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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2283

Prisoner or War Mail
Philippines
Civilian Internees - Los Banos - Incoming Mail
1944 (June) two 3d. Prisoner of War air mail cards to J.A.G.L. Smith, marked "Civilian Internee" from a friend, dated 2nd and 23rd respectively and cancelled by Birkenhead machine postmark and Rock Ferry, Birkenhead c.d.s., each with British censor, "LB" in blue crayon, "27" in red crayon and, on the reverse, Hatarei seal. Fine and scarce. These at the first two cards in this correspondence, the first message includes "At last can write", though it is not clear why this should have taken so long. Good mail from the U.K. Tett figs 5-5-15, 16. (2 cards)

Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$2,500