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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2311

Prisoner or War Mail
Japan
Fukuoka - Outgoing Mail
1943 (Oct. - Dec.) two type 1 cards from Charles Dallain to his parents in New Carlisle, Canada, the first with manuscript date "Oct 16/43" in ink bears a good strike of Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp Fifth Division Censored handstamp in purple with Yajima seal, the reverse with Uchida seal on the reverse, without Canadian censor marks; vertical folding crease and slightly reduced at right. The second card, written just after Christmas bears a very faint strike of Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp censor handstamp in blue with unreadable square seal, the reverse with Kaneko and Uchida seal. Good matching cards from camps 5 and 8. Tett fig. 6-2-6

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