Camps in China
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1263 |
PSE |
 KIANGSU PROVINCE (YANGCHOW INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (May 30) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card with Victory Bells machine
of Paddington, to "Civil Assembly Centre/Yangchow, Kiangsu" with British censor in rosine, Japan surrendered before it could be delivered. The 1½d card was issued in -.4.1945, but because there were still many 3d cards to be used up, postally used
examples are very scarce. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1264 |
 |
 NORTH CHINA (WEIHSIEN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1942 (Dec 6) cover from Somerset with Weston-Super- Mare Christmas slogan, to an Anglican
missionary in "Pekin", no Japanese markings but with redirection label 'CIVIL ASSEMBLY CENTRE/WEIHSIEN, SHANTUNG', slightly trimmed at right on opening. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1265 |
|
 SHANGHAI (CHAPEI CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1942 (Aug 16) cover from Northamptonshire to interned missionaries with Japanese censor
label across British label & arrival cds of 19.3.4 (= 4.3.1944), Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' in violet on the reverse, pencilled "Chapei", opened-out for display. The camp was on the site of the former Great China University, 11km from Shanghai. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1266 |
|
 SHANGHAI (CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMPS): circa 1943-44 trio from uninterned civilians to the 'Civilian Assembly Centres' at Pootung or
Weihsien (from the British Embassy in Peking), both very fine; and a part-wrapper to an internee at the former American Columbia Country Club.
(3 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1267 |
|
 SHANGHAI (HAIPHONG CIVILIAN ROAD INTERNMENT CAMP): Undated cover with British censor label but no postal markings, unidentified han
in scarlet known to have been used at Haiphong Road, endorsed "X8" indicating delivery (to the internee's wife?) at Yangchow, small opening tear at the base. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1268 |
D |
 SHANGHAI (HAIPHONG ROAD CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (Mar 10) red/buff 'COMMUNICATIONS' form between internees at Haiphong Road
with camp censor in rosine, and at Lunghua. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1269 |
D |
 SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (Aug 3) usage of Japanese red/cream lettersheet with instructions in English with
'MESSAGE' from wife at Lunghwa & 'REPLY' on the reverse dated "21.9.43" on behalf of her husband at Haiphong Road, both sides with large cachet in rosine (Japanese Consulate-General at Shanghai) in rosine & unidentified han in scarlet. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1270 |
|
 SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (Oct 3) registered airmail cover from Alaska with Prexies 10c & 20c x4 tied by
dumb cancels to "Shanghia [sic] China", the reverse festooned with cds of 'JUNEAU/ALASKA', five different American Forces datestamps including the most unusual "lemon" 'SFRE APO REG SEC/SAN FRANCISCO CALIF' & indistinct Shanghai arrival cds of
25.11.1945, pencilled "APO 290" in Manila, central vertical fold. The addressee, John Sweet was a British engineer formerly at the Shanghai Waterworks. Lunghwa was 12km SW of Shanghai at the former Kiangsu Middle School. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1271 |
D |
 SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 (Feb 10) red/buff 'Civil Assembly Centre/ Local Message' form from an uninterned
Danish woman to a female friend at Lunghwa, Japanese Consulate-General Shanghai cachet in violet, pencilled "20 days Recd Mar 2nd 1945" (error for 1944). (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1272 |
D |
 SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 (June 6) Red Cross '...ENQUIRER' form from a 9 year-old boy (probably written by
his mother) to a relative in Lancashire with Japanese Consulate-General Shanghai cachet, Turkish Red Cross cds of 5.12.1944 & British censor cachet all in rosine, message states "...all here very fit. Children enjoy camp life..." (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1273 |
|
 SHANGHAI (POOTUNG CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (May 12) cover endorsed on flap "Civil Assembly Centre/Pootung/Shanghai" to
"Civil Assembly Centre/Yangchow" with 16c olive tied by Shanghai cds, Chinese-language Kiangsu cds on the reverse, pencilled "C Camp" & "X8" (?) in red. There were three camps at Yangchow, designated A B & C. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1274 |
|
 SHANGHAI (POOTUNG CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 cover from an uninterned civilian in Shanghai to her husband at "Civil Assembly
Centre/Pootung" with $1.50 on 3c pair tied by Shanghai cds with indistinct date, 'CENSORED' cachet in red & Shanghai postman's chop in black.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1275 |
|
 SHANGHAI CAMP: 1942 (May 29) American cover without POW endorsement so paid with 3c 'Prexie' tied by Grand Rapids (Minnesota)
machine, to an American soldier "formerly at Wake Island/Interned at Shanghai China" per the Red Cross at Geneva where endorsed "SHANGHAI/China", Japanese censor & han of Endo both in rosine. On 23.12.1941, the Japanese captured the US submarine base
on Wake Island. 1187 troops were taken to Shanghai as POWs. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1276 |
/D |
 SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) cover from London to "Shanghai Prisoners of War Camp", British censor label &
unusually also with Japanese censor label tied to the reverse by Japanese cds, censor in rosine & han of Matsui in scarlet, endorsed "Received 21.2.45", with the brief enclosure also with the censor marks on the reverse (which was evidence the POW
was permitted to retain the letter).
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1277 |
PSE |
 SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Aug 7) Japanese POW postal card with printed 'BARRACK No ("2")/Shanghai War-prisoner's [sic] Camp', from a
British soldier to his mother "...have received another letter from you and flowers in spring" (!!), very fine han of Matsui, light central vertical fold. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1278 |
PSE |
 SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Dec 12) British 3d Airmail Postal Card to "Shanghai Barrack/No 2 Section 7 [may be 'H' ?]", British & Japanese
censors & han of Matsui all in rosine, minor imperfections. Arrived in China before Lance-Corporal Cavill was moved to Korea, in May 1945.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
