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WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Great Bri
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| 541 |
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 1916 cover
(with letter) pre-printed "Prisoner of War" and No Stamp Required, handstamped "Post Free/P.C./Prisoner of War", sent by a German POW in Isle of Man to the Philippines, with Manila transit and Zamboanga arrival pmk (Image)
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SOLD for $100.00
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| 542 |
E |
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 1915 Prisoner
of War free frank cover addressed to Copenhagen, with "Post Free P.C." in red, sent from a POW at "H.M.T. Ascania" off Isle of Wight, with Copenhagen arrival pmk, fine
(Image)
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SOLD for $140.00
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| 543 |
E |
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 1917 (8 Dec)
Prisoner of War card showing return address in Wahn (Rhineland), addressed to England, with framed censor cachet, also a letter from Geo Burns, dated 25 Jan 1919 "this p.c. is what are called Fake card because it is false address to cause people at
home anxiety and we are made to fill them in". Also included is a 1917 cover showing two different censor labels (one "returned to sender by the censor"), also "Passed Censor" handstamp, filing fold away from the stamp (Image)
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WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail India - G
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Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 544 |
E |
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 1916-19 single
correspondence from Ahmednagar Camp in India, 16 covers with pre-printed "Prisoner of War No Stamp Required", sent by a POW Heinrich Hoffmann to Germany, different departure dates, "Passed Censor Bombay" and other censor markings, fine (Image) (image 544a)
(image 544b)
 
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WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - G
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Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 545 |
E |
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 1915 two
picture postcards endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de guerre", sent from POW Camp in Osaka to Tsingtao, China, each with oval bilingual "Osaka" and directional chops, with departure pmks, fine (Image) (image 545a)
(image 545b)
 
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SOLD for $180.00
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| 546 |
E |
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 1915 two
picture postcards, one endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de guerre", the other with red handstamp, sent from POW Camp in Osaka to Tsingtao, China and to Germany, one with oval bilingual "Osaka" and directional chops, the other with pre-printed blue
Osaka and departure pmk, fine (Image) (image 546a)
(image 546b)
 
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| 547 |
E |
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 1916 (21 Aug)
Fieldpost cover from Kaiserslautern to a Prisoner of War in Fukuoka Camp, large red cachet, forwarded to Nagoya, with 5 Oct. 1919 arrival pmk on back, considerable cover wear and creases, German censor handstamp, rare (Image) (image 547a)
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| 548 |
E |
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 1916 (27 Sep)
large cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", bearing large "G" cachet in black, also red chops alongside, addressed to Shanghai, with Kurume Camp return address on back, cover roughly opened at right, rare (Image)
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| 549 |
E |
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 1916 (14 Oct)
cover handstamped "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", registered, with Shanghai I.J.P.O. departure pmk, repeated at bottom, sent to Osaka, with large round seal and directional, censor markings, all in red, additional arrival pmk on back, filing
fold, otherwise a fine and scarce example of incoming mail to a POW camp in Osaka (Image)
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SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 550 |
E |
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 1916 (27 Jan)
cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with bilingual "Osaka" label in red (perforated on all sides), with different departure and directional seals, censor chops, addressed to Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., fine and rare (Image)
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SOLD for $1,100.00
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| 551 |
E |
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 1916 Narashino
Camp, three picture postcards, each endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", single correspondence to Germany, various censor chops, fine (Image) (image 551a)
(image 551b)
 
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| 552 |
E |
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 1916 two
covers with "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamps, sent from Nagoya camp to Tokyo and Yokohama, with violet cachets and arrival pmks (Image) (image 552a)
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| 553 |
E |
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 1916-18
selection of 30 covers or cards from and to Kurume camp, with incoming mail from Switzerland, one from United States, destinations include Tokyo, Shanghai, Chicago, various German cities, variety of cachets (letters B, C, G, Z), Easter greetings
cards, Art Exhibition card "Austellung 1918 Kurume Japan", etc., occasional faults noted, mostly fine or better. A scarce group of covers, cards and wrappers to and from German POWs in Kurume (Japan participated in World War I as one of the Allied
Powers, but its effective involvement was largely limited to the campaign against forces defending Germany's concession at Qingdao (Tsingtao) in China. The 1914 campaign ended with the Germans' surrender after a month and a half, at which point
Japan found itself with 4,700 prisoners of war. They were dispersed to camps in 16 locations around Japan where they would be held for more than five years) (Image) (image 553a)
(image 553b)
(image 553c)
 
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| 554 |
E |
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 1917 (28 Feb)
Shidzuoka, pre-printed package receipt card addressed to Tientsin, China, with departure pmk, red censor chops, fine (Image)
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| 555 |
E |
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 1917 (14 June)
Shidzuoka, pre-printed package receipt card addressed to Tientsin, China, with departure pmk, red censor chops, also violet seal, fine (Image)
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| 556 |
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 1917
Shidzuoka, three pre-printed package receipt cards addressed to Tientsin, China, also two additional postcards, one hand-painted and addressed to Tsingtau, another with pre-printed Christmas Greetings, addressed to Naroshima, each card with censor
chops and departure pmks, fine and scarce group (Image) (image 556a)
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| 557 |
E |
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 1917
Narashino, pre-printed card and cover to Germany, each with red oval seal, "Censored" handstamps and various other markings, rare (Image) (image 557a)
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| 558 |
E |
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 1917-19
Narashino, two picture postcards and one cover, each endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", sent to Germany or Japan, red oval seals, censor markings, fine
(Image) (image 558a)
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CLOSED
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| 559 |
E |
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 1918 two
illustrated picture postcards to Germany, each with bilingual "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp in red, also cacheted "Deutsche Ausstellung Bando 1918", German censor markings, fine (Image) (image 559a)
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CLOSED
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| 560 |
E |
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 1918 Bando,
pre-printed "Bando bei Tokushima Japan" "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" postal card, with red directional and censor chop, corresponding bilingual cachet at bottom, addressed to Yokohama, fine (Image)
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SOLD for $100.00
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