1 Shilling - George VI

The East African Currency Board was a supra-national issuing authority covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar — a single currency zone held together by British colonial administration rather than any single territorial treasury. The 1943 date places this note squarely in the period when East African military expenditure surged dramatically, with the region functioning as both a rear base and active front during operations in Abyssinia and the Horn of Africa. Demand for small-denomination notes outpaced prewar supply.

Thomas De La Rue maintained production in London throughout the Blitz years, though wartime paper shortages affected stock quality across several colonial series printed in this period.