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1 Shilling on 1 Shilling 3 Pence German Occupation, Blue paper
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Pound (1808-1971) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on blue paper, this wartime emergency issue carries an orange letterpress overprint of '1/-' at centre, applied over the original 1 Shilling 3 Pence note text. The full promise-to-pay legend of the underlying note remains legible as underprint across the face. The overprint effectively revalues the note to one shilling during the German Occupation of Guernsey. |
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| Obverse lettering | STATES OF GUERNSEY PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE SHILLING AND THREE PENCE VALUE RECEIVED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATES |
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Guernsey's wartime occupation issues are among the most improvised in British isles history. When the island's cash supply became critically short under German occupation, the States authorized emergency notes printed on whatever paper was available — the blue tint on this particular type comes from local stock, not a deliberate security feature. The 1 Shilling on 1 Shilling 3 Pence denomination is itself a product of fiscal adjustment mid-occupation, with the 1/3d face value superseded and the new rate overprinted rather than a fresh note produced.
Blue-paper examples are scarcer than the white-paper counterparts and frequently show foxing along the edges due to the paper's poor archival quality.