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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1572

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail to Prisoners of War in Burma
1944 (25 May) 3d. prisoner of war post” card from Scotland to Lt. Fullerton at P.O.W. Rangoon Jail, showing framed “returned in undelivered mails/from territory formerly occupied/by japanese forces” and “undelivered for reasons stated/return to sender”, both in violet, “british field post office/105” (Rangoon) datestamp with unclear date, Japanese censor box but no censor seal, red ink “ship unknown” and, on reverse, “head clerk/recovered p.o.w. mail centre” h.s. in red. Extremely rare incoming mail. Photo

provenance:
Gerald Davis, April 2005

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£320