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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2398

Prisoner or War Mail
Taiwan
Outgoing Mail
1944 (22 May) typed envelope and letter from Sgt. Victor Turner to his fiancee in Croydon. Sent from No.6 Branch Camp (Taihoku) and with handstamps of "Service Des/Prisonniers De Guerre" in violet, Sazawa Unit censor handstamp in violet with Iwasugi seal, large boxed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in carmine; German censor seal at left with the rose-red handstamp and stamped "2639", this seal is largely obscured by the British censor label; some ageing faults, particularly at foot. The long letter commences, "Today one of the Imperial Army Officers asked me if I would like to write a letter home. I jumped at the opportunity and am very thankful for this special concession ... I prayed for 2 years, earnestly for news of you and my prayers were answered ... when your letters posted 29th June, 21st July and 12 August 1942 and Mothers of 26th July were received". A fine and unusually long concessionary letter. Tett fig. 5-6-16. Photo

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