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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 64

Burma
World War I
Prisoner of War Mail
Thayetmyo
1917 (25 Mar.) "prisoners of war letter"

"On Postal/Service" at top left and "From Prisoners of War Camp, Thayetmyo,/Burma, India" at foot, addressed to Constantinople, showing circular "censorship stamp/Passed by Commandant/Date..../Signature or Initials/Camp thayetmyo/burma" in blue (Davis Fig. 54), Turkish censor handstamp and, on reverse, bi-lingual Stamboul arrival datestamp; the envelope with three rusty paper clip stains at foot

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