Japan WWII Prisoner of War & Internee Mail continued...
Camps in Taiwan (Formosa) continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1501 |
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 SHIRAKAWA (CAMP NUMBER 4): 1943 (Aug 11) cover from New Mexico to an officer "Interned by Japanese at Taiwan/(formerly of
Philippines)" and endorsed "Via/Gripsholm" at lower-right, US censor tape lost, very fine Japanese censor & characters in red-pencil, endorsed on the reverse "Recieved/Shirakawa, Taiwan/Feb 22 1944". Per the second exchange voyage by the 'Gripsholm'
ex New York 2.9.1943; arrived Marmagao, Portuguese India 16.10.1943; then per 'Teia Maru' via Singapore. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1502 |
PSE |
 SHIRAKAWA (CAMP NUMBER 4): Undated Japanese POW postal card with printed pro forma text endorsed "Taiwan Prisoners' Camp", superb
strike of 'SERVICE DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in red, the reverse with camp censor in violet & han of Hioki in scarlet, to Wiltshire with superb British censor in rosine, redirected on arrival to Hampshire, minor blemishes & creased at
lower-left. [The sender was a Major so he was probably at Camp 4, which was a camp for senior officers] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1503 |
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 SHIRAKAWA (CAMP NUMBER 4): Undated envelope endorsed ".../American/Colonel/Taiwan" at upper-left with large 'SERVICE
DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in violet, Japanese censors in rosine & han of Hioki in scarlet, to North Carolina with American clear censor tape, some soiling. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1504 |
PSE |
 SHIRAKAWA (CAMP NUMBER 4): 1944 (April 2) British 3d Airmail POW Postal Card from Suffolk with British censor in rosine, to "Taiwan
Camp/Formosa", directed to Camp "4" in red pencil, censor in violet & han of Murakami in scarlet, endorsed "Recd 22.7.44" on the reverse. Remarkably, less than 4 months in transit. [The sender's husband is a POW & "Bubbles" writes: "...Joyce laid-up
with poisoned thumb, which is a curse!" First World problems] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1505 |
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 TAICHU (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1943 (July 8) cover from London to "Taiwan Camp" with British censor label, directed to Camp "2" in red
pencil, faint censor in violet with han in scarlet, pencilled "22.6.44" receival on the reverse. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 6 at page 357 & stated to be the only item recorded to Camp Number 2. POWs worked on construction & maintenance
projects. The camp was closed in mid-1944 after a tropical storm destroyed all bridges in the area. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1506 |
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 TAIHOKU (CAMP NUMBER 5): circa 1943 plain envelope endorsed "From CR Smith/Prisoners of War Camp/Taiwan" at upper-left with
'SERVICE/DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in violet, to Somerset with Japanese censors in rosine & violet & superb han of Ishii in scarlet, British censor label, opened a bit roughly with repaired tear at the top. Taihoku No 5 was a very small camp,
holding the 28 most senior captured officers & the former Governors of the British Colonies. The sender, Charles Robert Smith, was Governor of North Borneo 1937-42, and again 1945-46. He was interned successively at Berhala Island near Sandakan, Batu
Lintang at Kuching, in Manchuria, & finally in Taiwan. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1507 |
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 TAIHOKU (CAMP NUMBER 5): circa 1943 plain envelope endorsed "Mr CR Smith/Prisoners of War Camp/ Taiwan" at upper-left with very
fine 'SERVICE/DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in violet, to Somerset with Japanese censors in rosine & violet & superb han of Ishii in scarlet, British censor label, fire damage at lower-right. The sender was the former Governor of North Borneo.
