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5 Cents Manzarali Station
| Issuer | N.C.O. Open Mess, Manzarali Station, A.P.O. 254 |
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| Year | 1954-1968 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper with black letterpress print; left panel bears the issuing authority and station inscriptions in bold sans-serif type, with a caution notice in italic below; a red serial number appears at centre-left. Right panel contains the denomination numeral and unit in a double-ruled rectangular frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | N.C.O. OPEN MESS MANZARALI STATION A. P. O. 254, N. Y. NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 5 CENTS |
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Military open mess scrip of this type was issued by Non-Commissioned Officers' clubs at U.S. Armed Forces installations to control spending within club facilities — preventing currency from leaking into local economies or black markets. A.P.O. 254 places this note within the network of Army Post Office addresses used across the Middle East and South Asia during the Cold War period, though the precise base location behind "Manzarali Station" is not always cleanly documented in standard scrip references.
The pink paper stock is characteristic of low-denomination mess scrip from this era, often chosen to distinguish denominations at a glance rather than for any printing technical reason.