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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2169

Prisoner or War Mail
D.E.I.
Java - Incoming Mail
From New Zealand: 1942-45, a group of covers to Pilot Officer W.P. Wellington from his wife, with 1942 (16 Oct.) bearing Dunedin despatch c.d.s., New Zealand censor tape at right with "65" handstamp, unframed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in rose-red and boxed Censored handstamp with two strikes of Suzuki seal and typed reference numbers. 1942 (21 Dec.) envelope bearing Dunedin slogan postmark, New Zealand censor tape at left with "66" handstamp, large boxed Censored handstamp in red with Umegaki seal, handstamped characters of Java Headquarters with the prisoner number. 1944 (19 Nov.) 1/- Prisoner of War Post air mail letter sheet overprinted "sixpence (H&G 5) cancelled by Dunedin slogan postmark, boxed Censored handstamp in blue with indistinct seal and Java P.O.W. district 1 handstamp in purple. 1945 (8 June) Prisoner of War Post air mail card uprated 6d. cancelled by Dunedin slogan, with N.Z. censor handstamp, addressed to camp 2 and arrived after the end of the war. An interesting and varied group; scarce from New Zealand. Tett fig. 2-3-6, 24, 46. (4 covers). Photo

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HK$2,800