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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1488

Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in Singapore
Mail to Prisoners of War in Singapore
From U.K.
1942 (5 June) unstamped envelope from Cambridge addressed to a Lieutenant in the Cambridgeshire Regt. with Censor label at left and marked “18D” (18íth Division); 1942 (20 July) unstamped envelope (with letter) from Burnley to a Gunner in the Field Regt. R.A. with Censor label at left and marked “G&W” in red crayon (Garden & Woods, an area in Changi), later recipient’s notation on face panel; 1943 (23 Nov.) card from Birmingham to a Signalman in the Royal Corps of Signals showing UK Censor cachet in red and seal of Kinoshita in violet; and 1944 (16 Sept.) 3d. Prisoner of War postcard from Bristol to Lt. G.P. Guest showing UK Censor cachet and seal of Kinoshita, both in red

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140