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Lockheed G-AFGN - Switzerland / G.B. 1939 (Aug 10) Cover to Switzerland posted at the Bakewell Agricultural Show, KGVI ½d + 1d pair cancelled at Bakewell with a "MOBILE POST OFFICE / B" c.d.s below, singed at the right, bearing a bilingual French/German label explaining that it was damaged in the air crash at Luxeuil, the label with a Basel c.d.s (Aug 15). A very unusual Mobile Post Office cover. £100-120
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Lockheed G-AESY - Denmark / Sweden. 1939 (Aug 14) Covers from England to Denmark (4) or Sweden (3), all recovered from the August 15th Heston to Copenhagen British Airways flight which caught fire and made an emergency landing in the water at Vordingborg, the five passengers all drowning, the plane being raised the following day. One cover with a 2½d meter, the others all with the stamps washed off, three forwarded or returned within transparent ambulance envelopes, the three covers to Sweden all with Malmo Post Office explanatory slips (Nierinck type bb or similar to type b), one cover with boxed "Indgaaet med / Mangel / af Frimaerker". (7). £180-220
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S.S "St Paul". 1897 (June 9) Cover from San Francisco to Bowmore, Isle of Islay, the stamp washed off with a red London Paid c.d.s (June 24) applied, violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", reverse with an Officially Sealed label and backstamps of Greenock and Bowmore. £100-120
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R.M.S "Labrador". 1899 Cover from Victoria, British Columbia, to London, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" and endorsed "Recovered from wreck "Labrador"", boxed "FOUND AT GLASGOW / WITHOUT CONTENTS" and a Glasgow c.d.s (Mar 13) alongside, flap missing. From the "Labrador" which was wrecked on the Mackenzie rocks in the Hebrides on March 1st. Seven mailbags were washed ashore on the islands of Mull, Coll and Tiree, and were taken to Glasgow; one other mailbag was dealt with at Liverpool (see next lot). A fine cover, the "without contents" cachet unusual. Photo on Page 24. £180-220
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R.M.S "Labrador". 1899 (Feb 16) Cover from St. Johns, Newfoundland, the stamp washed off with a Newfoundland 2c stamp from another cover reapplied by the Post Office, handstamped violet "RECOVERED FROM WRECK / OF S.S "LABRADOR"" with a Liverpool c.d.s (Mar 15) below. The lower edge repaired with stamp edging, reverse with an Officially Sealed label (March 16 Birmingham c.d.s) and endorsed "Received open at P.O B'Ham 16.3.93", flap missing. A scarce cachet, used on covers from the one mailbag dealt with at Liverpool. Photo on Page 24. £300-400
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S.S "Mexican". 1900 (Mar 23) Cover franked Cape 1d, from Tylden to England, handstamped red "RECOVERED FROM / WRECK OF MEXICAN", backstamped at Dover Station Office (Apr 25). The "Mexican" sank on April 5th eight miles from Cape Town after colliding with S.S "Winkfield" in fog. An unusually fine example of this wreck cachet. £100-120
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S.S "City of Rio de Janeiro". 1901 Cover from Japan to London, the stamps washed off, backstamped violet "Damaged In Wreck / Of S.S. Rio De Janeiro / Feb 22 1901" and repaired with a paper seal prestamped with a similarly worded cachet (but in capitals) in violet, tied by a San Francisco c.d.s (Feb 23), London arrival c.d.s. The "City of Rio de Janeiro", sailing from Yokohama to San Francisco, stuck a ledge and sank entering San Francisco Bay with the loss of over 100 lives. A fine cover, scarce with both cachets. Photo on Page 24. £400-500
