Japan WWII Prisoner of War & Internee Mail continued...
Camps in Hong Kong continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1301 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1943 (Dec 8) Japanese POW postal card with printed 'STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP' at
upper-left, printed censor & han of Takamatsu in scarlet, from a female internee to South Africa with indistinct arrival marking in red, very minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1302 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1944 (early) Japanese postal card unusually with printed 'PRISONERS OF WAR' in English, 'STANLEY
CIVILIAN' scored-through & "MILITARY" added, from a woman, to British Columbia with han of Takamatsu & last part of the message obliterated, superb Canadian censor, War Effort 7c Plane affixed (poorly cancelled), central fold & light crease.
Unusual. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1303 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1944 (May 4) Japanese 2s Warrior on Horseback Postal Card from an English woman to her officer
husband at "Camp N/Hong Kong", two censors & han of Takematsu and Kawachi both in scarlet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1304 |
PSE |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1944 (May 15) Japanese POW postal card with printed 'THE MILITARY INTERNMENT CAMP HONGKONG' at
upper-left with superb censor in violet & han in scarlet, to Southern Rhodesia with 'SALISBURY/7NOV44/S.RHODESIA' arrival cds on the face where redirected to "Arcturus" with part arrival backstamp, about 25% of the brief message obliterated by the
censor, light crease. A remarkable destination from Hong Kong. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1305 |
 |
 STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: 1944 (June 15) airmail cover from an uninterned British woman addressed in Chinese & English to
"Stanley Civilian Internment Camp/co Foreign Affairs Department/Civil Administration/Hong Kong" with $3 on 15c brown strip of 3 tied by bilingual Shanghai cds, the reverse with very fine Canton machine slogan, superb han of Takamatsu in scarlet,
minor wrinkling & opened-out for display. The addressee, HR Butters, had been the colony's Financial Secretary. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1306 |
PSE |
 TWEED BAY HOSPITAL: 1944 (Jan 18) Japanese Mounted Warrior 2s Postal Card from a woman at the Tweed Bay Hospital to her Rusian
mother at "Rosary Hill Red Cross Home", 1½ lines obliterated by the censor which has bled through the face, Governor General's Department censor in violet & han of Takematsu in scarlet. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 4 at page 164. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1307 |
PSE |
 TWEED BAY HOSPITAL: 1944 (July 1) Japanese black & red/cream POW postal card with printed 'THE MILITARY INTERNMENT CAMP HONGKONG'
but endorsed "Tweed Bay Hospital" with very fine han of Takamatsu in scarlet, to Middlesex with British censor in rosine, light corner bends. The hospital was a three-storey building within Stanley Camp. The sender, Kathleen Marley, was a nurse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1308 |
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 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1942 (Aug 2) POW cover from the Punjab with Indian 'SIALKOT CITY' cds on the reverse, plain censor label & censor in
violet, to an uninterned civilian at Kowloon. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1309 |
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 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1945 (Nov 7) airmail cover from British Columbia to a POW c/o the New York GPO & endorsed "POW/HMS Glory" and
"Deliver to Queen Mary" apparently in the same hand, 'John Bull'-type 'No Record of/Repatriation/of Addressee' cachet in violet & on the reverse superb bilingual 'INSPECTION DIVISION/DEAD LETTER OFFICE/... - OTTAWA/CANADA' machine in red, blemishes &
opened-out for display. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 4 at page 381. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
Camps in Indo-China
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1310 |
PSE |
 SAIGON: 1942 (Dec 30) German POW postal card from a British naval POW at Westertimke (Saxony) to his brother who was captured at
Singapore, fancy-boxed 'Marlag u Milag Nord' censor backstamp and small re-addressing label endorsed "Japan" with 'BREMEN' cds, superb Japanese-language cds, light strike of the Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' and Thai POW cachet with han of Nonaka, a
bit knocked-about & stained but presentable. A rare & extraordinary origin-destination item. The addressee was in the first group of POWs sent from Singapore, to Saigon on 4.4.1942 where they were employed in preliminary works in association with the
Thailand-Burma Railway. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1311 |
