Japan WWII Prisoner of War & Internee Mail continued...
Camps in Thailand continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
1521 |
PSE |
NIEKE (CAMP NUMBER 3): Undated Japanese POW postal card with printed 'Camp: No 3 Branch Thai War Prisoners/Camp. NIKE. THAILAND' &
largely printed "letter", han of Matsuzaki and British censor both in rosine, light diagonal bend. Sender added "Give my regards to Jim Bloney...", indicating the printed text was baloney! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1522 |
PSE |
NIEKE (CAMP NUMBER 3): 1944 (Feb 1) flimsy Japanese black/cream POW postal card inscribed 'No 3 Branch Thai War Prisoners/Camp NIKE
THAILAND' and largely printed gung-ho "letter" on the reverse, printed dated censor & han of Matsuzaki in scarlet, to Australia with Melbourne censor, pencilled "Received 6.1.45", minor blemishes. Nieke is close to the Burma border & much closer to
the Burma end of the railway line than the Thai end. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1523 |
PSE |
NIEKE (CAMP NUMBER 3): Undated Japanese POW postal card with printed 'Camp...No ("3") POW Camp/Thailand", from an Australian
officer, very fine han of Sumita and Melbourne censor in violet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1524 |
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NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1942 (July 9) airmail cover from Jamaica (!) with double-circle 'CLAREMONT' cds (year slug omitted), to
a British POW at "Camp Malai/Malaya" with censor 'D/ - ' label & '.../D5' cachet, no Japanese markings applied at Changi but with "OVL 7.11.42" (= sent overland on that date) in blue ink, Thailand censor & han of Kanematsu both in rosine, blue-pencil
"NKP" (= Nakon Pathom) and "NP" (= Non Pladuk), stamps removed by the censor to check for a secret message, light soiling. An extraordinary origin/destination cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1525 |
PSE |
NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1943 (Sep 9) Japanese POW postal card with minimal address details & endorsed "No 1 POW Thailand", han
of Suzuki & British censor both in rosine, the two layers of the card separated to reveal a small triangular piece of tissue paper on which Captain Rogers had inscribed a 133-word message in micro-writing that he had secreted between the layers, some
damage from removing the message, all three pieces with a plastic laminate. RPSL Certificate (2017). To avoid detection by the Japanese but alert his wife, Rogers added to the printed text 'Please see that ["Dextra, low, family"] are taken care of'.
In Latin, dextra = on the right, low indicated the lower-right segment. A remarkable and likely unique item from WWII. See David Tett Volume 3 at page 75 and illustrated in Volume 6 at page 354. With a typed transcript of the message. The
illustration above is at 200% actual size!
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1526 |
PSE |
NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1944 (Jan 3) flimsy Third Type of Japanese POW postal card with printed 'No ("1") POW Camp/Thailand' &
largely printed "letter", Japanese censor & han of Kanematsu and British censor all in rosine, from an officer to his wife in Scotland.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1527 |
PSE |
NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1943 (May 22) Japanese black/white POW postal card with han of Takasaki in rosine, from a Dutch POW to
his uninterned wife in "Lawang/Java", light strike of boxed 'NO RECORD/IN JAVA/POW & INTERNEES' cachet, probably processed after Japan surrendered.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1528 |
PSE |
NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1944 (June 4) flimsy Third Type of Japanese POW postal card with printed 'No __ POW Camp/("Sanitorium")
Thailand' & largely printed "letter", han of Matsushita and British censor all in rosine, from an officer to his wife in Scotland.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1529 |
PSE |
NON PLADUK (CAMP NUMBER 1): 1945 (Aug 8) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "No 1 Camp POW/Thailand" from Wales with
Cardiff machine, largely very fine 'SERVICE/SUSPENDED/RETURN TO/SENDER' cachet in violet. The absence of a British censor suggests this card did not leave Britain. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1530 |
PSE |
TAMUANG (CAMP NUMBER 4): 1943 (Nov 10) Australian blue/white POW lettersheet headed "November 10th 1943" & censored at Melbourne,
to "Thai Camp" with Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' in rosine, poor censor & fine han of Adachi in scarlet, "4.2.45" endorsed on reverse indicating transit time of 15 months, a few faults. [See also Lot 1260] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1531 |
