Military Mail - Japanese P.O.W. Camps
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Cat No. |
Lot Description |
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| 302 |
CVR |
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 1940 Two Letters
to a Canadian Nurse in Kobe Japan, both mailed from Saskatoon (5c and 6c rate) to Kobe, via Vancouver where they were censored, then to Seattle, then to Japan on the Japanese ship Heian Maru. Miss Collard (the addressee) was interned by the
Japanese in December 1941, then her name appears on the passenger list of the Gripsholm, a Swedish ship (lot is accompanied by a real photo of the ship), very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
(Scan 2)
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 303 |
CVR |
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 1941 Passed by
Censor Cover from Honk Kong to Canada, mailed from Victoria Hong Kong on NOV.24.1941 (just before the Japanese invasion) to Vancouver, with "Passed by Censor C-270" and boxed Not Opened by Censor" handstamps, very fine. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 304 |
CVR |
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 1941 Detained in
Hong Kong Parcel, mailed by Nursing Sister Lieutenant Kay G. Christie on DEC.4.1941 (c.d.s. on part of wrapper) to Toronto, with a note reading that the parcel contained "a luncheon cloth, gift of no commercial value". There is a triangular
"Passed by Censor 113" handstamp in purple, applied by the British Military Hospital in Kong Kong where Lt. Christie was stationed. There is also a boxed "DETAINED IN HONG KONG / BY JAPANESE / FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945" in black as well as
a Canadian Customs "DUTY FREE" handstamp applied in Toronto in October 1946. The exhibit write-up explains "There were two nursing sisters who accompanied Force "C" in Hong Kong. Nurse Christie was captured at the Hospital and spent time in P.O.W.
Camp "A" until 1943 when she was set free and came back to Canada on the S.S. Gripsholm exchange ship. Very fine and rare. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 500
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 305 |
CVR |
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 1941 Cover from
"C" Company in Jamaica to Manitoba, mailed by Private Robinson (return address on back) on JAN.24.1941 (Kingston Jamaica c.d.s.) to Winnipeg Canada, with "Military Censor / Y Force / No. 1" handstamp, very fine. Private Robinson was captured on
JAN.22.1942 and placed in the Shamshuipo P.O.W. Camp at Kowloon, then transferred to North Point Camp Jan. to Sep. 1942, then to Tsurumi Camp at Yokohama from Jan to Sep. 1945.
(Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 306 |
CVR |
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 1941 M.P.O. 601
Cover to Canada, mailed at M.P.O. 601 (Aldershot Camp N.S.) on APR.3.1941 to Valcartier Village (APR. backstamp), via Loretteville Qué. (APR.4 backstamp). The cover was mailed by Sgt. Frank William Ebdon who was in the 1st Batallion "D" Company
Coy H.Q. Royal Rifles of Canada, and the owner's exhibit page gives more information on him (see scan) including that he was in three different P.O.W. camps in Hong Kong, etc., fine. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 307 |
CVR |
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 1941 "C" Force
Airmail Cover from Kowloon to Canada, an O.H.M.S. cover mailed Kowloon Hong Kong on NOV.24.1941 ($3.50 rate) to Victoria BC, via Victoria HK (NOV.24 transit on back), apparently carried on the first Pan-American clipper flight after the arrival
of the Canadian Force in Hong Kong. There is a C.274 re-sealing tape at left (applied in Vancouver), as well as a "Passed by Censor 138" handstamp (Royal Rifles of Canada). Mailed by Sgt. T. Barton to his wife, he was in three different P.O.W. Camps
in Port Stanley, North Point and Shamshuipo - he died on NOV.20.1942 while a prisoner of war. The Japanese invaded Hong Kong on Dec. 8 of that year, shortly after the letter was mailed. Faults, still quite rare. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 250
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 308 |
CVR |
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 1941 "C" Force
Airmail Cover from Hong Kong to Canada, mailed by Sergeant Whalen of the Winnipeg Royal Rifles "A" Company from Victoria HK on NOV.29.1941 ($3.50 rate) to Winnipeg Canada, with triangular "Passed by Censor 137" handstamp on back, plus manuscript
censor marking on top of one of the airmail labels. Japan invaded very shortly after this letter was mailed, very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 250
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 309 |
CVR |
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 1943 Cover Mailed
Airmail from P.O.W. "H" Camp (North Point) to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed envelope (in French, plus Japanese chop) mailed by Private G. Auld (Winnipeg Grenadiers) from Prisoner of War Camp "H" at North Point Hong Kong to Winnipeg, with
Censor DB / 579 re-sealing tape at left. The cover arrived New York via the S.S. Gripsholm, then went through Ottawa on SEP.10.1943 (slogan machine cancel) where a 7c Airmail stamp (plus Airmail label) were applied for the remainder of the voyage,
fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 310 |
CVR |
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 1942 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Hong Kong, mailed free-franked from Cornwall Ontario on APR.21.1942 (slogan cancel) with "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / C/O JAPANESE RED CROSS / TOKYO." handstamp in purple, and DB / C.24 censor re-sealing tape (applied in
Ottawa) and addressed to Private S. Shane / Royal Rifles of Canada / Taken Prisoner of War at / Hong Kong / Care of C. Force / Ottawa Ontario". with a red "S" denoting Shamshuipo P.O.W. Camp (addressee had been moved there on SEP.26.1942 from North
Point Camp where he was when the letter was written). Very fine. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 150
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 311 |
CVR |
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 1943 Cover Mailed
Airmail from P.O.W. "H" Camp (North Point) to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed envelope (in French, plus Japanese chop) mailed by Corporal Thomas H. Sinclair (Winnipeg Grenadiers) from Prisoner of War Camp "H" at North Point Hong Kong to
Lockport Manitoba (SEP.11 receiver), with Censor DE / 619 (Ottawa) re-sealing tape at right. The cover arrived New York via the S.S. Gripsholm (via Japanese ship to Portuguese India), then went through Ottawa on SEP.10.1943 (slogan machine cancel)
where a 7c Airmail stamp (plus Airmail label) were applied for the remainder of the voyage. Sinclair was in seven different P.O.W. camps. Fine and written-up on exhibit page.
(Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 312 |
CVR |
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 Undated Cover
Mailed from P.O.W. "A" Camp (Bowen Point Hospital) to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed envelope (in French, plus Japanese chop) mailed by Private Robert Dalzell (Winnipeg Grenadiers) from Prisoner of War Camp "A" to Winnipeg, with Censor DB /
644 (Ottawa) re-sealing tape at left, with boxed Japanese censor chop "Hasegawa" also at left. The cover was carried by the exchange ship S.S. Gripsholm, which made two voyages on this route, one in 1942 and one in 1943. Fine and written-up on
exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 313 |
PC |
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 1944 Postcard
Mailed from P.O.W. "N" Camp (Argyle Street Camp) to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed postcard (in French, plus Japanese chop at right) mailed by Major Harry Hook (Winnipeg Grenadiers) from Prisoner of War Camp "N" to his wife in Winnipeg, with
Japanese Censor chop "Kawauchi" at left. The letter on back was written on JUN.27.1944 (it was apparently against the rules to date these), also, the Japanese had restricted these cards to 25 words and this one contains many more. Major Hook died in
captivity about the time this card would have been received. A few creases do not detract from this very rare card. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 350
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 314 |
CVR |
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 1942 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Hong Kong, mailed free-franked from Québec City on MAY.4.1942 (slogan cancel) with "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / C/O JAPANESE RED CROSS / TOKYO." handstamp in purple, and DB / C.203 censor re-sealing tape. Addressed to L/Cpl
Eugene Matchett / Royal Rifles of Canada / Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong / Care of Force "C" / General Post Office / Ottawa Ont", with a red "S" denoting Shamshuipo P.O.W. Camp, a blue Japanese censor chop at right and a manuscript "6190" the
addressee's serial number assigned by the Japanese. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 315 |
CVR |
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 1942 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Hong Kong, mailed at the 3c rate from Toronto on MAY.12.1942 (slogan cancel) with "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / C/O JAPANESE RED CROSS / TOKYO." handstamp in purple, and DB / C.474 censor re-sealing tape (applied in Ottawa).
Addressed to L/t. L.B. Corrigan / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong / Care of Force "C" / General Post Office / Ottawa Ontario", with a red "S" denoting Shamshuipo P.O.W. Camp, a red Japanese censor chop at right. Very fine and
written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 316 |
CVR |
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 1942 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Hong Kong, mailed free-franked from Montréal on MAY.18.1942 (wavy line machine cancel) with "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / C/O JAPANESE RED CROSS / TOKYO." handstamp in purple, and DB / C.203 censor re-sealing tape (applied
in Ottawa). Addressed to L/Cpl Eugene Matchett / Prisoner of War / Expedition C / Hong Kong / Ottawa General Post Office / Ottawa", with a red "S" denoting Shamshuipo P.O.W. Camp, a blue and red Japanese censor chop at right "Mori", and a manuscript
"6190" the addressee's serial number assigned by the Japanese. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page., ex Steinhart. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 317 |
CVR |
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 1943 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Hong Kong, then Japan, mailed free-franked from Winnipeg on MAR.6.1943 (slogan cancel was cut-out by censor, thus rare) to "Private Robert Dalzell / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong / c/o Japanese Red Cross /
Tokyo, Japan", with DB / 608 censor re-sealing tape at left (applied in Ottawa) and blue and red Japanese censor chop "Hanema" also at left. At the time the letter was written, Private Dalzell was in Camp Shamshuipo in Hong Kong but the letter was
re-directed to the Japanese Osaka group of P.O.W. camps as he was later moved there. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 250
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 318 |
CVR |
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 1943 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Winnipeg on MAY.9.1943 (slogan cancel) to "Private Robert Dalzell / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong / c/o Japanese Red Cross / Tokyo, Japan", with DB / 608 censor re-sealing
tape at left (applied in Ottawa) and black and red Japanese censor chop also at left. Upon arrival in Japan, the cover was marked "OS" in blue pencil indicating the Osaka group of camps. The numbers 160 and 161 and J were applied in Japan to refer to
the prisoner's location. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 319 |
CVR |
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 1942 Cover Mailed
to P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Winnipeg on JUL.31.1942 (machine cancel) to "Sgt. Leo Berard / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Taken Care of Prisoner of War / at Hong Kong / c/o Japanese Red Cross / Tokyo", with DB / c40 censor re-sealing tape
at left (applied in Ottawa) and purple 10-character chop plus "3D" in crayon denoting Yokohama Camp. Includes original 3-page letter, first page of which has a Japanese censorship chop. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 250
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 320 |
CVR |
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 1944 Cover Mailed
from P.O.W. Camp 5 (Niigata) to Canada, a P.O.W. printed envelope mailed by Private Carl Jonsson (Winnipeg Grenadiers) from Prisoner of War Camp No. 5 at Niigata Japan, to Winnipeg Manitoba, with Allied Censor re-sealing tape at right. There is
also a 10-character boxed stamp at left plus a "Nemoto" censorship chop, both in red. The cover arrived in Ottawa on AUG.2.1944 (machine cancel) where a 7c Airmail stamp was applied for the remainder of the voyage. Fine and written-up on exhibit
page. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
