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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2347

Prisoner or War Mail
Japan
Tokyo Camp - Incoming Mail
1943 (12 Apr.) envelope and letter to Sgt. Les Berard of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, addressed to H Camp, Hong Kong and bears Alax, Ontario machine postmark, with handstamped "postage free/prisoner of war mail" and boxed handstamp Tokyo Prisoner of War Camp Censored in carmine (also struck on the letter), "3D" in red crayon (location in the camp), receipt date on the reverse, "2/7/44"; Canadian censor tape at right and adhesive tape on two other sides. Scarce Canadian mail. Tett fig. 6-3-38. Photo

Sold for
HK$600