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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2167

Prisoner or War Mail
D.E.I.
Java - Incoming Mail
From D.E.I.: 1943-44, a group of 3½c. Dai Nippon stationery cards with three examples of the scarce card with small Dutch characters (JSCA 13NS 1), on written in English and bears handstruck small boxed "2" in rose-red, the first two are uncensored, one with small Zumi seal (passed); the final cards are all marked "Tawanan militer" on Java cards (JSCA 2 JS 3 and 5) bearing a good array of handstamp including Approved, Prisoner of War Post, small boxed Censored handstamps, one with Zumi seal and one with Transferred to Malaya with D.E.I. and Malaya censors. An interesting and valuable group. Tett figs. 2-3-9 to 11, 22, 40 to 42. (8 cards)

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$5,000