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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2431

Prisoner or War Mail
Manchuria
Hoten Camp - Incoming Mail
1942 (24 Sept.) "Prisoners of War Post" envelope to Brigadier W.O. Lay, Singapore, c/o Japanese Red Cross Tokyo, bears Barnet machine postmark, British censor seal "5,473" and with pencil "taiwan" with Taiwan Prisoner of War Camp Censor handstamp with Murakami seal, marked in Japanese "redirect to Kanto Army" (Manchuria) it also bears a fair strike of Hoten Prisoner of War Camp Censor handstamp in violet with Murata seal, blue crayon "1571" (Brigadier Lay's number) and other markings including pencil "Recd 3/7/45". A fine and very good cover. Photo

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HK$11,000