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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 467

(x) Sarawak
Japanese Occupation
Prisoner of War Mail
A small correspondence to or from Signalman Ben Gold at Kuching camp, comprising 1941 (May) envelope from Montreal to London District Signals Home Forces; 1942 (Jan.) card from London to Malaya with large framed "it is regretted that/this item could not be/delivered at the/address stated" in violet; 1942 (Aug.) Red Cross Prisoner of War card from Geneva to Harrow regarding Sapper Gold's whereabouts; undated prisoner of war card from Sapper Gold to Harrow showing red "passed" censor cachet; undated card from Harrow to Borneo Camp, showing British and Japanese censor marks; and 1945 GB 3d. "prisoner of war post" card from Harrow to Kuching with British censor mark. An interesting lot

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Estimate
£300 to £400