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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2438

Prisoner or War Mail
Manchuria
Hoten Camp - Incoming Mail
1943 (23 Aug.) Prisoner of War envelope to William A. Diemert, Hoten Camp with manuscript "(by) S/S Gripsholm" in lower corner, bearing Seattle machine postmark, mark of U.S. censor tape, boxed Prisoner of War Post in red, Hoten Prisoner of War Camp Censor handstamp in violet with Murata seal. A postage stamp has been removed. This is one of the early letters where the sender has been informed of the correct address. Tett fig. 6-6-12. Photo

Sold for
HK$2,600