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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2187

Prisoner or War Mail
D.E.I.
Java - Civilian Incoming Mail - Red Cross Message
1942 (11 Jan.) message to Jacobus Caspers from his relations in Holland. The message was written in Dutch and a translation on flimsy paper has been affixed over the top, with Red Cross Geneva handstamp and boxed Censored handstamp in red, with boxed Java III handstamp. The reply on the reverse is dated 1942 (28 June), again in Dutch with the English translation fixed over the top with boxed Censored handstamp, Red Cross Tokyo handstamp in blue, Geneva Red Cross and datestamp "MAR 27 1944". Also with a Dutch envelope to the Red Cross in Geneva, typical of the type used. Scarce. Tett fig. 2-5-23. Photo

Estimate
HK$1,200 to HK$1,500