Catalog
2 Annas Clement Town; PoW Camps
| Issuer | No. 24 P.O.W. Camp, Clement Town |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse with a purple circular handstamp applied to the right half of the note, inscribed NO. 24 P.O.W. CAMP, CLEMENT TOWN around the circumference, enclosing handwritten fields for Wing No., No., and Date. A faint mirror impression of the obverse guilloche is visible as a set-off through the paper. |
| Reverse lettering | WING NO No. Date NO. 24 P.O.W. CAMP, CLEMENT TOWN |
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No. 24 POW Camp at Clement Town, in the foothills of the United Himalayas near Dehra Dun, held Italian prisoners captured primarily in the North African and East African campaigns. Camp-issued scrip of this type functioned as an internal canteen currency — prisoners could earn small amounts through approved labor and spend within the camp, with the British administration maintaining control by keeping real currency entirely out of circulation among the internees.
Clement Town scrip is among the more obscure of the Indian POW camp issues. The 2 Annas denomination points to a functioning internal price structure, which varied considerably between camps.