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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1618

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail to Prisoners of War on the Burma-Thailand Railway
1942 (24 June) envelope from Essex to Sgt. Scott in Singapore, franked at 1½d., showing despatch Censor label, Japanese censor seal of Tatsui in red and marked “Up Country Party 21st March 1943 (Lt-Col Carpenter’s party)”; 1943 (29 Apr.) envelope from Essex to Gunner Beurrier in Malay, showing despatch Censor label and Japanese censor seal of Yoshihiko in red; and 1944 (19 June) 3d. “prisoner of war post card” from Northumberland to L/Cpl. at No. 1 Camp, showing despatch Censor cachet in red and Japanese censor in blue

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Estimate
£180 to £220

Starting price
£130