Camps in Hong Kong continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1281 |
PSE |
 ARGYLE STREET OFFICERS CAMP (CAMP N): 1944 (Sep 3) British 3d POW Air Postal Card from Shropshire with British censor in rosine,
Japanese censor in violet & han of Matsuda in scarlet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1282 |
 /D |
 ARGYLL STREET OFFICERS CAMP (CAMP N): 1943 (Oct 19) cover from India with 'DARJEELING' cds on the reverse, to an officer in Hong
Kong, Indian censor, unusually fine strike of the Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Matsuda in scarlet. With the enclosed letter signed "Mummy".
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1283 |
PSE |
 MA TAU CHUNG INDIAN CAMP (CAMP I): 1942 (May 28) Japanese simple postal card with message headed "Indian War Prisoniers
[sic]/Camp-I" from a Sikh soldier to his brother in India, two obliterations by the censor & han of Taerada, most unusually with American censor in violet proving carriage per the 'Asama Maru' & 'Gripsholm', British censor in black, poor 'BILGRAM'
arrival cds, light creases. From the first exchange of internees and mail. Ex William Kwan (2008) and David Tett - his front cover item - sold for HK$50,400 (the highest price in the sale) and illustrated in Volume Four at page 89, where he states
this is the only item recorded from an Indian POW in Hong Kong. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1284 |
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 NORTH POINT (CAMP H): 1942 (Oct 26) cover from British Columbia with Victoria slogan, Canadian censor label, Japanese censor in
rosine and han of Kondo in scarlet (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1285 |
PSE |
 NORTH POINT (CAMP H): 1942 (Aug 5) simple Japanese POW postal card endorsed at upper-left ".../Camp H/..." with han of Hasegawa in
rosine, on arrival in Canada War Effort 7c (damaged) affixed & tied by Ottawa machine, superb 'EXAMINED BY D.B/("454")', 'TRANSCONA/SP11/43/MAN' arrival cds, several creases & the airmail label now lost. A rare item from this small camp, that was
closed after only four months. Carried per exchange ship 'Asama Maru', departed Hong Kong 30.6.1942 and 'Gripsholm'. Ex David Tett: sold for HK$8400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1286 |
/D |
 NORTH POINT (CAMP H): 1943 (Apr 12) cover from Canada with 'AJAX/ONT' cds, unusual transparent Canadian censor label, Japanese
censor in rosine and another strike on the enclosed chatty letter, endorsed received "2.2.44" on the reverse.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1287 |
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 SHAMSHUIPO CAMP (CAMP S): Undated simple Japanese POW postal card with han of Hasegawa, to Gloucestershire with message headed
"Hong Kong...Camp S" stating "...please don't worry...", central fold; and 1943 (Feb 11) cover from England with Gloucester machine to "Hong Kong China" with notations on the face obliterated by the censor & largely fine strike of the boxed 'IT IS
REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/MISSING PRESUMED DECEASED' cachet in violet & enhanced in red. 1816 British & Canadian POWs were on board the 'Lisbon Maru', bound for Japan, when it was torpedoed &
sunk by the Amercian submarine 'Grouper' on 2.10.1942. Half those on board were killed, including Gunner Leonard Rees.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1288 |
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 SHAMSHUIPO CAMP (CAMP S): 1942 (Apr 27) cover with 'POSTAGE FREE/PRISONER OF WAR MAIL/co Japanese Red Cross/TOKYO' cachet in violet
& very fine 'HAMILTON/CANADA' cds to a private with the Royal Rifles of Canada "taken prisoner of war at Hong Kong", Canadian censor label, Japanese cachet (= Censored Hong Kong POW Camp) in blue with han of Nimori in red, manuscript "6444 S" being
the addressee's POW number & camp (Shamshuipo).
