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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2425

Prisoner or War Mail
Korea
Keijo Camp - Outgoing Mail
1943 envelope from Major Thomas O'Donnell to his family in India and bears large figures "SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" in red with a superb strike of Korea Prisoner of War Camp Headquarters Censored handstamp in lake-red with Nishiyama seal; Indian censor seal at left with boxed and straight-line "DHP/2" handstamps. Redirected on arrival, the reverse bears a fine strike of the large Kura seal in violet, Simla transit (6.10) and Bombay (9.10) c.d.s. and boxed slogan postmark (13.10). A fine and colourful cover. Tett fig. 6-4-5. Photo

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000