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| Uitgever | Province of Palawan |
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| Jaar | 1944 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Letterpress-printed emergency issue on plain paper in blue-black ink. The upper portion carries the heading 'CIRCULATING PAPER MONEY' with serial number 'No. 0802' flanked on both sides and the issuance date 'May 29, 1944'. Central text reads 'FIVE PESOS' with a declaration of legal tender status in the Philippines; large numeral '5' vignettes appear at left and right. Three manuscript signatures with printed titles appear along the lower margin, identifying the issuing officials. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain paper reverse printed in blue-black ink with large bold characters: the Philippine peso sign '₱5' at left and the Roman numeral 'V' at upper right and lower left, forming a simple denomination display. A circular official handstamp reading 'BROOKE'S POINT, PALAWAN' is applied at centre with the signature and title of 'E. A. Villoria, Municipal Treasurer' and the word 'RECEIVED' below. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
Philippine guerrilla currency is one of the more complex collecting fields in the Pacific theater, and Palawan's 1944 issues sit near the tragic end of that story. The province fell under increasingly brutal Japanese occupation through 1944, culminating in the December massacre at Puerto Princesa where Japanese forces killed approximately 150 American POWs. Guerrilla financing continued regardless, with local emergency notes sustaining supply networks and civilian loyalty payments until the liberation.
The S933 designation places this within the SCAP-recognized series, meaning it was later acknowledged for redemption — not all Philippine provincial guerrilla issues received that status.