WWII Ceylon
Petrol Control Coupons
World War II Ceylon Petrol Control Coupons dated 1943 May and 1945 June.
Dated Coupons :
Sheet has 2 by 2 array of 4 coupons each with same prefix F six
digit Serial No Centered on top and Vehicle No. on bottom left and
quantity printed over background octagonal decorate with diagonal
word PETROL with below numeric 5/43 as MM/YY for Month Year of validity.
Upper left coupon Two Gallons.
Other 3 coupons are One Gallon
The instruction counterfoil as seen on top of
coupon
is missing from these residual coupons
The serial number of the 6/45 dated coupon shown on left being smaller
than the 5/43 coupon shown above, each month was probably
independently sequenced.
Upper 5/43 2+1 Pair with matching Serial Number and the 6/45 1+1 Pair
of Coupons are from Johanne Dekker's collection.
