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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2109

Prisoner or War Mail
Hong Kong
Civilian Mail - Stanley Internment Camp - Incoming Mail
From U.K. - Red Cross Message: 1943 (19 Mar.) letter sheet to the Pengellys bearing British "P.290" censor handstamp in blue-black, "red cross,/message bureau./324" in violet with the associated datestamp "31 MAI 1943", and Governor General's Department censor handstamp in blue with Takamatsu seal. The is also a handstamp kai after the recipient's name meaning present. Some minor creasing. Tett fig. 4-4-19. Photo

Sold for
HK$1,200