Worldwide Stamps & Postal History THE MICHAEL DEERY COLLECTION - POW MAIL
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 425
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RETURNED MAIL EX AUSTRALIA; Pair with 1941 airmail env. to to the MEF franked 9d tied by Melbourne machine cancel with finger-pointing return and "NOT WITH 2/7 BN/JUL 6 1941" h.s. on front due to being captured as a POW unbeknownst to the sender and July 1945 airmail censored POW PC to a Camp in Thailand franked 4d but with pasted on ms. return address label on front but no explanation given. (2 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, AUSTRALIA, THAILAND/SIAM, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 426
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MAIL TO/FROM GERMAN POW IN AUSTRALIA; Pair with 1941 unfranked censored airmail env. to the Tatura Camp in Melbourne ex Leonburg with "UNKNOWN AUSTRALIA" h.s. on front and return via Italy with Italian censor mark on rear and 1942 censored env. to Frankfurt with Australian & German censor marks on front and "Retour" h.s. and with bilingual (German/French) printed not found label on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, GERMANY, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 427
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GERMAN POW MAIL TO CANADA; Trio with 1941 parcel packet with printed German Red Cross address label addressed to Internment Camp 'R' in Ottawa and endorsed 'DECEASED' at top, 1943 unfranked censored env. to an Internment Camp in Ottawa ex Vienna endorsed 'taxe percue' at top and with "RELEASED IN CANADA" h.s. on front, 1944 unfranked censored env. to Washington ex Germany with "Repatriated/Return to sender" and "UNDELIVERABLE IN CANADA/RETURNED FOR REDIRECTION" h.s. on front and 1945 German POW PC's to Winnipeg or Ottawa with "RECOVERED/IN GERMANY" or "RECOVERED/IN/GERMANY" h.s. on front. (5 items) Cross Reference: GERMANY, CANADA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 428
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GERMAN POW IN CANADA MAIL; Pair with 1941 censored env. to Ottawa ex Sao Paulo franked Brazil 1000r + 200r with "REJECTED" h.s. on front, probably as a result of being a registered article and 1941 censored env. to Camp 'E' (Espanola) ex Karlsruhe with "RETURNED FROM CANADA/REFUSED BY PERSON OF/SAME NAME WHO STATED/IT WAS NOT FOR HIM." h.s. on front and "NOT INTERNED/IN CANADA." h.s. on rear. Very unusual pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: BRAZIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, CANADA, GERMANY (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 429
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GERMAN POW IN CANADA FREE POSTCARD MAIL; Trio with 1941 PC to Germany with circular "CANADA [CROWN] INT. OP./27/CENSORED" h.s. in red on front, 1941 PC to Sao Paulo with "BASE A.P.O/CANADA" machine cancel and "REJECTED/I.O.CENSOR - 9" h.s. on front and 1942 PC patriotically addressed 'Great Germany' with "REJECTED BY POSTAL CENSORS" h.s. on front and message These Canadians in their stupidity are so arrogant towards the German soldiers. (3 cards)Cross Reference: GERMANY, CANADA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 120.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 436
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PALESTINE/CYPRUS MAIL; Pair with 1940 censored PPC to a POW Camp in France franked palestine 10m with framed "INCONNU", framed "CAMP DE GURS/CENSURE" and framed "RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR" h.s. on front and a 1942 British Red Cross enquiry letter (no cover) listing four names & details known of them and addressed to The Commissioner in Famagusta and with a ms. response on the rear. (2 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, CYPRUS, PALESTINE (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 438
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POW PAPER RESTRICTIONS; Pair with Feb./Mar.1941 German-language POW lettersheet to Germany (Stalag II A) ex Vosges former with "SERVICE POSTAL/DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE - PARIS......" h.s. on front and both with "Zuruck an Absender nur vor-/gefchriebenes Papier Zulaffig......" h.s. on front concerning the use of prescribed paper only. (2 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, GERMANY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, RETURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 442
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INWARDS MAIL TO A GERMAN POW; 10 Oct. 1940 Palestine 4m PC to Isle of Man (Mooragh Internment camp) uprated 6m + 20m with airmail label and Palestine and British "P.W.16" censor marks on front, endorsed 'eft 4.7' and presumably returned to sender. Very unusual. Cross Reference: PALESTINE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 443