PSE |
TAMUANG (CAMP NUMBER 4): 1944 (Apr 17) British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from London with British censor in rosine, to "Thailand
No 4 POW Camp" endorsed "Tamuan" in red pencil, han of Ishikura in rosine. Lindsay Chitty states it is likely that Lt Charley actually received this at the Kanchanaburi Officers' Camp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1532 |
PSE |
TAMUANG (CAMP NUMBER 4): 1944 (June 10) Japanese POW postal card with printed 'Camp...No ("4") POW Camp/Thailand" & han of Hattori,
from an officer to Ulster, British censor in rosine, bumped corners. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1533 |
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UNKNOWN CAMP: 1943 (circa) undated Australian cover processed at Melbourne to "Tai Camp/Siam" [sic] with Japanese Red Cross
'roundel' in rosine, unusually without Japanese censor or han, pencilled "Lang" (of unknown significance), ironed-out central vertical fold.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1534 |
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UNKNOWN CAMP: 1945 (Aug 30) makeshift envelope with letter headed ".../Royal Artillery/Prisoner of War/Thailand", to Lancashire
with faint Indian-pattern censor '127' cachet in violet applied at Rangoon & secured in transit with a small piece of British resealing tape, a bit banged-up. The writer states "...We are in a compound 20km from Bangkok. The people in Siam are being
very good to us..." Also the telegram he sent from Rangoon & covering roneo'd letter advising the telegram was sent free of charge & the same privilege would be afforded for a reply.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
REST OF THE WORLD
GENERAL and MISCELLANEOUS LOTS
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
1535 |
#O |
Wide-ranging collection formed in the 1950s with numerous "'goodies' throughout including French Community with loads of
Overprints/Surcharges, Italian Colonies with high denominations mint & used, Portuguese & Spanish Colonies with mint long sets from the 1890s, some Middle East, strong section of Indian Convention & Feudatory States, extensive Latin America with a
page of early Mexico and long sets from other countries, etc, postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
1536 |
/O |
Massive A to Z world-wide hoard in forty-two archive boxes, mostly remaindered collections & heavily duplicated in parts but with
better material spotted, condition variable, high catalogue value. Inspection is highly recommmended as there are pickings galore. Weighs 441kg.
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$6,500.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
1537 |
/O |
Massive accumulation in sixty archive boxes being from the general clean-up of the Australasian Philatelic Wholesalers stock with a
mammoth array of unmounted, mounted & used stamps, albums, booklets, packets, kiloware, bundleware, sheets, covers, FDCs, maxicards, PHQ cards, commercial mail, commemorative covers & cancels, postal stationery, old collections, starter kits,
postcards, postmarks, phonecards: in fact, just about everything except the kitchen sink. Inspection is highly recommended. Weighs more than half a tonne.
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Estimate AU$4,000
SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
1538 |
/O |
Collection remainders including New Zealand Yearbooks 1984 x2, 1985 x2, 1986 and 1987, Papua New Guinea Yearbooks 1986 x2, 1987 x2,
1988 x2, 1989-90, also 1980 Moscow Olympics albums, Commonwealth Collection, plus Australia £2 Kangaroo & 5/- Bridge both commercially used (minor faults), FDCs including some early decimal period unaddressed, etc. Weighs 60kg.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
1539 |
/OA |
Former dealer's remainders with a veritable A-Z of countries including the obligatory British Penny Black, plenty of other pickings
to be found in old-time collections, plus a range of accessories with Hagner & Seven Seas binders & slipcases, Philatectors, a very elaborate Philascope and some philatelic UV lights, plus some cigarette & trading cards and modern basketball cards.
Weighs 75kg.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
1540 |
O |
Northern European collections with two albums of Sweden with lots of postmark interest, early and modern Baltic arrays, an album of
Latvian postmarks, and so on, much is fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
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