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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2401

Prisoner or War Mail
Taiwan
Outgoing Mail
1943 (20 Feb) type 1 Imperial Japanese Army card from Colonel John Vance to his wife in Maryland, bearing strikes of "Service Des/Prisonniers De Guerre" in red, Taiwan Prisoner of War Camp censor in violet with Nakajima seal, boxed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in purple and circular U.S. censor handstamp. He indicated that he was working on Camp Farm (Karenko Camp). Also undated envelope from the same correspondence with the "Service Des-Prisonniers De Guerre" in violet, the Taiwan prisoner of War Camp handstamp in rose-red with Hioki sea, and the large boxed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in carmine plus U.S. censor handstamp. A good pair of covers showing the change of inks. Also Boys Town facsimile used for fund raising purposes. Tett figs. 5-6-8, 22, 35. Photo

Sold for
HK$1,900