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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1510

Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in Singapore
Mail to Prisoners of War in Singapore
From Other Countries
Undated envelope from Cairo, showing despatch Censor cachet in violet, Red Cross cachet, Japanese censor cachet and red crayon “zent” to indicate the prisoner was now in Zentsuji Camp in Japan; undated envelope from Ecuador (some stamps missing) showing Japanese resealing tape at left and two different Censor seals, the envelope marked in red ink “Prisoner of War Camp (SSVF?)” and “Not in Civilian Internment Camp Changi Singapore”; and 1943 (June) envelope from Puerto Rico with unit details censored, showing U.S. resealing tape at left, Japanese Censor seal and manuscript “NC” (possibly “Not Changi”) and “Medan”. An interesting group of covers

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