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S.V "C. Kennedy". 1904 (Dec 13) Picture postcard from Ireland to an employee of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co. on Midway Island, a KEVII 1d cancelled at Ballycastle, minor staining, handstamped large violet "Returned from / Wreck of Ken'dy", datestamps of Honolulu (Mar 26) and Midway Island (May 12). The Schooner "C. Kennedy" sailed from Honolulu to Midway Island with stores and a small mail for the few Marines and Cable Co. employees on the island, but was wrecked on March 2nd shortly after leaving Laysan; the mail was salvaged and returned to Honolulu on March 26th, finally arriving at Midway on May 12th after almost five months. An exceptional card, only one other cover recorded from this wreck. Photo on Page 24. £1,000-1,200
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S.S "Cairo". 1905 (Feb 27) Picture postcard from London to Alexandria franked 1d, handstamped violet "SAUVE DU NAUFRAGE DU "CAIRO" / SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S "CAIRO"", with an Alexandria c.d.s (Mar 6). The "Cairo" ran ashore at the entrance to the port of Alexandria on March 6th, cargo and mails being swept into the sea. An unusually fine card dealt with at Alexandria on the day of the wreck, illustrated by Hoggarth & Gwynn. Photo on Page 24. £120-140
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S.S "Jebba". 1907 (Feb 27) Sierra Leone ½d newspaper wrapper from Freetown to London with violet "SALVED FROM / S.S JEBBA" (Hoggarth/Gwynn type 1a), also a fine real photo postcard of the wrecked ship. The "Jebba" ran ashore on the South Devon coast on March 18th. An unusual newspaper wrapper, part reverse missing. (2). Photo on Page 30. £120-140
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S.S "Jebba". 1907 Stampless picture postcard of Las Palmas addressed to G.B with "PAQUEBOT / PLYMOUTH" c.d.s (Mar 25) and violet "PLYMOUTH / SALVED FROM / S.S JEBBA". A fine and rare cachet, only known used on recovered mail that was posted on the ship and has a March 25th Paquebot c.d.s Photo on Page 30. £300-400
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S.S "Norwegian" / S.S "Scythia". 1917 (Jan 30) Picture postcard from Babakoji, Japan, to Sweden, the stamp washed off, handstamped "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", from the S.S "Norwegian" which beached off the Irish coast after hitting a mine on 27th February. Also a 1945 (Apr 26) cover from Upper Sumas, British Columbia, to England, the stamps washed off, handstamped violet "DAMAGED BY FIRE & WATER", from the S.S "Scythia" which caught fire in the River Mersey on May 25th. Two good covers, both cachets applied at Liverpool. (2). £120-140
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S.S "Leinster" - H&K Packet / Ireland. 1918 Water damaged cover form Ireland to Lancashire, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet boxed "SALVED FROM / S.S "LEINSTER"", with Ashton-Under-Lyne arrival datestamp (Oct 27). The H&K Packet Steamer "Leinster" was torpedoed en route from Kingstown to Holyhead on October 10th and sank with the loss of 480 lives; at least one bag of mail was washed ashore on the Isle of Man. Very few covers are recorded from this wreck (some of which do not bear this rare named cachet). Photo on Page 30. £600-800
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S.S "Groningen IV". 1944 Cover with enclosed letter posted at Siddeburen (Dec 16), and a picture postcard to Overveen with 1947 (Jan 13) arrival c.d.s, both extensively waterstained, bearing the explanatory label "STAATSBEDRIJF DER PTT / Stuk, afkomstig uit het S.S "Groningen IV", / dat einde 1944 op het Ijsselmeer is gezonken / en thans is gelicht". The "Groningen IV" was sailing on the Ijsselmeer, from Lemmer to Amsterdam, when she collided with the "Jan Nieveen" late on 8th January 1945. The "Groningen IV" sank with the loss of 14 lives, the vessel finally being raised 20 months later, in September 1946. (2). £100-120
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Airgraphs. Unused forms (20) and postally used airgraphs (50) including 31 July 1945 last day uses from G.B to South Africa, East Africa to G.B or Australia to G.B, 9th July 1945 airgraph to Canada sent on the final despatch on July 11th with "Airgraph Service Not Available" cachet deleted, "target" messages giving the destination for each roll of film (3), airgraph from Francis Field advertising his book "Bridging the Atlantic", etc. (70). £100-120
