Seamens Overseas Service Payment Certificate, 1 dollar, ND (ca. 1940s), series 3, serial number 030052, purple and blue, seahorses at left and right, reverse sailing ship, navigation compass rose at left and right, watermarked paper (Schwan-Boling 971), in PMG 25 Very Fine, first sentence of Schwan/Boling says (The Seamens Overseas Service and its notes are mysteries). At the time of cataloguing no other issued example known, with only a handful of specimen notes known, that were printed by American Bank Note Company. Schwan/Boling mentions a possibility that these notes were used by business people entering Japan and Germany. At the bottom of the note it is stated FOR USE ONLY IN SEAMENS OVERSEAS SERVICE BRANCHES AND OTHER AUTHORIZED ESTABLISHMENTS However, there is no information about the Seamens service readily available, rare and interesting.
