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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2334

Prisoner or War Mail
Japan
Osaka Camp - Incoming Mail
1943 (17 Aug.) "Prisoner of War Post" envelope to Gunner F. Breakspear, Java Camps, bearing London machine postmark, British censor seal "8937", pencil "Osaka", "R-32" in red crayon (corrected to "36"), boxed censor handstamp in purple without seal and handstruck characters in blue for Wakayama Camp, the reverse bears the receipt date in pencil "4/11/44"; vertical folding crease. Also 1942 (12 Oct.) "Prisoner of War Post" envelope to L.. Stevens bearing, on the reverse, Northwood machine postmark, British censor seal "6456", "Java" in red crayon, boxed Censored handstamp in blue with Kobayashi seal (applied in Japan); with the original letter from his mother. L. Stevens was in the R.A.F., B squadron, and was also interned in Wakayama Camp. Tett fig. 6-3-28, 1-5-31. (2 covers)

Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$2,000