POWs in Australia 1944 (July 3) Internment Camp 5 (Myrtleford, Victoria) rare use by Italian POW of trilingual 'SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR' lettersheet with 'APROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT/No.5 POW Camp Myrtleford' handstamp at left, addressed to recipient c/o Upper Plenty PO (Wallan, Vic) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Australia (Feb 27) stampless POW Notelope from 3 Internment Camp, Tatura, Vic to Italy, from Hans Riepl to his namesake in USA. This is the only Notelope with text lines on the face. [Hans Riepl was an internee from the Dunera] (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Australia (Mar 17) 'Dunera Boy' correspondence postcard with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' handstamp in violet at top from Ernst Reiss, Hut 20, Camp 8 East Command (Hay, NSW) sent airmail to England endorsed By Air/CLIPPER, New Zealand/Pacific-North Atlantic with 5d Ram, 6d Kookaburra & Kangaroos 2/- maroon tied by Sydney cds paying the 2/11d Clipper rate for postcards (half of the 5/10d letter rate for same service), 'PASSED BY CENSOR/S.110' handstamp at base; apart from minor peripheral aging in very good condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POWs in Australia (Aug 31) POW Address Postcard with small Coat of Arms & no imprint, from 13 POW Group Murchison Camp to Germany. Seldom seen. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POWs in Australia (Dec 7) Christmas POW Postcard, with koalas, to Germany, German Internee from Iran (R number) at Barmera/Loveday Camp SA, blue diamond '4/PASSED/BY/CENSOR' on face. Rare. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POWs in Australia (Jan 1) inwards cover to Italian POW at Myrtleford Camp, Vic, sent airmail via Lisbon & New York, with both Italian & Australian Censor reseals & handstamps. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Australia (Feb 18) 6d Airmail Fee Postcard (BW #POW1) from German Officers Camp Dhurringile to Germany. Rare, most cards were used to Italy. (Image1)

Estimate AU$135

POWs in Australia (Apr 16) with 1/- Lyrebird on airmailed POW Notelope (contract #9/43 15436 Y10) from 14A Camp Barmera/Loveday, SA to Germany, violet diamond '4/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/35' on face, Berlin censor and reseal on back. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Australia (Sep 9) stampless POW Notelope from 12 POW Control Centre, Macksville, NSW to Italy. The control centre was open from Nov 1943 to Nov 1945, there were only about 130 Italian POWs, Bakker did not record any mail from Macksville. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POWs in Australia (Jun 1) stampless POW Notelope from 2 POW Control Centre, Scottsdale Tas to Italy. The control centre was open from Jan 1945 to Mar 1946, there were only about 215 Italian POWs, violet diamond '6^/1/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/4' on face, tying reseal. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POWs in Australia (Aug 1) 7d Airletter from 5B Camp, Myrtleford, Vic to Italy. Rare. (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

POWs in Australia (Mar 9) with 6d Kookaburra x2 in air cover from Dr Gottfried Eisfeldt at Rushworth Camp, Myrtleford, Vic to Germany. [Eisfeldt was a lawyer and head of the Nazi NSDAP Legal Department in Iran and their Tehran cell leader. He was one of the last German internees to be deported from Australia in late 1947.] (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Germany (Oct 12) stampless air cover from Australian POW in Stalag XVIIIA to Newport Vic, airmail via North America with 'Tax percue...' handstamp. (Image1)

Estimate AU$70

POWs in Italy (June 6) use of pre-printed black on blue Italian POW Post Card from AIF 2/15 Battalion member held in Italy to his mother in Queensland, stating that he is uninjured and will be shortly be moved to a prisoner's camp, Italian Red Cross handstamp & Brisbane censor handstamp. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Malaya (Nov 1) stampless cover from Quirindi to Australian POW in Malaya c/- Red Cross in Tokyo, Australian Censor tape & Japanese chops, endorsed "Wood" on face in pencil. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POWs in Malaya (Sep 15) POW Postcard sent airmail from Melbourne to member of the "22nd Ind Bde, A.F. Workshop, Malaya" interred at Changi ( "Cha" endorsement in pencil), c/o Japanese Red Cross, circular Japanese censor hanstamp in red, "Recd 12/5/45" mss marking (9 months in transit). Very good condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Italy (Dec 8) use of printed black on white Italian POW Post Card from South African POW Joseph Louis Sher held at P.G. 52 Camp (Calvari, near Chiavari) to a close friend in Cape Town, appropriate Italian & South African censor handstamps; card with some creasing/wrinkling. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100