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Auction: 8032 - Stamps & Covers of Asia
Lot: 413

x Hong Kong Japanese Occupation Prisoners of War Camp ´S´, Shamshuipo (Other Ranks) 1942 (16 June) type 1 envelope from B. O´Meara Deane to South India bearing Hasegawa censor chop, Indian censor handstamps in black and purple and mechanically resealed at left and, on the reverse, Coonoor arrival c.d.s. (28.9). Manuscript notation on face with despatch and arrival dates. Fine and a very long time in transit. Illustrated page 64. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 Dated the 16th June, this letter must have missed the ´´Asama Maru´´ which sailed on that day, taking 15 months to arrive

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