Last year, this column mentioned S&H green stamps and Gold Bond stamps, saying they were issued during World War II as ration stamps. That brought in several emails saying that was incorrect. Phil ...

Several of you have written in about the ration stamps issued during World War II. Remember the ads years ago for some kind of hair stuff that said “Blondes have more fun?” Well, blondes may have more ...

I don't remember where or when I got a book of unused dairy ration coupons, just that I've had them a long time. Every time I glance at them on the shelf they prompt questions: Whose were they? Why ...

Found: War ration books filled with stamps for food, sugar and other commodities meted out to the nation’s Greatest Generation during World War II. Someone found the bits of history at South Lyon’s ...

Last week Marie Kadlick of Coxsackie donated a collection of ration books to the Vedder Research Library. Her family had used them during World War II. My wife has some of the books from her family as ...

On May 15, 1942, 17 states joined up to begin rationing gasoline as part of the United States' World War II effort. It was mostly Eastern states that had done so, but by the end of the year, all 48 ...