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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2308

Prisoner or War Mail
Japan
Fukuoka - Incoming Mail
1945 (5 May) 1½d. Prisoner of War air mail card Martyn Lovejoy from his mother, bearing Camberwell, Surrey machine postmark, faint British censor "P.W. 3125" handstamp in red and manuscript "3" in red crayon, where he was waiting repatriation, without Japanese censor and noter at foot "This Was Last"; creased. Also a group of papers and other information including Lovejoy's brief diary of his time to and from the Far East. An unusual and interesting lot. The 1½d. card is rare delivered to a camp. Tett fig. 6-3-17. Photo

Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$5,000