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5 Cents Naval Air Station Bermuda
| Issuer | U.S. Naval Air Station Bermuda |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream stock with black letterpress print. The denomination '5c' is set in large bold type at centre, with 'U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION' across the top and 'BERMUDA / B. O. Q. MESS' below, all in spaced capital letters. No vignette or ornamental underprint is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION 5c BERMUDA B. O. Q. MESS |
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U.S. military installations throughout the Pacific and Atlantic issued their own scrip during World War II to prevent local currency from being drained out of occupied or allied territories. The Bermuda NAS scrip was part of this broader program — dollars earned on base stayed on base, and British colonial currency remained in local hands. The arrangement suited both the U.S. Navy and the Bermudian authorities, who had no interest in American military pay flooding the island's small economy.
The Bermuda station itself was established in 1941 under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, which gave the U.S. a 99-year lease on the site.