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GB MAIL TO LIBERATED POW IN JAPAN; Trio with censored 1945 GB KGVI POW 3d airmail PC to the Red Cross in Tokyo with "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERABLE MAILS/FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED/BY JAPANESE FORCES" and framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATES/RETURN TO SENDER" on front and "Head Clerk/Recovered P.O.W Mail Centre" h.s. on rear and Sep. 1945 Gb KGVI 1½d Forces Letters (2) both to Melbourne and ex London or Liverpool both with undeliverable cachets on front and one with additional "IT IS REGRETTED THAT THIS LETTER COULD/NOT BE FORWARDED IN TIME TO CONNECT/WITH THE SHIP OR AIRCRAFT ON WHICH/ADDRESSEE WAS REPATRIATED" h.s. on front. (3 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, KGVI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, AUSTRALIA (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 444
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MAIL TO ISLE OF MAN INTERMENT CAMPS; Pair with 1940 GB KGVI 1d PC to Onchan Camp ex London and uprated 1d, redirected to Australia but endorsed 'Unknown Australia' with framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" and 1944 unfranked censored env. to Rushen Camp ex Argentina with "RETURN TO SENDER/ADDRESSEE REPATRIATED/TO GERMANY." and framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. on front Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, ARGENTINA (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 449
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GB POW MAIL WITH CENSOR SLIPS; Trio with 1943 censored KGVI 2½d POW lettersheets to a German POW Camp with 'RETURNED TO SENDER...' label on front and type-script 'P.C.188 (revised) slip ....Correspondence must not be posted in Station or G.P.O post boxes.......or with 'P.C.131' type-script slip additionally optd "NO MENTION OF THIS LETTER HAVING BEEN/RETURNED SHOULD BE MADE IN ANY LETTER/TO PRISONERS OF WAR" or with type-script 'P.C.199' .....The enemy is anxious to and out all he can about the R.A.F. Do Not help him.......(3 covers + 3 slips) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, KGVI, GERMANY (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 450
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GB 2½d KGVI POW LETTERSHEETS; Range with 1941 GB 2d PC to MEF uprated KGV ½d (2) with airmail label attached and "Addressee Reported/Prisoner of War." h.s. on front, 1943 lettersheet to Oflag 64Z with "RETURN TO SENDER" and "UNDELIVERABLE AS/ADDRESSED" h.s. on front, 1945 lettersheet to Stalag VII A with framed "RETURNED FROM/CONTINENT IN/UNDELIVERED MAILS" h.s. or "THIS LETTER HAS BEEN RETURNED BY THE/SWISS......." h.s. on front and other related examples. (8 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, KGVI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, GERMANY (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 451
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GB 2½d KGVI POW LETTERSHEETS TO ITALY; Range with 1943 lettersheet to Italy with "RETURNED FROM/CONTINENT IN/UNDELIVERED MAILS" h.s. and framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASONS STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. on rear, or with "AL MITTENTE" and "AL MITTENTE/PER SERVIZIO SOSPESO" h.s. on front and "THIS LETTER HAS BEEN RETURNED BY THE/SWISS......." h.s. on rear or with framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" and "REPATRIATED" h.s. on front and other related examples. (8 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, KGVI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, ITALY, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 455
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GERMANY CONCENTRATION CAMP MAIL; Trio with 1942 Dachau POW lettersheet to Slovenia franked Germany 12pf, apparently returned due to insufficient address, 1943 Auschwitz lettersheet to Ozorkow franked Germany 12pf with four-line German-language "REGISTERED PACKAGES AND LETTER ARE FORBIDDEN/ALLOWED TO WRITE ONCE A MONTH", 1944 airmail env. to Buchenwald Concentration Camp ex Copenhagen franked Denmark 25ore with Buchenwald Examiner 9 mark on front. (3 covers) Cross Reference: JUDAICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, DENMARK, GERMANY (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 456
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HONG KONG INCOMING POW MAIL; 31 Mar. 1945 censored GB KGVI 3d POW PC (staple mark at top left) to Stanley Camp cancelled by a "HITCHEN/HERTS." machine cancel and with framed "RETOUR" h.s. and framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. on front. Rear with "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/HONG KONG" cds of a year later. Scarce. Cross Reference: HONG KONG, GREAT BRITAIN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 458
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US MAIL TO JAMAICA; Mar. 1941 censored unfranked env. to German POW in Kingston ex Ny endorsed 'Free under the Int Postal Union Convention' with framed "RETURNED TO SENDER...." cachet on front and oval "INTERNMENT CAMP/CENSORED/JAMAICA" on front - the same mark also on the enclosed letter. (2 items) Cross Reference: JAMAICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 90.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 460
