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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2221

Prisoner or War Mail
D.E.I.
Sumatra - Civilian Outgoing Mail
Palembang: 1943 (26 Mar.) Prisoner of War post card from A & G Sinclair to their aunt in Ipoh, Malaya bearing Kato seal; receipt date "22.9/43". A rare card, although the message includes, "We are allowed to write to our relatives twice a year." it is thought that this was one of only two cards allowed from this camp in the three and a half years of confinement. Tett fig. 2-7-19. Photo

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