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2 Shillings 6 Pence Peveril Internment Camp
| Issuer | Peveril Internment Camp |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Value | ½ Crown (⅛) |
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| Obverse description | Plain blue stock printed in black letterpress. The heading 'Canteen Voucher.' appears at upper left in bold serif type, separated from the body text by a thin horizontal rule. The denomination '2/6' is set in large bold numerals at centre, above the restriction legend. A letter-prefix and stamped serial number appear at upper right, with a handwritten authorisation signature in green ink at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on the same blue stock, entirely plain and unprinted, with no text, vignette, or overprint of any kind. |
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Peveril was the internment camp at Peel on the Isle of Man, one of several sites used to hold enemy aliens — predominantly German and Austrian Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution, only to be interned by the British government under wartime emergency powers. The internal scrip issued at these camps substituted for sterling, which internees were prohibited from holding, and circulated only within the wire.
The 2/6 denomination is among the more commonly encountered Peveril pieces, though "commonly encountered" is relative — total print runs were small, redemption after release was patchy, and much scrip was simply discarded or destroyed when the camps closed. Survivors occasionally kept examples as grim souvenirs.