Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3347 |
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 1944 Japanese Occupation Pootung Internment Camp, Shanghai cover from an uninterned civilian in Shanghai to her husband at "Civil
Assembly Centre/Pootung" with Sun Yat-sen $1.50 overprints on 3c pair tied by Shanghai cds with indistinct date, 'CENSORED' cachet in red & Shanghai postman's chop in black. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3348 |
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 1944 (Jan 5) Japanese Occupation Lunghwa Civilian Internment Camp, Shanghai stampless cover from Idaho to an American civilian at
"Field Post Office, Box 106, China", very fine censor handstamp in rosine & han of Matsui in scarlet, endorsed on reverse "Received June 24 44", with the brief enclosure also with the censor marks on the reverse (which was evidence the POW was
permitted to retain the letter). Very attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3349 |
D |
 1944 (Feb 10) Japanese Occupation Lunghwa Civilian Internment Camp, Shanghai 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)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3350 |
/D |
 1944 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) Japanese Occupation Shanghai Prisoner of War Camp 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 handstamp 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)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3351 |
PSE |
 1944 (Aug 7) Japanese Occupation Shanghai Prisoner of War Camp 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)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3352 |
D |
 1944 (June 6) Japanese Occupation Lunghwa Civilian Internment Camp, Shanghai 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$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3353 |
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 1945 (July 15 Japanese Occupation Pootung Internment Camp, Shanghai local cover to "British/P1018/Civil Assembly Centre/Pootung",
apparently from the internee's uninterned wife in Shanghai with 4th Anniversary of Puppet Government at Nanking $5 tied by Shanghai cds, very fine large 'CENSORED' handstamp in red & small charcaters handstamp in violet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3354 |
PSE |
 1945 (Sep 15) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Camps in China irregular usage of American V-Mail form by a British officer to
England with very fine 'U. S./NAVY' cancel & another (tax?) marking obliterated, message headed "US Hospital Ship Relief / en route Dairen-Okinawa" (in the Ryukyus) and states "... I am not on the sick list - all the sick went by air to Kunming ...",
accepted as free mail but probably sent by surface. Unusual. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3355 |
|
 1948 large-part parcel wrapper (235x160mm) registered to Switzerland with Sun Yat-sen $1000 red strip of 3, '5000' on $2 green
block of 4 & block of 12 (6x2) and $50,000 marginal pair with imprint at top all tied by Peking cds cancels with red & black/white R label alongside, 'Zollamtlich/abgefertigt' handstamp in rosine at upper-right to indicate passed by Swiss customs,
minor bends & blemishes slightly affecting a few of the stamps. Scarce usage of these hyper-inflation high values. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3356 |
/ |
 1980s batch of commercial and social airmails to Poland with some higher-value frankings, also internal mail, a bundle of 14 unused
illustrated propaganda envelopes, FDCs, etc, condition generally very fine and well worth a look.
(125+) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3357 |
|
 MANCHURIA: 1943 (Sep 5) Japanese Occupation Hoten Prisoner of War Camp, plain postcard from Suffolk to a Brigadier at "Camp
Taiwan/Formosa" with British censor in rosine, small boxed Japanese censor in black & han of Yoshikawa in scarlet, Kanji redirection to Manchukuo where censor in violet & han of Murata in scarlet applied, unusually fine. From the POW's wife, who
signs off as "Bubbles". (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3358 |
D |
 MANCHURIA: 1945 Japanese Occupation Hoten Prisoner of War Camp, undated pale green/buff 'IMPERIAL JAPANESE TELEGRAM' from Red Cross
in Geneva to a British soldier at "Mukden Camp", Mukden arrival cds of 20.5.8 (8.5.1945), censor in violet & han of Murata in scarlet plus '.../82' cachet of unknown purpose in rosine, minor blemishes, characteristic folds. The Japanese had provided
an undertaking to deliver Red Cross telegrams. However, especially this late in the war, relatively few were delivered, especially outside of Japan.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3359 |
|
 TAIWAN: 1930 Japanese Occupation usage of 'View of Takao City' picture postcard to Western Australia with the message written in
Esperanto and Japan 3s red solo tied by 'TAINAN/TAIWAN/JAPAN' cds, taxed with 'CTMS/T' h/s in violet and manuscript "T"-in-circle alongside, Sydney '9JY30' transit b/s, no evidence of collection of the postage due. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3360 |
|
 TAIWAN: 1944 (March 13) Japanese Occupation Taihoku Prisoner of War Camp (Camp Number 6), 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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3361 |
|
 TAIWAN: (Oct 8; dated on the reverse) Japanese Occupation Kinkaseki Prisoner of War Camp (Camp Number 1), envelope with large
'SERVICE DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet in violet unusually at lower-left, Japanese censors in rosine or violet & superb han of Nishikawa in scarlet, also a large chop (han?) in violet across the flap, to Hampshire with British censor label, minor
imperfections. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3362 |
/D |
 TAIWAN: 1945 (May 10) Japanese Occupation 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 illustrated 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$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3363 |
|
 TAIWAN: 1943 (July 8) Japanese Occupation Taichu Prisoner of War Camp (Camp Number 2), 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, and 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 local bridges.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3364 |
PSE |
 TAIWAN: 1943 (Dec 7) Japanese Occupation 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)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3365 |
PSE |
 TAIWAN: Japanese Occupation Shirakawa Prisoner of War Camp (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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3366 |
PSE |
 TAIWAN: 1944 (Jan 10) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Camps 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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