Carried from New York per first prisoner-exchange voyage of the Swedish ship 'Gripsholm', which rendezvoused with the 'Asama Maru' on 22.7.1942 at Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. Each ship was carrying approximately 1500 civilians who were being
repatriated, plus mail. 'Asama Maru' reached Yokohama 17.8.1942, and mail was received in Hong Kong on 23.10.1942. Our vendor states that only ten covers to Hong Kong from the first exchange of mails have been recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1289 |
/D |
 SHAMSHUIPO CAMP (CAMP S): 1942 (Jan 27) 'PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL' envelope with Hong Kong Red Cross cachet in rosine at upper-left,
to brothers at "Shamshuipo, Kowloon", very fine Japanese censor in blue & han of Maejima in scarlet, central vertical fold & the flap missing. With the enclosed Red Cross enquiry form with British cachet & censor, and Japanese Red Cross 'roundel'
unusually in violet.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1290 |
PSE |
 SHAMSHUIPO CAMP (CAMP S): 1943 (July 6) Japanese 2s Mounted Warrior Postal Card from an uninterned civilian to "Camp S", unusually
with Japanese cds, censor in blue & han of Niimori in scarlet. Some Brits were not interned because they were considered "essential" personnel. The sender, RC ('Dick') Olive, was with the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank. He implies that he expects to be
interned soon. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1291 |
PSE |
 SHAMSHUIPO CAMP (CAMP S): 1943 simple Japanese POW envelope endorsed on reverse "...Camp S" with han of Hasegawa, to British
Columbia with Canadian censor label & War Effort 7c Plane affixed & tied by Ottawa slogan cancel, central vertical fold, small repair at upper-right. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1292 |
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 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (May 30) airmail from Canada with KGVI 3c x2 & Canadian censor label with 'DB' handstamp, to
"Stanley Internment Camp/Hong Kong", Japanese censor label, Red Cross 'roundel' in violet & superb han of Takamatsu, barracks details amended in red-pencil, pencilled "Rec: 8 July 1944", minor defects. 770 days in transit! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1293 |
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 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (June 17) plain HK&S Bank cover with typed "Stanley Internment Camp/Hongkong" at upper-left,
to Surrey with Japanese 20s Mount Fujiyama & superb cds but no Japanese censor or other markings, American & British (partly removed to expose the stamp) censor labels, 'KINGSTON ON THAMES/12OCT/1942/SURREY' machine & redirected in pencil to the Isle
of Wight, very minor blemishes. Carried on the first repatriation voyage per 'Asama Maru', departed Hong Kong 30.6.1942 to rendezvous at Lourenco Marques with the 'Gripsholm', which arrived at New York 25.8.1942. Ex David Tett: sold for HK$7800.
Illustrated at Volume 4 at page 143, where Tett states that all such covers he has recorded (apparently seven of them) are franked with the same value. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1294 |
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 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (June 17) plain cover with ".../Civilian Internment Camp/ Hong Kong" on the flap, to
Australia with Japanese 20s Mount Fujiyama & cds but no Japanese censor or other markings, remnants of a US censor label on the reverse, Melbourne censor label & cachet in violet, minor defects. Carried on the first repatriation voyage per 'Asama
Maru', departed Hong Kong 30.6.1942 to rendezvous at Lourenco Marques with the 'Gripsholm', which arrived at New York 25.8.1942. Much travelled. Illustrated by David Tett Volume 4 at page 145, where he states that all such covers he has recorded
(apparently seven of them) are franked with the same value, but they are not all to Australia. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1295 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (circa August) Australian Red Cross envelope with offending text at the base scored-through
with lines of ink (very scarce usage), to "Civilian Internee/Hongkong", superb han of Maejimo in scarlet & endorsed "A4/14" (= Hut A4, Room 14), minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1296 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (Sep 23) irregular usage of British 2½d blue POW Aerogramme with a lengthy chatty letter
from Lancashire with British censor in rosine, to a woman at "try Stanley Camp" with pencilled "A4/14" (= Block A4, Room 14) & very fine han of Maejima in scarlet. There was no airmail service to East Asia until -.3.1944. These forms were intended
for POW mail to Europe. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1297 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1942 (?) Japanese 2s Warrior on Horseback Postal Card from Stanley Camp to a POW at Shamsuipo
Camp, censor in violet but no han. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1298 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1943 (early) Australian Red Cross POW envelope with offending text at the base obliterated with
two ruled lines, to "Civilian Internee/Hongkong" with Melbourne censor & superb han of Maejima in scarlet, minor blemishes. Very scarce with the ruled lines. The addressee had been an engineer with the Hong Kong Public Works Department. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1299 |
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 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1943 (Apr 9) Canadian cover to "Stanley Internment Camp/Hong Kong/China/via SS
Gripsholm/Repatriation Ship/..." with American censor tape, the only Japanese marking is a very fine han of Takamatsu in scarlet. Held at New York for five months awaiting the second exchange voyage of the 'Gripsholm' ex New York 2.9.1943; arrived
Marmagao, Portuguese India 16.10.1943; then per 'Teia Maru' to Singapore, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1300 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1943 (Dec 8) two Japanese POW postal cards with red text in carmine or scarlet both with printed
'STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP' at upper-left, to Middlesex endorsed "Tweed Bay Hospital" (minor spots) or to British Columbia (horizontal crease) with han of Maejima or Hasegawa both in scarlet.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
