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Fuel Ration - 1 Gallon Ration Coupon
| Issuer | Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Orange and blue letterpress coupon with the issuing authority legend at top and a central coat of arms flanked by the denomination "1 ONE GALLON" on both sides, with validity date below. A usage restriction clause appears at foot, with the overall design printed in two-colour underprint on plain paper. |
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| Obverse lettering | MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKET COMMONWEALTH LIQUID FUEL CONTROL BOARD 1 ONE GALLON VALID UNTIL 31ST JULY 1941 1 ONE GALLON NOT TRANSFERABLE THIS TICKET MUST BE ENDORSED WITH NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER |
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The Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board was established under Australia's National Security (Liquid Fuel) Regulations of 1940, part of the emergency wartime powers assumed by the Curtin and then Fadden governments as fuel imports from the United States and Dutch East Indies became strategically precarious. Rationing formally took effect in mid-1940, making these coupons among the earliest material expressions of Australia's wartime domestic controls.
Single-gallon increments were the smallest denomination issued, intended to prevent hoarding of individual coupons and tighten administrative tracking at the bowser level.