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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1646

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail to and from Civilian Internees in Thailand
1942 Thai card (second type) from a Dutch internee in Bangkok to Holland, handstamped “sce des prisonniers de guerre” in red, showing unclear Bangkok c.d.s. and Thai “Custody of Prisoners of War Section Censored” h.s. in black signed “Vadhana? 6/5/42”; the card with heavy central vertical crease. Very rare, of the 205 internees in Bangkok, only seven were Dutch nationals and this is the only example known. Photo

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Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£320