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Censorship - USA / G.B. 1941-45 Covers and cards including 1941 cover from USA to Germany detained by the British and delivered in 1945 with "RELEASED" and German explanatory label; covers censored in transit in Bermuda (2); and unusual U.S censor cachets including large "RELEASED / BY I.C.B (3), tiny "THIS COMMUNICATION REFERRED / TO DISTRICT POSTAL CENSOR / BY U.S NAVAL AUTHORITIES" or similar "U.S CUSTOMS" cachet, etc. (10). £100-120
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Patriotic Labels. Various single labels (41) and labels on covers (17, one a front) from various countries, mainly British Colonies including Burma, Hong Kong, Barbados, Canada, also USA, etc., a very large label "Arrived Safely Thanks to Sea Power", a part Canada booklet still containing four "We Realise in Canada the Safe Arrival of this Letter is due to the British Navies" labels, and an India 1 rupee Red Cross and St. John booklet containing 15 labels (one other removed). Also a poster "The Result of Uncensored Thoughtlessness", an interesting lot, the booklets very scarce. (42 + 17 covers + 2 booklets). £300-350
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Europe. 1939-45 Covers including commercial airmail covers from Holland to South America (4), covers from Germany to China or to the USA sent via Siberia and Japan (3), 1942 emergency flight from The Hague to Schiermonnikoog cut off by winter weather, covers to or from Belgian or French workers in Germany, official "Deutsch Dienstpost" covers from Holland (9, one with unusual violet "DEN HAAG-EMMERICH / BAHNPOST / von / 29 JUL 1941 / Z.68" rubber c.d.s), etc., also a few pre-war covers, and a mint sheet of ten Danish Nazi Party propaganda labels. (35 covers + sheet). £150-180
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1941-46 Covers and cards including 1941 G.B cover to an airman in Malaya returned on Air Ministry instructions; 1942 cover from USA to a soldier in Philippines killed in action; 1943 Philippines postcard to a Doctor at Los Banos Recuperative Camp; philatelic Philippines covers to internment camps (4); Vatican Radio postcard reporting a P.O.W in Malaya with covering letter; unused P.O.W stationery (8); 1944 U.S A.P.O cover from Lt. Col. Mellnik who escaped from the Japanese in the Philippines; 1945 air letter from H.M.S "Tenacious" describing picking up allied P.O.Ws, with Tokyo Bay cachets; 1945 cover from a U.S guard at Luzon P.O.W Camp; 1942 G.P.O leaflet on communicating with P.O.Ws in Japanese camps, etc. (21). £180-200
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c.1942-46 Official letters sent to relatives of forces missing or captured in the Far East concerning notification of capture, mails, payments to next of kin, notification of death in captivity, etc; also letters from P.O.Ws in captivity or after liberation (5, no covers); P.O.W tracing cards (7); letter from Santo Tomas informing a civilian he is to be interned; 1943 "British Malaya" magazines (2); 1945 "Straits Times" and "Guinea Gold" newspapers; 1942 G.P.O leaflet on communicating with P.O.Ws in Japanese camps; 1945 "Rangoon to Bangkok" map printed for released P.O.Ws; silk map of Malaya, etc. (40). £200-250
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1943-45 Stampless covers (3) and a P.O.W lettersheet from USA to U.S P.O.Ws all returned by U.S authorities, comprising cover to Philippines with "Returned to Sender By Censor" label; cover to "Eugene De Turck, Radio Operator S.S Vincent, Held by Japanese, Shanghai" and lettersheet to Fukuoka Camp both with "Returned to Writer" cachets; and 1943 cover to a Major Burns, held for 31 months until after the war then returned with cachet marked "Deceased". (4). £100-120
