War Ration Book No. 2

Description

War Ration Book No. 2 were printed at the beginning of 1943. Stamps were printed in pages and each letter of the alphabet was given 4 stamps, and these stamps were numbered: A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, and so on. This booklet has stamps for R-Z unused. Stamps were required for purchasing many household goods, such as coffee, flour, or sugar, and also consumer goods, such as gasoline and shoes. Stamps like these were not specified to a particular item and it is nearly impossible to know what the stamps were used for. This book is written out to "John Owens" of Burns, Colorado. Burns is located near the borders of Eagle and Routt counties; Owens received this book from the Routt County board in Steamboat Springs. There is a stamp for verification in the top corner of the cover from the Office of Price Administration, a short-lived government entity within the Office of Emergency Management during World War II. The back cover has instructions for use and redemption.