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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1667

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail during period of Liberation and Repatriation
Undelivered Mail
1943 (14 Oct.) card from Gosport to Driver Williams at Changi with despatch Censor cachet in red, marked “OVL 20/6”, subsequently re-addressed to S.S. Orbita, London, showing framed “returned in undelivered mails/from territory formerly occupied/by japanese forces” and “undelivered for reasons stated/return to sender", both in violet; and 1944 (20 Oct.) Australian “prisoner of war post” envelope to Private Wicks in Thailand, showing despatch Censor label and cachet, and manuscript “Evacuated Singapore 14 Sept”. Photo for first

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£80