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1 Cent Camp Maxey; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Camp Maxey Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Year | 1943-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and red on orange paper, the coupon carries a bold black-bordered rectangular frame enclosing the central design. A red oval cartouche at centre bears the denomination '1 Cent' in white letterpress text, flanked by the legends 'GOOD FOR' to the left and 'IN TRADE' to the right. Below the cartouche, 'Prisoner of War Camp' is printed in red, while a small boxed notice reading 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' appears at lower right; a vertical serial number is printed in red along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, showing plain orange paper stock with no overprint, text, or ornamentation. |
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Camp Maxey, near Paris, Texas, held German and Italian prisoners during World War II, and like many American PoW installations it issued its own scrip to allow canteen purchases without putting U.S. currency into prisoner hands — a practical security measure enforced across the camp system by War Department directive. The scrip had no value outside the wire and was collected and destroyed at repatriation, which is precisely why survivors are scarce.
The 1-cent denomination is the lowest in the Maxey series, and low-value PoW scrip saw proportionally heavier use — small canteen transactions wore these out fast.