Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2164
Prisoner or War Mail
D.E.I.
Java - Incoming Mail
From Holland: 1943-44, a group of envelopes to F. Meyneken in Java Camp "A" with 1943 (8 July) Red Cross, Geneva envelope; 1943 (3 Aug.) from Dordrecht with German censor seal and unboxed HQ handstamp; 1943 (27 Sept.) from Rotterdam with German censor tape; 1943 (10 Nov.) envelope from Rotterdam bearing circular Red Cross Tokyo handstamp; and 1944 (1 Jan.) envelope from Dordrecht with unidentified censor tape at left. Each cover with the appropriate boxed Censored handstamp in shades of red with seals of Suzuki or Umegaki, the HQ camp handstamps with the prisoner number and various notations giving the dates of despatch and receipt. Tett 2-3-35 to 37. (5 covers). Photo
Sold for
HK$2,700