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3 Pence Palace Internment Camp
| Issuer | Palace Internment Camp |
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| Year | 1940-1942 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1K Palace Internment Camp 3d. THREEPENCE 3d. |
| Reverse description | Unprinted buff-coloured card reverse with a vertical row of circular perforation holes along the left margin, the surface otherwise entirely plain. |
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Palace Internment Camp was one of several civilian internment facilities established in Britain during the Second World War under Defence Regulation 18B, which allowed detention without trial of individuals deemed a security risk — primarily enemy aliens and British fascist sympathizers. Camp scrip of this kind was a practical necessity: internees needed a means of exchange for canteen purchases, but could not be permitted to hold sterling that might facilitate escape or external communication.
The 3 Pence denomination is the smallest in the Palace series. Camp-issued scrip from this period was printed in small runs under improvised conditions, and most was destroyed or discarded at repatriation. Survivors are scarce for that reason alone.