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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2274

Prisoner or War Mail
Philippines
Civilian Internees - Santo Tomas - Incoming Mail
1943 (13 Sept.) envelope to George Colley bearing 5c. franking tied by Washington machine postmark, with U.S. censor tape "206", Japanese censor tape with Kubota seal on the reverse, handstamped "st.tomas" in blue-black and with manuscript "c/o SD Lennox A-3". In fact George Colley had escaped with his wife and some colleagues in a small boat but were forced to land near Sandakan where they were captured by the Japanese and held in Kuching camp. Tett fig. 5-5-23. Photo

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HK$900