GREAT BRITAIN (1941) 1 POUND ~ P-363h ~ WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION (GUERNSEY)

Serial # E40A 871882.

Overprinted face and back "Withdrawn from Circulation September 18th, 1941."

During the World War II occupation of Guernsey, 5,000 pieces of P-363 1 Pound notes were withdrawn and replaced with new small change notes. Before the notes were turned over to the German occupation forces, local officials had them overprinted on face and back, to render them irredeemable to the Germans.