1915 two picture postcards endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de guerre", sent from POW Camp in Osaka to Tsingtao, China, each with oval bilingual "Osaka" and directional chops, with departure pmks, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1915 two picture postcards, one endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de guerre", the other with red handstamp, sent from POW Camp in Osaka to Tsingtao, China and to Germany, one with oval bilingual "Osaka" and directional chops, the other with pre-printed blue Osaka and departure pmk, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (21 Aug) Fieldpost cover from Kaiserslautern to a Prisoner of War in Fukuoka Camp, large red cachet, forwarded to Nagoya, with 5 Oct. 1919 arrival pmk on back, considerable cover wear and creases, German censor handstamp, rare (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (27 Sep) large cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", bearing large "G" cachet in black, also red chops alongside, addressed to Shanghai, with Kurume Camp return address on back, cover roughly opened at right, rare (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (14 Oct) cover handstamped "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", registered, with Shanghai I.J.P.O. departure pmk, repeated at bottom, sent to Osaka, with large round seal and directional, censor markings, all in red, additional arrival pmk on back, filing fold, otherwise a fine and scarce example of incoming mail to a POW camp in Osaka (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 (27 Jan) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with bilingual "Osaka" label in red (perforated on all sides), with different departure and directional seals, censor chops, addressed to Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., fine and rare (Image)

Est.US$150

1916 Narashino Camp, three picture postcards, each endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", single correspondence to Germany, various censor chops, fine (Image)

Est.US$200

1916 two covers with "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamps, sent from Nagoya camp to Tokyo and Yokohama, with violet cachets and arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$150

1916-18 selection of 30 covers or cards from and to Kurume camp, with incoming mail from Switzerland, one from United States, destinations include Tokyo, Shanghai, Chicago, various German cities, variety of cachets (letters B, C, G, Z), Easter greetings cards, Art Exhibition card "Austellung 1918 Kurume Japan", etc., occasional faults noted, mostly fine or better. A scarce group of covers, cards and wrappers to and from German POWs in Kurume (Japan participated in World War I as one of the Allied Powers, but its effective involvement was largely limited to the campaign against forces defending Germany's concession at Qingdao (Tsingtao) in China. The 1914 campaign ended with the Germans' surrender after a month and a half, at which point Japan found itself with 4,700 prisoners of war. They were dispersed to camps in 16 locations around Japan where they would be held for more than five years) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1917 (28 Feb) Shidzuoka, pre-printed package receipt card addressed to Tientsin, China, with departure pmk, red censor chops, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1917 (14 June) Shidzuoka, pre-printed package receipt card addressed to Tientsin, China, with departure pmk, red censor chops, also violet seal, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1917 Shidzuoka, three pre-printed package receipt cards addressed to Tientsin, China, also two additional postcards, one hand-painted and addressed to Tsingtau, another with pre-printed Christmas Greetings, addressed to Naroshima, each card with censor chops and departure pmks, fine and scarce group (Image)

Est.US$750

1917 Narashino, pre-printed card and cover to Germany, each with red oval seal, "Censored" handstamps and various other markings, rare (Image)

Est.US$200

1917-19 Narashino, two picture postcards and one cover, each endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", sent to Germany or Japan, red oval seals, censor markings, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1918 two illustrated picture postcards to Germany, each with bilingual "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp in red, also cacheted "Deutsche Ausstellung Bando 1918", German censor markings, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1918 Bando, pre-printed "Bando bei Tokushima Japan" "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" postal card, with red directional and censor chop, corresponding bilingual cachet at bottom, addressed to Yokohama, fine (Image)

Est.US$100

1918 Bando, pre-printed "Bando bei Tokushima Japan" "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover with red directional and censor chop, corresponding bilingual cachet at bottom, addressed to Germany, with British "P.C." censor handstamp, filing fold, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$100

1918 (Oct 9) 3c U.S. stationery entire envelope, with additional 2c franking, sent from Denver, Colorado to Bando near Tokushima Japan, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", opened by censor seal and "Passed by Censor" handstamp on back, fine incoming mail from the United states to Bando (Image)

Est.US$250

1918-19 two illustrated picture postcards to Hamburg, each with bilingual "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp in red, one with "Deutsche Ausstellung Bando 1918" cachet, the other with Christmas Greetings (sent 27.X.1919) (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 (25 Aug) card from Kurume to Liverpool Camp in Australia, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", violet censor chop and departure markings, arrival censor markings "Liverpool Concentration Camps", handstamped "Repatriated June 14, 1919 Return to Sender" and "Dead Letter Sydney Feb 11, 1920" on back, some creases, rare usage from a German POW in Kurume Camp in Japan to another POW in Australia (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (15 Apr) illustrated picture postcard ("Spende fur die notleidenden kameraden in ost Sibirien") to Germany, pre-printed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with corresponding bilingual red handstamp at bottom, fine and scarce post-war usage of "donation to the needy comrades in Eastern Siberia" card from Bando POW camp (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 (22 Apr) incoming card endorsed "Kriegsgefangenensendung uber die Gihweiz", sent from Germany to Nagoya, fine and scarce incoming, post-WWI card (Image)

Est.US$150