Catalogue description Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Gift Tokens Files

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Details of NSC 16
Reference: NSC 16
Title: Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Gift Tokens Files
Description:

Files relating to the National Savings Gift Tokens scheme.
Date: 1939-1953
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Post Office Savings Department, 1861-1969
Physical description: 23 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

National Savings Gift Tokens were first placed on sale on 11 November 1940 in order that persons could give presents which contributed to the war savings campaign. Such tokens were exchangeable by the recipient initially only for national savings certificates but from 6 December 1941 they could be used for other forms of national savings.

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