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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1665

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail during period of Liberation and Repatriation
Undelivered Mail
1943 (19 Mar.) envelope (faults) from Stroud to Capt. Bancroft in Malaya, who died on the railway, with despatch Censor label, marked “OVL V, 28/10”, showing framed “returned in/undelivered/mails from japan” and “undelivered for reason stated/return to sender”, both in violet; and 1944 (15 Nov.) 3d. “prisoner of war post” card (peripheral faults) from London to Signalman Geraerts at Camp No. 1 and later re-addressed to S.S. Indrapoera, London, showing framed “returned in undelivered mails/from territory formerly occupied/by Japanese forces” and “undelivered for reason stated/return to sender”, both in violet. Photo

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Estimate
£150 to £200

Starting price
£110