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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2403

Prisoner or War Mail
Taiwan
Outgoing Mail
1943 (24 Apr,) type 1 Imperial Japanese Army card from Gunner Rowland Hollis to his mothers in Warwickshire, bearing handstamps of "Service Des/Prisonniers De Guerre", Taiwan Prisoner of War Camp with Kaseno seal, large boxed Prisoner of War Post and British "P W 6756" censor in red; creased and soiled. Also a similar type 1 card dated 1943 (22 July) also typed, bearing Nakajima seal and showing the error "Taiwan Prisoners Gamp. Nippon" and 1943 (22 Nov.) type 2 card with similar markings and showing Nishikawa seal; all cards creased and soiled. Tett fig 5-6-24, 26. (3 cards). Photo

Sold for
HK$2,400