [SIGNATURE]/ OIL CONTROLLER FOR CANADA/ REGISSEUR DES HUILES POUR LE CANADA/ ForMotor Vehicle Licence Plate No./ ____/ Pour la plaque de licence de vehicule automobile No./ PERMIS D'ESSENCE et COUPONS DE RATIONS'/ REGULATIONS & COUPONS CONTAINED IN BOOKLET, IN ENGLISH & FRENCH TEXT.

Missing

15 COUPONS & WINDSHIELD STICKER

Finish

BUFF-COLOURED PAPER BOOKLET; BLUE INK HIGHLIGHTS COVER & ALL COUPONS PRINTED IN BLUE.

Decoration

N/A