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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2032

Prisoner or War Mail
China
Civilian Internees - Outward Mail
Shanghai - Lunghwa: 1943 (9 Dec.) envelope and "Communications" lettersheet from Elizabeth Porter to Marcel Annett in Stanley Camp in Hong Kong, the envelope bearing Sun Yat Sen New York print 25c. (4) tied by Shanghai (7.1.44) c.d.s. and circular Lunghwa censor handstamp in red plus Hong Kong Governor General's Department censor handstamp with Takamatsu seal. The lettersheet also bears the Lunghwa censor handstamp and with the reply written on the front, dated "25/3/44". Fine and a rare complete message to Hong Kong. Tett fig 4-8-36, 37. Photo

Sold for
HK$4,800