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25 Cents Sherbrooke; Camp 42
| Issuer | Camp No. 42 (Sherbrooke, Quebec) |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Composition | Paper (blue) |
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| Obverse description | Plain blue paper with perforated edges. Black letterpress text arranged in three registers: camp designation at top, large-format denomination numeral and cent symbol at centre, and validity period with year at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted blue paper with perforated edges on all sides, showing the natural texture of the stock with no text, vignette, or overprint. |
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Camp 42 at Sherbrooke, Quebec was one of several Canadian internment facilities holding German prisoners of war during and immediately after the Second World War. Internal camp scrip was issued to allow prisoners to make purchases within the compound without handling Canadian currency — a requirement under the Geneva Convention, which obliged detaining powers to credit POWs for any labor performed and to provide a medium of exchange within camps.
The 1946 date places this note in the wind-down period, well after Germany's May 1945 surrender, when repatriation was still underway and camps remained operational for months.