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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2093

Prisoner or War Mail
Hong Kong
Civilian Mail - Stanley Internment Camp - Incoming Mail
From China: 1943 (Aug.) two covers sent airmail, the first dated (1 Aug.) bearing 70c. franking tied by commemorative datestamp with blue Par Avion etiquette and showing a good strike of Government Camp censor handstamp in blue with Maejima seal; a second airmail envelope bearing Sun Yat Sen 8c. (2) (a third adhesive has been lost) tied by Shanghai c.d.s. (date unclear) with "Bung C" in ink and with very faint Canton roller cancellation with August date. Tett figs. 4-4-22, 23. (2 covers)

Sold for
HK$5,000