Is the cloth ticket of 1984 collectible?

China is a ticket for urban and rural people to buy cloth or cloth products. China implements unified management on the purchase and sale of cloth, which is a measure to ensure the planned supply of cloth. Implemented in 1953. Issued by the competent commercial departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. When buying in a different place, exchange tickets in a different place at the designated place. Cloth tickets for military use are uniformly distributed by the state and can be used all over the country. Generally, the units that distribute tickets are: 1 inch, 2 inches, half a foot, 1 foot, 2 feet, 5 feet, 10 foot, etc. Cloth tickets are vouchers for shopping, which have no value in themselves and are not allowed to be traded. Cloth tickets are the product of commodity shortage. In the early 1980s, with the development of agriculture and textile industry, the supply of cloth became more and more abundant, and cloth tickets were cancelled.

Early cloth tickets were called "cotton coupons". For example, the "Cotton Purchase Certificate" issued by Jiangxi Province at 1954 is very similar to the small promissory note in the stamp, with a foreskin on the outside and a ticket inside. The ticket is printed with name, quantity, stub, etc. When buying cotton cloth, cut out the purchase voucher and leave a stub.

Cloth tickets have different titles, various names and rich varieties: the cloth tickets issued in the early 1950 s are called "cotton cloth purchase certificate", "cloth purchase ticket" and "cloth purchase certificate"; In the early 1960 s, it was called "distributing tickets" or "distributing tickets", and later it was collectively called "distributing tickets". In addition to ordinary cloth tickets, there are military cloth tickets, special cloth tickets, chemical fiber cloth tickets, auxiliary cloth tickets, temporary cloth tickets, shoe cloth tickets, prize cloth tickets, "cotton wool tickets" and so on ... The biggest ticket is the "Picking up the City" cloth ticket issued by Jiangsu in the 1950s, which is 6.4×5.5cm； long; The smallest ticket is the "three centimeters" cloth ticket issued by Xinjiang in the 1980s, with a length and width of only 4.0 × 1.6 centimeters. Cloth tickets are also issued in sets of denominations. The most tickets distributed in a set are "Shanghai No.1 Commercial Bureau" 196 1, * * *1. Except for the "military cloth tickets" issued by the Ministry of Commerce, all cloth tickets are issued by the commercial departments (bureaus) of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in different years, and there is no nationwide cloth ticket.

The design of cloth tickets has obvious characteristics of the times. Before the Cultural Revolution, the main themes were "industrial and agricultural production", "water conservancy construction", "bumper harvest" and "three red flags". The Cultural Revolution was marked by quotations from Chairman Mao, supreme instructions, inscriptions by Lin Biao, sunflowers, red sun, three loyal workers, peasants and soldiers, most of which were printed with quotations from Chairman Mao, with strong and distinctive political colors. After the "Cultural Revolution", the distribution of tickets was more "simple" without more words and patterns. There are also some "masterpieces" with exquisite designs and rich patterns, which have high appreciation and collection value.

A complete set of vertical five-couplet cloth tickets issued in 1982 in Guizhou Province, with a total length and width of 13.0× 5.2 cm and a denomination of * * * of 15.7 feet (that is, one foot, five feet and seven inches, which is the annual purchase quota for urban and rural residents in this province). Among them, Jiushichi, Fifty Cars, One Stone Car, Fifty Chens and Twenty Villages are 1 piece, and each ticket has the same width, with a width of 5.2 ×2.6 cm. On the left side of each cloth ticket, there is a coupon face that says "the cut coupon is invalid" and is stamped with the seal of "Guizhou Provincial Department of Commerce". Color printing, five colors and five cloth tickets * * *, with exquisite designs. Nine-stone scale, five-stone scale and Yi Shi scale depict the majestic posture of Jiaxiulou, a landmark ancient building in Guiyang, the provincial capital, and two scales, five-stone inch and twenty-inch, depict the elegant demeanor of Hongfeng Lake Dam, a famous hydropower station in Guizhou, which not only has local characteristics, but also distinguishes between "feet" and "inches". Its unique design and printing are not inferior to food stamps, so it is favored by many collectors.

Cloth tickets are much more difficult to collect than other tickets such as food stamps, especially complete sets of cloth tickets, which are not joint tickets, but now they are valuable. A set of cloth tickets is worth more than ten yuan and hundreds of yuan. Early cloth tickets were extremely difficult to find and gradually became treasures.