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Voucher - 3 Pence Hay Camp 7; Confinement Voucher
| Issuer | Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 80 x 45 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on yellow-ochre card stock. The denomination THREE PENCE appears in large bold type to the right, above the issuer legend CAMP SEVEN BANK, with INTERNMENT CAMP HAY at lower left and VALUE at upper right. A circular camp seal is struck centrally, overlaid by a manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | VALUE No Three Pence CAMP SEVEN BANK INTERNMENT CAMP HAY |
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Hay Camp 7 was one of three internment camps established at Hay in western New South Wales from late 1940, holding civilian enemy aliens — predominantly German and Italian nationals — alongside a smaller number of Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution, a grotesque administrative irony that was not lost on those confined there. The internal voucher system replaced any use of Australian legal tender within the wire, a standard practice across wartime internment camps designed to prevent the accumulation of currency that might fund escape attempts.
Printed on-site at the camp rather than by an outside commercial printer, which accounts for the rudimentary card stock construction. Hay's extreme isolation — over 700 kilometres from Sydney — made it one of the most psychologically punishing postings for guards and internees alike.