Petrol Coupons
World War II
Ceylon Petrol Control Coupon.
| Date | Quantity | Refer. | Background | Slogan |
|
| 1943-5 | 5 Gallons | | 4P Fan | | Coupon
|
| 1943-10 | 1/2 Gallon | Yes | Srivatsa | | Coupon
|
| Undated | 20 Gallons | | Srivatsa | | Coupon
|
| Undated | 1 Gallon | | 8P Lotus | | Coupon
|
| Undated | 2 Gallons | | 8P Lotus | | Coupon
|
| Undated | 5 Gallons | Yes | 8P Lotus | Yes | Coupon
|
| Undated | 5 Gallons | | 8P Lotus | Yes | Coupon
|
| Undated | 10 Gallons | | 8P Lotus | Yes | Coupon
|
| Undated | 20 Gallons | | 8P Lotus | Yes | Coupon
|
Coupons have been recorded with
- Valid only months from 1943 May to 1945 June as well as undated.
- as consumer requires giving Reference No.
or tank of Vehicle only to listed Vehicle No.
Since 5 Gallons with Lotus is known of both types, Reference and Vehicle, they must be concurrent.
- Three background Design Types behind diagonal word Petrol
1) 4-Petal Fan 2) Srivatsa 3) 8-petal Lotus.
- Overprinted with repeating with Postal Slogan
Some coupons has been overprinted (cancelled?) with multiple repeated
slogan within rectangle
CUT DELAY COSTS
CABLE
via Imperial
Note this slogan cancellation on coupon is No 32 (page 81) of book
The Machine Postmarks of Sri Lanka by Harsha F Rupesinghe (2018)
Harsha said in a WhatsApp discussion
There was probably a large quantity of coupons to be stamped with
some government seal and were sent through the continuous slogan machine at the
GPO after removing the town/date die. It is an unusual use of a slogan.
Image of a censored cover cancelled with this slogan on 1941-03-19 is shown on right.
This Advertising slogan is reported to have been used occasionally for
postal cancellation all the way from 1939 May to 1960 May so does not
give any useful constraint on when the overprinting was done on the coupons.
Was it a cancellation or for security purposes.
Sri Lanka Petrol Ration
- 1980-81 Motor Vehicle Ration
Card
- 1980-81 Motor Bicycle and Scooters Ration
Card
- 1981 Kerosene Ration
Card
- 1998 Vavuniya Coupon
I thank Johanne Dekker for images from his WWII petrol coupon collection.
I thank Harsha Rupasinghe for his comments and the images of postal
covers with this continuous slogan cancellation.
If you have any Petrol coupons not illustrated
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