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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2246

Prisoner or War Mail
Philippines
Camp 1, Cabanatuan - Incoming Mail
1943-44, a group of U.S. covers with 1943 (25 Mar.) envelope to Gund Hettinger bearing Los Angeles slogan postmark, censor tape, Philippine Prisoner of War Camp Censor in rose with Nishimura seal and "Camp 1" in blue crayon (Gund Hettinger died on the 'Arisan Maru', 10.4.44); 1943 (14 Apr.) U.S. 3c. stationery envelope to Charles Olasky cancelled by Brooklyn machine postmark, censor seal, Philippine Prisoner of War Camp Censor handstamp in mauve with Iwanaka and Hatarei seals, "Camp1" in blue crayon and "Rec'd May 6 1944", 1943 (28 Aug.) envelope and letter to Burchard Hays with Minneapolis slogan postmark and handstruck "CAMP-1" in purple, without Japanese censor; 1943 (20 Oct.) envelope to Lieut. Col. Hal Granberry with Boulder, Colorado machine postmark, U.S. and German censor, Philippine Prisoner of War Camp Censor handstamp and "Cab" in pencil; 1943 (11 Nov.) a second envelope to Charles Olasky with Charleston Navy Yard machine postmark, U.S. and German censor tape, Kimura censor and "Cab" in pencil; and 1944 (9 Jan.) envelope to John Reeff with Santa Monica machine postmark, Tijima censor and manuscript "Cab" in pencil. A good group. Tett figs, 5-3-4, 5, 25, 26, 30. (6 covers). Photo

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000