A few days later, a batch of stolen ration stamps showed up in Hollis' locker.

The New Yorker, June 12, 1943 P. 11 Talk story about banking ration stamps.

The retailer deposits with his bank all the ration stamps he takes in, and the bank sends him a monthly statement.

But no, he in his wisdom had chosen to impale himself on the blunt dagger of black market gas ration stamps.

Ration stamps filched wholesale from local Price Administration offices were sold on to garages and gas stations for a few paltry cents apiece.