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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2121

Prisoner or War Mail
Hong Kong
Civilian Mail - Outgoing Mail
1942 (21 May) letter from Dorothy Pengelly to her parents, from "British Communal Camp, Stanley". The letter of 132 words (155 was the maximum allowed) commences, "I have been informed that I can write a short letter which will be sent out with some American people who expect to leave here soon". A very early letter as the notification about letter writing only went out on 19th May, and was carried on the 'Asama Maru' which arrived in Hong Kong on 29th June. The mail was transferred to the S.S. 'Gripsholm' at Lourenço Marques and was delivered in New York of 25th August 1942. Tett fig. 4-5-1. Photo

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