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Japan. 1943-45 Cards comprising a stampless postcard and G.B 3d P.O.W card both to AC2 M.C Lovejoy at Hakodate or Fukuoka 3rd Branch Camp with Japanese censor cachets; 1945 3d P.O.W postcard to Gunner E.A. Smeed in Fukuoka Camp No. 1, marked "unknown" with violet "Return To Sender" and "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE FORCES"; and 1944 (Nov) Zentsuzi War Prison Camp postcard from F.A Fieldhouse to Kent, found by allied forces in Japan with Japanese censors and datestamp (Dec 9), violet boxed "RETURNED IN / UNDELIVERED / MAILS FROM JAPAN", arrival datestamp (19 Oct. 1945), unusual. Also an unused Zentsuzi Camp postcard. (5). £160-200
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Japan - Hakodate. 1944-45 Cards from Hakodate to England, type 1 cards (3) and type 2 cards (4) sent by AC1 K. Sayer-Poll (2), Pte P.W Snow, Sgt C. Cropper or AC1 G. Fowler (3) all with Japanese censors, six with G.B censors, five handstamped "Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE", the three cards from Fowler with vertical folds (one repaired with tape), otherwise fine. (7). £200-250
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Japan - Kawasaki. 1942-44 Covers (with enclosed letters) from G.B to Aircraft Fitter D.J Sutch, captured when H.M.S "Hermes" was sunk off the coast of Ceylon in April 1942, comprising covers to "H.M.S Hermes, c/o G.P.O" (2, March/April 1942, one "Return To Sender"), and stampless covers (5) and 3d P.O.W postcards (2) to Kawasaki No. 1 Camp. Also 1943 typed copy of a message broadcast received from Sutch with a covering letter from the Naval Barracks at Lee-on-Sea, and 1945 telegrams sent to Sutch in Canada whilst en route to the U.K, or upon his arrival back in London. An interesting correspondence, the items to Kawasaki Camp all with Japanese censors. (12). £250-300
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Japan - Zentsuji. 1942-44 Covers (5) and a P.O.W lettersheet from the USA to "H.P Hevenor, American Civilian Internee, Bureau of the Budget, formerly at Wake Island, Zentsuji War Prison Camp", five covers bearing U.S airmail stamps, one stampless, all with circular or boxed Japanese censor cachets. An interesting correspondence to a civilian, treated as a military P.O.W by the Japanese. (6). £240-280
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Taiwan / Korea. 1944 Taiwan third type P.O.W card from Gnr G. Clark, addressed to an Officer in India, twice redirected within India, and again with a label to England, Japanese and Indian censors and "Service Des / Prisonniers De Guerre" cachet, Indian and London datestamps, vertical fold but unusual. Also 1942 stampless covers from G.B to P.O.Ws in Malaya with Japanese censors, one redirected to Korea, the other two to Taiwan, one of these to the stamp dealer (and noted Liberia specialist) Philip Cockrill. (4). £160-180
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Hong Kong / Japan. 1943 Stampless cover from Gloucester to "Gnr L.F Lees, British P.O.W, Camp 8, Hong Kong" with black seal of Takamaru applied in Tokyo, returned with violet boxed "IT IS REGRETTED THAT / THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE / DELIVERED BECAUSE THE / ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED / PRESUMED DECEASED"; and 1945 stampless cover from Brighton to "CSM E. Soden, 1st Middlesex Regt, Osaka P.O.W Camp, Kobe Sub Camp, Japan" with violet "RETURNED FROM ABROAD / SERVICE SUSPENDED". Both addressees were on the "Lisbon Maru" when it was sunk by the U.S.S "Grouper" on 1st October 1942; Rees died in the sinking whilst Soden was rescued by Chinese fishermen and subsequently recaptured by the Japanese. The first with staining from the violet cachet, otherwise fine. (2). £100-120
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Borneo. 1944 (July 15) G.B. 3d P.O.W postcard from Harrow to Private Ben Gold, Borneo Camp, with boxed Borneo Prisoner of War Camp cachet. Scarce, few items recorded to Borneo. £100-120