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JAPANESE POW MAIL GROUP; Trio with USA Censor violation slip 'Form 1698 Rev.' This communication is returned since the Japanese government has refused delivery..... indicating that letters are limited to 24 words., 1944 GB printed PO Leaflet giving guidelines as to the conditions & contents of mail to a POW in Japan and a 1945 plain censored unfranked 'Postage Free' PC to the Zentsuji Prison Camp ex San Francisco with finger pointing 'SEARCHED AT/U.S.FLEET RECORDS OFFICE/FORWARDING ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE/RETURNED FOR BETTER ADDRESS" h.s. on front. (3 items)Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JAPAN (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 465
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MALAYA/SINGAPORE INWARDS MAIL; Pair with 1942 env.s to APO 1655 (Singapore) ex GB and franked KGVI 2½d with "Return to Sender/on/Air Ministry/Instructions." or "RETURN TO SENDER ON AIR/MINISTRY INSTRUCTIONS....." and one redirected to India and with framed "NOT INDIA COMMAND" and "RETURN TO SENDER ON AIR/MINISTRY INSTRUCTIONS" h.s. on rear plus July 1943 telegram advising of a soldier captured by the Japanese and with a printed 'GOVERNMENT/ABSOLUTE/PRIORITY" label attached. (3 items) Cross Reference: MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, INDIA, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 470
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NEW ZEALAND OUTGOING MAIL; Pair with 11941 censored airmail env./ to MEF franked 9d tied by Nelson cds with violet "REPORTED MISSING" deleted and with poorly struck "PRISONER OF WAR" also in violet below and a NZ Deal Letter Office label on rear and 1945 KGVI 6d POW airletter to a POW in Stalag VIII B (Germany) with scarce "RECOVERED BY ALLIED FORCES" h.s. on front. (2 covers)Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 474
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Cat No: Collection
RUSSIA/OCCUPIED POLAND MAIL; Group with 1940 to Oflag X A franked Russia 20k + 30K with Lviv reg. h.s. on front and "Retour/Recommandee defendu" h.s. on front, 1941 Russia 20k PC to a Polish POW Camp uprated 10k with "Zuruck" h.s. on front but endorsed 'Released' on front, 1943 env. to Oswieczim franked Germany 40pf + 15pf with Hamburg reg. label on front with framed "In der hiefigen Meldefartei/nicht zu ermitteln" h.s. on front and a few others (6 items) Cross Reference: RUSSIA, POLAND (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 477
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THAILAND INCOMING MAIL EX GB; Pair with Nov. 1944 and July 1945 censored GB KGVI 3d or 1½d Manila POW PC to No. 1 or No.4 POW Camp with framed "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERABLE MAILS/FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED/BY JAPANESE FORCES" and framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATES/RETURN TO SENDER" or "RETURNED FROM/SERVICE SUSPENDED" h.s. on front plus a typed oath of 6 July 1942 signed by a POW to all orders of the Dai Nippon Gun and another typed note recording guarantee that it dod not interfere with the personal allegiance of the prisoner. (4 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, KGVI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, THAILAND/SIAM (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 479
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US CENSORSHIP OF MAIL TO AMERICAN POW; Range with 1943 3c censored env. with return to sender label affixed with type-script 'Form 1698' This communication is returned since the Japanese Government has refused delivery of nay mail...unless it complies with.......1943 censored envs. franked 3c or 15c Prexie pair (airmail) with return to sender labels on front and enclosed type-script 'Form 1673'.....correspondence to a prisoner of war, from a person unknown to him.....or 'CPCH No. 88 Rev' ....the addressee has not been officially listed as a Prisoner of War.....or 'Form 1677 - Revised 9/13/43'....no mention should be made.....which would identify the sender. (8 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 150.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 480
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US POW MAIL TO NETHERLANDS INDIES; Feb. 1945 POW airmail lettersheet (minor faults) to Java ex Los Angeles franked USA with "10828/U.S CENSOR" and "BANDOENG/RETOUR AFZENDER...." h.s. on front and sent back to USA after the Japanese surrender. Very unusual. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, NETHERLANDS, RETURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Dec-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 849
Lot No: 481
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HAWAIIAN CENSORED MAIL; Trio with 1944 airmail env. or airletter to Stalag 7 A or Stalag Luft 3 franked 3c pair, 20c Prexie & 4c or 3c pair both with 'N.Y.P.O.-8-21-44-25M' printed return labels on front on account of the objectionable slogans on the postage stamps 'WIN THE WAR' and a 194 local censored env. with contents from the Office of Censorship advising the writer chemical compound articles can not be sent to a POW. (4 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - HAWAII (Image)
