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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2042

Prisoner or War Mail
China
Repatriated Mail
1942 (16 Sept.) envelope from New York bearing 5c. franking tied by Arcade duplex addressed to "Brayton Meyer, American Repatriate Returning from China By M.S. Gripsholm, Lorenco Marque, Portuguese East Africa" and with "Postmaster N.Y. City. Please despatch by M.S. Gripsholm". with U.S. censor seal at left. Although mailed a year earlier, this letter was probably carried on the second exchange. A desirable cover addressed via the 'Gripsholm'. Photo

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HK$1,500