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Coupon - Military Canteen Cigarettes Newfoundland
| Issuer | Newfoundland Military Canteen |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Printer | British American Bank Note Company Limited, Canada |
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| Obverse description | Blue underprint with ornate border and arched vignette of a seascape with rising sun; black letterpress overprint reading MILITARY CANTEEN in bold across the centre field. NEWFOUNDLAND arcs along the top border panel, CIGARETTES runs along the bottom panel, and the printer's imprint appears in small text at the very foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEWFOUNDLAND MILITARY CANTEEN CIGARETTES BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED |
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Newfoundland was still an independent Dominion — not yet a Canadian province — when these canteen coupons were issued in 1940, a constitutional status that made its wartime logistics arrangements distinct from those of Canada proper. The British American Bank Note Company in Ottawa handled the printing, a practical choice given proximity and security capability, even though Newfoundland remained outside Confederation for another nine years.
Canteen cigarette coupons of this type were internal scrip, not legal tender, and their survival rate is low — they were redeemed, discarded, or destroyed as a matter of routine.