PSE |
 SAIGON: 1945 (Aug 22; one week after Japan surrendered) Dove & Helmet postal card with 'DAI-NIPPON ARMY' header on the reverse &
printing in black & red on the face including 'POW Camp/Thailand' but endorsed "Saigon Indo China", han of Suzuki in scarlet on both sides, to England with American 'UNIT CENSOR/AA317' cachet in violet minor blemishes. The writer states: "...We are
at present awaiting arrival of our own troops in this country to organise our return...I nearly got home in April 1942 having escaped from Singapore but was captured in a sailing vessel in the Indian Ocean..." (!) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
Camps in Japan - Hokkaido
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1312 |
PSE |
 AKAHIRA (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1943 (Nov 4) Australian Red Cross Envelope with Solid Obliterating Bar at Base censored at Melbourne, to
"Hakodate Camp No 2/Hokkaido Camp", Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' & censor both in rosine and han of Yamazaki, minor repaired tear at the top.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1313 |
PSE |
 AKAHIRA (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1944 (Jan 16) rather simple Japanese POW postal card with large 'SCE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in
red at top & endorsed at upper-left "Hakodate Camp No 2", to South Australia with very fine Japanese censor in violet & han of Okayama in scarlet, faint Melbourne censor in violet & most unusually with arrival backstamp
'PETERBOROUGH/8JA45/SOUTH-AUST', a bit aged. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1314 |
PSE |
 HAKODATE CAMP: 1942 (Nov; from his fiancee) & 1943 (Mar; from his mother) Australian Red Cross envelopes with Three Obliterating
Lines or Solid Bar at Base both to an aircraftman on Java and redirected to "HAK", superb Japanese censor in rosine & equally fine han of Kawabe, minor defects, also the lengthy romantic letter from the first cover (in cursive script; against
regulations but not censored).
(3 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1315 |
PSE |
 HAKODATE CAMP: 1944 (July 13) Australian blue/white POW envelope unusually with 'PETERBOROUGH/ SOUTH-AUST' cds & censored at
Melbourne, to "Hakodate Camp 2", minor peripheral damage, with enclosed message on similar-pattern POW postal card (superb), both with Japanese censor in rosine & unidentified han in scarlet.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1316 |
PSE |
 HAKODATE CAMP: 1945 (Mar 31) Japanese black/yellow-buff POW postal card with 'PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL' at left & large address box
endorsed "Tokyo" but with Hakodate censor in rosine, hans of Hirota in rosine & an unidentified type in scarlet, to Warwickshire.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1317 |
PSE |
 HAKODATE CAMP: 1945 (Apr 10) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card from Manchester with British censor in rosine, faint
Japanese censor in violet & han of Sotoyama in scarlet. In April 1945, the airmail rate was reduced to 1½d, so this is a very early (possibly First Day) usage. Because there were still many 3d cards to be utilised, used examples of the 1½d card are
scarce and very few are recorded with Japanese censor markings (see next Lot). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1318 |
PSE |
 HAKODATE CAMP: 1945 (May 6) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card from Gloucestershire to "Hakodate I" with British censor
in rosine but no Japanese markings. Apparently delivered, probably after Japan surrendered, bumped corners & minor spots. The POW's sister states "Hope you have heard the news" but doesn't say what the news is! (presumably the imminent surrender of
Germany, on 8.5.1945). (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
Camps in Japan - Honshu
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1319 |
/D |
 KOBE (FUTATABI CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP) 1944 (Mar 20) from USA with San Francisco machine & clear censor tape, to a civilian
"formerly at Guam/Camp No 3/Kobe", Japanese censor label & cds, pencilled "Kobe"; with the enclosed brief letter. The addressee, Max Brodofsky, had been the PanAm manager at Guam. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 6 at page 98.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1320 |
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 KOBE (HYOGO-KEN CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 (circa) plain envelope with 'Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in black,
Japanese camp censor & generic censor both in rosine, unidentified han in scarlet, typed "Hyogo-Ken Internment Camp/Kobe Japan" at upper-left, to California with American clear censor tape. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
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