Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2107
Prisoner or War Mail
Hong Kong
Civilian Mail - Stanley Internment Camp - Incoming Mail
From U.K.: 1944 (22 June) stampless envelope to A.R. Osborne bearing Hounslow machine postmark with British censor seal at left, Military Internment Camp censor handstamp in deep violet but without the censor's seal, "M" in red crayon and pencil "Rec'd 20/1/45". Pencil notes on the reverse give the prices for selling a tin of milk and tablets of soap and the price paid for buying cigarettes. Fine. Photo
Sold for
HK$900