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5 Cents Sherbrooke; Camp 42
| Issuer | Camp No. 42 (Sherbrooke, Quebec) |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain blue paper with black letterpress text arranged centrally. The camp designation "CAMP No. 42" appears at top, with a large bold denomination "5c" in the centre, and the validity period "JANUARY–JUNE 1946" below. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMP No. 42 5 c JANUARY - JUNE 1946 |
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Camp No. 42 at Sherbrooke, Quebec was one of several prisoner-of-war camps operating in Canada during and immediately after World War II, holding German and Italian POWs. Canadian camps issued their own internal scrip to prevent hard currency from reaching detainees — the notes functioned as a closed monetary system, redeemable only within the camp canteen.
By 1946, the war was over but repatriation was still underway. Notes issued this late were in circulation for a matter of months at most before the camp wound down and the scrip became void.