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10 Sen - P.O.W. Canteen Ticket
| Emittent | Taiwan Prisoner of War Camp Administration (Imperial Japanese Army) |
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| Jahr | 1942-1945 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Yes |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Plain cream paper within a single-rule rectangular border, printed in black letterpress. The denomination 10 SEN is set in large bold type at centre, with the designation P.O.W. Canteen Ticket below in spaced capitals. A handwritten No. inscription appears at upper left, with a faint orange stain visible at left, likely transferred from the obverse handstamp. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Handstamp |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
These scrip tickets were issued by Imperial Japanese Army camp administrations to Allied prisoners held in Taiwan, functioning as internal canteen currency to prevent POWs from accumulating Japanese legal tender — a deliberate policy applied across the Co-Prosperity Sphere's detention network. The handstamp was the only authentication measure, applied locally by camp staff rather than by any central printing authority, which means individual impressions vary considerably in clarity and placement.
Surviving examples are rare. Most were spent, confiscated, or destroyed before liberation in August 1945, and the camps themselves were subject to last-minute document destruction by Japanese personnel anticipating Allied investigation.