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Netherlands Indies - Java. 1944 Netherlands Indies 3½c postcard from Bandoeng to a Dutch military P.O.W in Java, returned with an explanatory label (Ordinary Postcards not allowed to P.O.W within Java) and "REJECTED" cachet (Return to Sender, not according to regulations), fine and scarce. Photo on Page 30. £120-140
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Changi P.O.W Camp. 1943-44 Programmes for plays performed in the camp theatre (7), five of these special souvenir programmes with handpainted covers, including "Hay Fever" with signatures of 18 prisoners who acted in or helped produce the play, all apparently kept by Pte S. Jacobs. Also other ephemera including leaflets in British and Japanese dropped over Changi at the end of the war, unused P.O.W card, 1945 telegram sent by Jacobs from Colombo, 1943 official letter to his wife informing her he was a P.O.W with a separate slip showing how to address mail, photo of Jacobs, 1941 pre-war Christmas menu from Ipoh, etc. A scarce and interesting group. (7+). £300-400
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1942-44 Stampless covers and cards (9), cover franked 2½d and a 3d P.O.W postcard (faults) all from G.B to British P.O.Ws in Malaya, three with Japanese censor cachets, eight with pencil endorsements indicating the location of the addressee, which include Kranji, River Valley Camp, Southern Area, Officers Area, Kranji No. 2 Camp and Woodlands Hospital Camp, two endorsed by the recipients as received at "Jail Camp" or "precincts Changi Jail". (11). £240-280
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1942-44 Stampless postcard and 3d P.O.W cards (4) from England, addressed to L/Bdr G.T Cook (2, one marked "Received Selarang", the other marked "X2" for Kranji Camp), Corp F.S Brown (2, to Kranji) or Sigmn P.J Hawker of the 3rd Indian Army Royal Corps Signals, all with Japanese and British censors. Also 1945 telegrams sent to Hawker on the repatriation ship "Tegelberg" at Gibraltar, or from Cook at Colombo. (7). £180-200
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India. c.1942-43 Stampless covers from India, with printed address of Lt. I. Slaney, R.I.A.S.C, directed to Changi; to Capt. A. Chamarette, Hyderabad Infantry, an Indian postage due handstamp crossed out; or from Bombay to Lt. Col. J. Dow-Sainter, 6/1st Punjab Regt, with Japanese censor cachets, directed to Thailand with manuscript "OVL N 4/11/42". A few faults, the second cover missing one flap, unusual from India. (3). £120-150
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G.B / Australia. c.1942-43 First type P.O.W cards with separate "Marai" cachets in violet or red, sent to England by Dvr A. Lancaster or Pte G. Binfield, and second type card from Pte R.S Brown, A.I.F, sent to Australia, all with Japanese and allied censors, two with vertical folds. A useful group, the first three mailings allowed by P.O.Ws in Singapore. (3). £120-150
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Australia. 1943-44 Australian Red Cross envelopes printed in red or blue, both from Elliston, South Australia, to Pte. Kevin Kenny, A.I.F., both censored in Australia, the second also with Japanese censor and Elliston c.d.s, directed in pencil to "Sime Rd" or "Ammo Sub, Changi". (2). £100-120
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Nepal. 1943 (June 27) P.O.W card, the front identical to the type 1 cards, the reverse with preprinted messages including "I am quite well under kind treatment of Nippon authority", etc, sent by L/Naik Hari Lal Thapa of 2/2 Gurkha Rifles to Chhola village in Nepal, with Japanese and Indian censors and datestamps of Kathmandu Exchange P.O and Nuwakot West No. 4 (21 Nov. 1943), a few pinholes, otherwise fine. Tett only records one other example of this Singapore P.O.W card with preprinted messages, sent by an Indian P.O.W (the cards presumably only issued to Indian & Nepalese P.O.Ws), and this is the only recorded item from a Nepalese Gurkha P.O.W in a Japanese camp. An exceptionally rare and important card. Photo on Page 30. £1,500-1,800
