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Auction: 14026 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia including the Peter Cockburn Award Winning Collection of Straits Settlements and Malayan States Revenue Stamps
Lot: 1557

Borneo Prisoner of War Mail
Incoming Mail
1942 (1 Aug.) India 9p. "prisoner of war post" card addressed to a Sepoy in the 15th Punjab Regt. (Sarawak), c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo, showing Indian censor handstamp, framed "inconnu/retour" h.s. in red and with blank slip affixed by Japanese showing violet and red chops, "simonieseki/nippon" d.s. (29.10.43) and a further strike of the framed "inconnu/retour" h.s. Rare, only a few known. Photo

Sold for
SG$1,400