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6 Pence - British Armed Forces 3rd series
| Issuer | British Armed Forces |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BRITISH ARMED FORCES SPECIAL VOUCHER FOR USE ONLY AS DETAILED ON THE REVERSE SIX 6d PENCE ISSUED BY COMMAND OF THE ARMY COUNCIL |
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| Reverse lettering | SIX PENCE THIS NOTE IS VALID ONLY FOR TRANSACTIONS WITHIN OFFICIAL CANTEENS AND ORGANISATIONS LAID DOWN IN THE G.R.Os OF THE THEATRE. EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN G.R.Os IT MUST IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE OFFERED TO ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT ENTITLED TO USE BRITISH SERVICE CANTEENS. IMPROPER USE OF THIS NOTE IS A DISCIPLINARY OFFENCE AND MAY RENDER THE OFFENDER LIABLE TO PENALTIES. |
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British Armed Forces Special Vouchers were not currency in any conventional banking sense — they were a controlled scrip system designed to prevent sterling from leaking into local economies near British garrison towns and bases overseas. The 3rd series, introduced in 1956, tightened controls that had been progressively refined since the immediate postwar BAFSV issues.
De La Rue printed the entire series under tight security specifications. Unauthorized possession by civilians was a disciplinary offence, not merely a customs irregularity.