What Is an Opa Red Point?

OPA issued rationing stamps at the start of World War Two and issued red and blue OPA tokens to make exact change for people buying food with ration stamps. ... The red OPA tokens were for things like meats and fats, while the blue tokens were for processed foods.

What is an Opa Blue Point?

These basically were "small change" for stamps from ration books. The blue tokens had a value of one point and had two letters and read "OPA Blue Point 1." There are 24 different letter combinations known for the blue tokens.

What were red points?

Individuals wishing to purchase foods under the red points scheme, which included meat, fish and dairy, were issued with 64 points to use per month. ... For blue points goods, including canned and bottled foods, people were given 48 points per person for each month.