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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2396

Prisoner or War Mail
Taiwan
Outgoing Mail
Undated: Envelope from Colonel John Mitchell addressed to India with handstamp "Service Des/Prisonniers De Guerre" in violet, Taiwan Prisoner of War censor handstamp in rose-red with Hioki seal, large boxed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in rose-red and Indian censor handstamp; redirected twice on arrival (finally to London) with an array of Indian backstamps dated 27-31 July 1944. A good cover. Tett fig. 5-6-6. Photo

Sold for
HK$1,800