Retrieved from the flying boat that crashed into Mount Brandon (Ireland) on 28.7.1943. Less than 10% of the mail was recovered. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1508 |
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 TAIHOKU (CAMP NUMBER 6): 1944 (March 13) cover from 'BICESTER/OXON' with British censor label, to "Taiwan Camp", directed to Camp
"6" in red pencil, very fine censor in violet & han of Funaoka in scarlet, endorsed "Received 9th Oct 1944" on the reverse. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 5 at page 217. At page 164, he characterises Camp 6 as a "slave labour" camp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1509 |
PSE |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1943 (July 25) Japanese POW postal card with pro-forma message and light 'TAIWAN PRISONERS CAMP, NIPPON' handstamp in
violet, superb censor in violet & han of Nakajima in scarlet, to Middlesex with British censor in rosine, central vertical fold. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1510 |
PSE |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1943 (Dec 7) plain postcard with printed POW header to "Taiwan Camp", British censor in rosine & Japanese censor in
violet with han of Tahara, endorsed "Received October 5th 1944". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1511 |
PSE |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1944 (Jan 10) Japanese POW postal card with pro-forma message and printed 'POW Camp in Taiwan', the reverse unusually
with censor in rosine & superb han of Nishikawa in scarlet, to Hampshire with British censor in rosine, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1512 |
/D |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1945 (May 10) British Red Cross roneo'd 'Following is the text of a telegram received from Tokyo via Geneva' endorsed
"Taiwan" & requesting return telegram, with the black/brown '.../PRISONER OF WAR/TELEGRAM' envelope to Norfolk. Plus a newspaper extract referencing this item & highlighting that this was a very unusual occurrence & stating "...the scheme is
operating very slowly...[this] should be regarded as the exception rather than the rule". All ilustrated by David Tett in Volume 6 at pages 356-7, where he states that 33,000 telegrams had been sent to Tokyo from Britain but only 298 had been
received from there. He adds "This is the only telegram from Taiwan known to the author".
(3 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1513 |
PSE |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1945 (May 23) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "Taiwan/Formosa" with 'HARROW' machine and British
censor in rosine, boxed 'RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS/FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED/BY JAPANESE FORCES' cachet in violet, central tonespot. The addressee had been repatriated on USS 'Gosper', from Manila-Honolulu-Seattle. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1514 |
PSE |
 UNKNOWN CAMP: 1945 (Jan 6) flimsy black/cream Japanese POW postal card with printed 'POW Camp of Taiwan', Japanese censor on the
reverse with han of Kawaida in scarlet, to Surrey without British censor indicating delivery after Japan surrendered on 15.8.1945. Remarkably fine for such a fragile item. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
Camps in Thailand
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1515 |
/D |
 CHUNGKAI (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1942 (June 20) to 1945 (June 25) correspondence to or from Major (later Lt-Col) John Rowley Williamson at
No 2 Camp comprising outwards postal cards x3, inwards postal cards or covers from India x4 (one taxed in India!) or Canada (with roneo'd message form), also two British Red Cross/St John advices & one covering envelope, on exhibit pages, generally
fine to very fine.
(11 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1516 |
PSE |
 CHUNGKAI (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1942 (late) orange/white Dove & Helmet postal card with 'IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY' header on the reverse,
light but obvious 'NO 2 POW THAILAND' cachet in violet on both sides, Japanese censor & han of Suzuki both in rosine, unusually to India with two Indian censors & part-arrival cds of 23SEP43. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1517 |
PSE |
 CHUNGKAI (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1944 (Jan 14) Japanese POW postal card with printed 'Camp...No ("2") POW Camp/Thailand', Japanese censor,
han of Komai and British censor all in rosine, central vertical fold. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1518 |
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 CHUNGKAI (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1944 (Dec 21) Canadian POW formular airletter with 10c Parliament tied by security machine slogan, large
'O.A.T.' (= Onwards Air Transmission) cachet of London in rosine, to "No 2 Camp/Thailand", a few blemishes & one fold reinforced. Scarce origin.
(Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1519 |
PSE |
 CHUNGKAI (CAMP NUMBER 2): 1944 (July 31) British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from Northern Ireland to "No 2 Prisoner of
War/Thailand" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Sato in scarlet. Lindsay Chitty expects this card was actually received at the officers camp at Kanchanaburi towards the end of the war. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
| 1520 |
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 NAKON PATHOM HOSPITAL CAMP: 1943 (June 15) cover from 'TARPORLEY/CHESHIRE' with British censor label, small Japanese cachet & han
of Matsushita both in rosine, pencilled "OVLT" (= Over Land Transport to Thailand) and "NP" (= Nakon Pathom), endorsed on the reverse "21.8.44" when received. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
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