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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2006

Prisoner or War Mail
China
Prisoners of War - Outgoing Mail
1943 (c.) two first type envelopes from Barracks no.4 to U.S.A. from Elbert Mansur and John Pace, both indicate Japanese Field Post Office 106 bearing straight-line "Sec Des Prisonniers DE Guerre" (both with capital "E"), unframed Prisoner of War Post handstamp in red, both with Endo seal and with U.S. paper censor seal at left. One with pencil date "6-2-42" which may be the sent date; one with vertical creases. Tett figs. 4-8-4, 5. (2 covers). Photo

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HK$1,500