1 Pound

The Bermuda Government issued paper currency directly rather than through a chartered bank — an arrangement that persisted for decades and made Bermuda's notes a government liability rather than a commercial one. The 1943 date places this note squarely within wartime production, when De La Rue was operating under considerable logistical strain in London, juggling emergency currency contracts for occupied and colonial territories simultaneously.

Pick 13b is distinguished from the earlier 13a by a change in the serial number prefix format. Worth knowing before attributing examples.