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South Africa. 1942-44 Cover and postcard from South Africa both franked 3d + 6d, to Harry Sanders or E.G Hebditch in Changi Camp with pencil redirection to Changi Jail or Sime Rd, both with Japanese censors, the card also with Tokio Red Cross cachet, card with vertical fold, an unusual origin. (2). £100-120
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Australia / G.B. 1942 Australian Red Cross envelopes printed in red (2), and a 1943 cover from England franked 5d, all to Arthur Williams of the Malayan Civil Service, the Australia covers to his pre-war address (one directed to his location within Changi Jail), the G.B cover to Changi Camp, all with Japanese and allied censors, letters enclosed. (3). £100-120
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Australia / G.B. 1942-43 Australian Red Cross envelopes printed in red (2) and a stampless cover from London addressed to E.C Cooper of Guthrie & Co (2), or John Hardman c/o P.W.D Kandang Kerban, pencil directions to Changi Jail or Sime Rd (2), all with Japanese and allied censor cachets, the Harman cover unusually also censored in Tokyo with a red censor seal tied by a Japanese civil P.O c.d.s. (3). £130-150
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1943-45 Stampless covers (3) and a 3d P.O.W postcard from G.B, one cover returned with a "Returned To Sender By The Censor" label applied, two covers with Japanese censors, one to "Geoffrey Jones, 2nd Engineer, Straits Steamship Co. of Singapore" endorsed "not interned in Syonan" and "Sumatra?". (4). £100-120
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India. 1942-44 Stampless covers (2) and postcard from India all to civilians who were not interned by the Japanese, all three headed "Prisoner of War Post" and censored in India, comprising a cover from Karikal (French India) to S. Gobalswamy in Kuala Lumpur (flap missing); cover from Dinigut to Eden Peters, Homeo Medical Hall in Kuala Lumpur with violet "c/o PRISONER OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU / TOKYO"; and a postcard from Tanjore to J.S Annapillay, clerk at the Post Office at Kulim in Kedah, with Japanese censor cachet. Also India G.P.O leaflet with separate amendment page on communicating with P.O.Ws and civilians in Japanese territory, with a covering letter to S.R Chettiar. A few cover faults but very scarce and unusual. (4). £120-150
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1942-44 Stampless covers and cards (6), cover franked 1½d, and 3d P.O.W postcards (2) all from G.B, one cover with "Returned To Sender By The Censor" label; 3d P.O.W cards to "No. 1 Camp Thailand" or "No. 3 Branch Thai War Prisoners Camp, Nike, Thailand"; one postcard unusually addressed "Alorstan near Thailand" (Alor Star, crossed out with "Malaya" underlined); the others all addressed to Singapore or Malaya and forwarded endorsed "OVL" with a date (4) or "Up Country Party 21st March 43, (Lt Col Carpenters Party)". An interesting group, five with Japanese censor cachets. (9). £220-260
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Australia. 1942-43 Australia Red Cross envelopes printed in red, to Capt. B. Gill, 20th Battery, 2/10th Field Regiment, Malaya, directed to D. Force at Konkoita (2); to Pte B.H Breheny, 2/3 Machine gun Battalion, with "Transferred to Thailand" cachet and directed to "4GP" ; or to Driver H.D Harris, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Co., endorsed "OVS 14/10/42" and "Received 1/4/45, Chung Kai Siam", all censored in Australia, two with Japanese censors. The first a little stained, otherwise fine. (4). £180-200
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1942-44 Stampless cover or cards from G.B to Sgt J.P Howard (2), Sgt G.W Blackburn (2), RQMS S.E Gordon or Gunner J.L Beurrier (2), six with Japanese censor cachets, one also with Thailand Prisoner of War Camp cachet. One cover to "P.O.W Camp 2, Thailand", another to "No. 4 P.O.W Camp Thailand" and directed to Tamuan, the others all redirected with "OVL" and a date (5, one also with "K3" for Konyu 3 Camp, another directed to Mashimoto). Also a 1945 (Sep 13) 1½d Forces air letter to "RQMS S.E Gordon, Recovered P.O.W Centre, Bombay, India" with violet boxed "REPATRIATED R.A.P.W.I / S.S (ORDUNA) / No.4 B.P.O / MIDDLE EAST", received on the "Orduna" at Port Said. (8). £220-260
