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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1666

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail during period of Liberation and Repatriation
Undelivered Mail
1943 (23 June) envelope from Chalfon St. Giles to Sapper Ford in Malaya who died on the railway, showing despatch Censor label framed “returned in/undelivered/mails from japan” and “undelivered for reason stated/return to sender”, both in violet, and the envelope with large blue crayon cross; and 1945 (7 Feb.) 3d. “prisoner of war post” card from Cardiff to Private Maddocks at Camp No. 4, 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