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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1670

Prisoner of War and Civilian Internee Mail from Burma, Thailand and Indochina
Mail during period of Liberation and Repatriation
Dutch Prisoners of War
1945 envelope from Holland via Netherlands Red Cross, Melbourne, to a Dutch Sergeant, franked at 25½g., redirected to Singapore, showing red crayon “WK” and “Ned Mimi 91”, and triangular handstamp in violet with manuscript “Bangkok”, the card with notation in Dutch “In Sept ’45 liberated POW at Rangoon”; and 1945 (10 Oct.) Japanese Occupation 3½c. stationery card (heavy central vertical crease) from Salatiga, Java, to a Dutch soldier in Bangkok via Red Cross in Djakarta, showing red crayon “a. s” and pencil “PC”

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140