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South Africa. 1942-43 Stampless covers (3) and covers franked 3d + 6d (2, one with 6d stamp removed), to Capt. G.G Waller (2), Lt. W.H Privett or Capt. The Hon. R.P de Grey in Singapore, or to the Dutch Sgt. B.C Vanes at Camp D in Java, the first Waller cover directed to the Medical Area in Changi, the others all forwarded to Thailand. The Vanes cover with two differing "Transferred to Thailand" cachets and endorsed "Head Quarters Group (Non Pladuk)"; the others endorsed "OVL L 6/11/42", "OVL / F 18/4/43" or simply "F". An unusual origin, all fine, two with Japanese censors. (5). £170-200
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Australia / Burma. 1942-43 Stampless covers from G.B to Sgt N. Crofts, 22nd Inf. Brigade, A.I.F (2), and Australian Red Cross envelope and front printed in red, the envelope to M.A Justins, 19th Battery, 2/10th Field Regt. directed to Kaorin and Chungkai, the front to Pte B.E Russell, 27th Brigade endorsed as received at Nakom Pathon. All four endorsed "A Force" (which was sent from Singapore to Burma in 1942), the Crofts cover directed to Konyu 1 Camp, three with Japanese censors, the front with the unusual and scarce "H. KANNO" censor in roman script. (4). £120-150
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Java. 1943-44 Netherlands Indies 3½c postcards from Malang to Dutch P.O.Ws in Java (2) or No. 1 P.O.W Camp Thailand, two with "Thailand Prisoner of War Camp" cachets, the other card with "Transferred to Thailand" cachet but endorsed "Not in Thailand or Burma" and finally delivered at Changi Jail. (3). £120-150
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Java. 1944-45 Java P.O.W cards from female internees in Bandoeng or Semerang, the first with handstamped alterations to the Japanese headings, addressed to her husband in the Dutch army at No. 1 P.O.W Camp, Thailand, directed to "No 4 GP"; the second card to the writers husband interned at Semerang with tiny censor cachet, various endorsements, finally redirected to "Thailand HQ, Netherlands Indies troops, Royal Thailand Hotel, Bangkok". The first card with heavy vertical fold, otherwise fine, unusual intercamp mail to Thailand. (2). £120-150
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Undelivered Mail. 1943-45 Stampless covers (2) and a card, and 3d P.O.W cards (2) all from G.B, the two 1943 covers to Capt. K.H Bancroft, Malayan Volunteer Defence Force or to Sapper F. Ford, 287 Field Co R.E (who both died in Thailand in 1943) both with violet "RETURNED IN / UNDELIVERED / MAILS FROM JAPAN"; stampless card and 3d postcard to Driver A.H Williams 13th Field Regt. R.A, in Malaya (redirected to S.S Orbita, P.O Box 164, London E.C) or at No. 1 P.O.W Camp, Thailand, with violet boxed "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE FORCES" or "Addressee Reported / NOW NOT / Prisoner of War"; and a 3d postcard to Signalman Geraerts at No. 1 P.O.W Camp Thailand, redirected to "Indrapoera, c/o P.O Box 164, London, E.C.1" with red F.P.O 305 c.d.s of Rangoon, violet boxed "Return To Sender" and "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE FORCES", two with some edge faults, an unusual group. (5). £220-250
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Malaya / Thailand. 1942-43 Cards from Private M.O Ward, the first card from Singapore with violet "Marai Malaya" cachet and red censor cachet of Okazaki, red "Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE", German and British censor cachets and circular "COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE / GENEVE", received 12th July 1943, vertical fold; the second card from No. 1 P.O.W Camp Thailand with six printed phrases on reverse, Suzuki censor cachet, fine. (2). £80-100
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