P.O.W & Internee Mail. 1914-19 Covers and cards including cards from Oita or Shidzuoka Camps in Japan (both to China), wrapper to a P.O.W in Trinidad, cover from a British P.O.W in Bulgaria, etc. (76).

Great Britain. 1914-18 Covers and cards from various camps or ships including Jersey, S.S "Saxonia" at Southend, S.S "Lake Manitoba" or "Scotian" at Portsmouth, named camp cachets of Queens Ferry, Newbury and Islington, cards from Denmark to a P.O.W at Feltham (2, one with undated "VIVILD" cancel), 1914 (Sep 22) "LONDON E.C / POSTAGE / PAID / POW" datestamps (2, one with boxed "Postal Censor", the other with boxed "P.C / M.O.5 (H)"); cover to Dorchester with boxed "UNDELIVERABLE / released from internment / RETURN TO SENDER / Der Kriegsgefangene ist entlassen", etc. (27).

G.B - Isle of Man. 1915-18 Covers including 2d registration envelope and cover franked 1d both cancelled "THE CAMP KNOCKALOE / PEEL" c.d.s, and a cover with 1d tied by Peel squared circle, all three with Knockaloe censor, another stampless cover with Douglas censor. (5).

Barbados. 1916 Stampless cover to USA with Barbados c.d.s and two violet circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR" cachets, part flap missing, otherwise superb and scarce. Photo on Page 118. (Image1)

India. 1916 Covers and cards including printed cover of Katapahar Camp; 1916 cover from Ahmednagar to Lamu, British East Africa (arrival c.d.s) from a German missionary captured in East Africa, etc. (5).

India/East Africa. 1915 Cover with KUT 6c tied by Ruiro double ring skeleton c.d.s, to a P.O.W at Ahmednagar, India; and a stampless P.O.W cover from Ahmednagar addressed to "Miss Frieda Schmidt, Biological Station, Amani, East Usambara, via Tanga", boxed censor cachet (date inverted), both with East Africa censor labels, a few faults, unusual items to or from internees from East Africa held in India. (2).

Turkey. 1918 Covers from London with printed address of Kedos Camp, or to a P.O.W at Changri with bilingual "DECEDE / RETOUR" label and returned in May 1919; and covers from Kangheri or Afion Kara Hissar. (4).

P.O.W & Internee Mail. 1940-45 Covers and cards from or to allied P.O.Ws in Germany (29) or Italy (12) including cards from Palestinian P.O.Ws (5), airmail cover franked 2/7½ from Antigua to Oflag VIIC and 1940 Oflag VIIC Christmas card franked 55pf for air mail to Canada then forwarded to Barbados franked 10c, covers to Germany returned with "Fell into hands of advancing allies" cachets (2, one from Australia), G.B 2½d lettersheets (5), lettersheet from Oflag VIIIF to India franked 25pf, also photos (3), etc. (46).

1940-49 Covers to or from German or Italian prisoners including items from India, Jamaica, Egypt, G.B, USA airmail express message covers to the Red Cross in Geneva (4), Australia, post-war covers from Poland, Russia, Corsica, etc. (52).

G.B / Isle of Man. 1940-43 Covers and cards from internees at Huyton, the racecourses at York or Kempton Park, or from the Isle of Man (6) with scarce hexagonal "LETTER SENT WITH / SPECIAL PERMISSION / OF / COMMANDER Y INTERNMENT / CAMP", oval "HEADQUARTERS / PORT ERIN / 2 JAN 1941 / ISLE OF MAN / WOMANS INTERNMENT CAMP" (to Internee, stamps removed by censor), another cover containing a handmade 1941 Christmas card from Douglas. (9). Photo on Page 132. (Image1)

Ireland. 1941 Stampless cover to Dublin, from a British Flying Officer in Curragh, with red boxed "PASSED BY / MILITARY CENSOR / EIRE" and "MILITARY INTERNEE" (in four languages), Curragh c.d.s; and a cover from Germany to a German internee in Curragh with the Military Censor cachet and four different censor seals, the German cover with a few faults, the first cover superb. (2).

British Internees in Europe. 1941-43 Covers with cover from a British internee in Copenhagen sent by air mail to Scotland franked 85ore, handstamped "Correspondence d'interne civil". Also 1941 cover from an internee at Bad Neuenahr strangely sent via the Foreign Office, signed by the Foreign Secretary A. Cadogan with Foreign Office cachet, London Paid machine, G.B and German censors; and covers to or from internees at St. Denis (2) or Tost. (5).

British Internees in France / Algeria. 1942 Covers from Sgt. Hardy R.A.F interned at Laghouat, Algeria (2); cover from a Mr Natron of the merchant navy in the interment camp at Mecheria near Oran, to Hardy in the camp at Laghouat; and a cover from a soldier in "Detachment W" interned at Chambaran Camp in Vichy France. (4).

1943 Stampless covers from Meredith Starr, a British internee in the Italian internment camp at Sospel near Nice, then occupied by Italy, to his wife in Monaco, one bearing a Monaco 3f postage due stamp (4); covers from Monaco franked 1f50 to Starr at Sospel camp (6); a cover from G.B to the camp redirected to Monaco; and a copy of a letter of thanks given to the camp commandant. (12).

British P.O.W. in Russia / Germany. 1941 Covers from Pte. L. Howes in Stalag XXB (2), and a 1945 (June 25) cover endorsed from Howes in Hospital 5975 at Kharkov, posted from Kharkov to England franked Russia 70r with Russian censor cachet and seal, minor staining but an exceptional cover sent by a liberated British P.O.W from Russia. (3). Photo on Page 132. (Image1)

Japanese Camps. 1942-44 Stampless covers (2) and 3d P.O.W stationery postcards (2) all from Nottingham to Gunner Thomas Unwin R.A, P.O.W in Java (the first addressed to Malaya but redirected to Java), all with Japanese censor cachets. Also a 1945 (Oct 13) Japanese 2s postcard bearing a 1s stamp, pen cancelled, written by a former internee in Hong Kong (the writer, William Haslett, having been in the Hong Kong Navy Reserve at the time of surrender, but managed to change into civilian clothes and so was held in Stanley Internment Camp), written from R.M S "Empress of Australia" approaching Suez, to Northern Ireland, backstamped "FIELD POST OFFICE / 174" c.d.s. (5).

Hong Kong. 1943 Portuguese Red Cross postcard from Macau to William Macauley, a British internee in Stanley Civilian Internment Camp with Macau datestamp and Red Cross cachets, Japanese censor cachet, very fine and unusual. Photo on Page 132. (Image1)

Hong Kong / Thailand. 1940-43 Covers to Pte A. Tucker in Hong Kong, the first from F.P.O 8 in France franked 1/3, the second a stampless cover to Tucker as a P.O.W with Japanese censor cachet, manuscript "K-17 OSK". Also a stampless 1944 card from Dublin to a British P.O.W in Thailand Camp No. 4 with Irish, G.B and Japanese censors. (3).

Japanese P.O.W - Philippines. 1945 (Nov 26) 2s Postcard franked 2s, from Japan to "1st Lt Fuchiwaki Masaharu, P.O.W Camp 3, Leyte Detention Centre, A.P.O 72", with U.S army censor, very unusual. Photo on Page 132. (Image1)