Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1255
Symbol: C/D
Cat No: Collection
1942-45 group related to Pte Roly Small comprising undated cover to him at Changi but apparently not posted; 1943 (Nov 9) chirpy message transcribed from a radio broadcast out of Changi with the covering AMF letter advising that the message may be bogus; 1943 (Nov 14) two-page letter incorrectly dated "1942" from a member of Small's unit who states "...[We] went to a camp on the Thai-Burma Railway known as No 1 Camp Shuma Sonkuri ... [he] contracted Malaria & Dysentery which was responsible for his untimely death ... approximately the 20th to 31st July 1943 ..."; post-war Army HQ letter confirming Small "died of illness" & listing his awarded medals; and a piece from a 4½d Medal Wrapper with Melbourne R label handstamped 'Army'; condition variable. A poignant group. The letter was written from Concord Military Hospital (NSW) suggesting the writer had been repatriated on the first voyage of the 'Asama Maru' & 'Gripsholm'.
(7 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1256
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
MOULMEIN: From an uninterned woman at Bandoeng to her husband 1) 1943 3½c Dai Nippon Postal Card/buff to "Blanda/Java A" but redirected to "No 3 Gr/Moulmein/Burma", no Japanese censorship; 2) similar but small card on cream to "Moulmein Burma", boxed censor & unidentified han both in scarlet; 3) another example to "No 2 POW Camp/Thailand" readdressed "No 2 Gr/Oversea" crossed-through then "No 10 Gr", straight-line boxed censor in rosine but no han; and 4) Japanese 3½s Buffalo Postal Card to "Camp Sanatorium/POW Camp Thailand" with censor in violet & superb but unidentified large han in rosine; the first two with messsages in Malay, the others in English. An unusually fine group.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1257
Symbol: PS
MOULMEIN: 1943 (circa) First Type of Japanese POW postal card with '...PRISONIERS DE GUERRE' heading (error for 'PRISONNIERS') and printed 'CAMP War Prisoners Camp/Moulmein BURMA', largely printed "letter", two different Japanese censor cachets & han of Naito all in scarlet, fine & clear 'DAMAGED BY FIRE/IN TRANSIT' cachet in violet, 'NORTH DALTON/24/AU/43/DRIFFIELD YORKSHIRE' arrival cds & redirected locally, overall soiling & reinforced central vertical fold. A rare item: Lindsay Chitty states only six First Type cards are recorded from Burma. From the flying boat that crashed in Ireland en route from Portugal: David Tett records only four items from Burma with the cachet, this being the fourth in his census. The similar card illustrated by him in Volume 3 at p45 is badly damaged. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1258
Symbol: PS
MOULMEIN: 1943 Second Type of Japanese POW postal card with '...PRISONERS DE GUERRE' heading (error for 'PRISONNIERS') and printed 'CAMP War Prisoners Camp/Moulmein BURMA', wholly printed "letter" with two lines at base for personal message, two different Japanese censor cachets & han of Yamada all in scarlet, British censor in rosine, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1259
Symbol: PS
MOULMEIN: 1943 (Jan 27) Japanese POW postal card in black & red inscribed 'SERVICE DES PRISONIERS...' (error for Prisonniers) at the top & 'CAMP War Prisoners Camp/Moulmein BURMA' on both sides, elaborate dated camp censor & han of Naito both in scarlet, to Australia with Melbourne censor, faint pencilled "Received 6.10.43" at left. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1260
Symbol: PS
MOULMEIN: 1943 (Nov 11) Australian Red Cross envelope with red obliterating bar at the base, to "Moulmein Camp Burma" with Melbourne machine & censor, Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' in rosine, forwarded to Tamuang Camp in Thailand with censor in black & fine han of Adachi in scarlet, "4 Feb 1945" endorsed on reverse indicating transit time of 15 months, minor faults. Australian mail to POWs in Burma is rare. [See also Lot 1612] (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1261
Symbol: CPS
MOULMEIN: 1943 (Nov 23) plain postcard to "Sgt Burgoyne/Moulmein Camp/BURMA" with British censor in rosine, faint Japanese censor in scarlet & han of Nonaka in scarlet; and 1944 (May 9) British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card to the promoted Company Sergeant-Major Burgoyne/Moulmein/BURMA" with British censor in rosine, the reverse with Japanese censor in violet & unrecorded han in scarlet. Burgoyne received no mail until after the Japanese surrender, when 11 items for him were "discovered".
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1262
Symbol: CPS/D
Cat No: Collection
REPATRIATION MAIL: 1945 (Aug 31) Indian telegram from Simla advising of "recovery" of Colonel JR Williamson with 'NAINITAL/GTO' cds; two Indian Forces air letters from Rangoon both endorsed "EX POW MAIL" & with Indian-pattern 'FPO/No145' cds of 4.9 or 5.9.1945; official wartime photograph of aircraft carrier HMS 'Searcher' on which Williamson travelled Rangoon-Madras; letter of 25.9.1945 from POWs Relatives Assocn (India) welcoming his return; and small photograph of his daughters with Thai Camp censor in violet & han of Suzuki Yosjihiki in scarlet. Intimate group: the letters open "Dear Mrs Rabbit..."
(6 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Camps in China
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1263
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
KIANGSU PROVINCE (YANGCHOW INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (May 30) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card with Victory Bells machine of Paddington, to "Civil Assembly Centre/Yangchow, Kiangsu" with British censor in rosine, Japan surrendered before it could be delivered. The 1½d card was issued in -.4.1945, but because there were still many 3d cards to be used up, postally used examples are very scarce. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1264
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NORTH CHINA (WEIHSIEN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1942 (Dec 6) cover from Somerset with Weston-Super- Mare Christmas slogan, to an Anglican missionary in "Pekin", no Japanese markings but with redirection label 'CIVIL ASSEMBLY CENTRE/WEIHSIEN, SHANTUNG', slightly trimmed at right on opening. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1265
Symbol: C
SHANGHAI (CHAPEI CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1942 (Aug 16) cover from Northamptonshire to interned missionaries with Japanese censor label across British label & arrival cds of 19.3.4 (= 4.3.1944), Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' in violet on the reverse, pencilled "Chapei", opened-out for display. The camp was on the site of the former Great China University, 11km from Shanghai. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1266
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHANGHAI (CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMPS): circa 1943-44 trio from uninterned civilians to the 'Civilian Assembly Centres' at Pootung or Weihsien (from the British Embassy in Peking), both very fine; and a part-wrapper to an internee at the former American Columbia Country Club.
(3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1267
Symbol: C
SHANGHAI (HAIPHONG CIVILIAN ROAD INTERNMENT CAMP): Undated cover with British censor label but no postal markings, unidentified han in scarlet known to have been used at Haiphong Road, endorsed "X8" indicating delivery (to the internee's wife?) at Yangchow, small opening tear at the base. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1268
Symbol: D
SHANGHAI (HAIPHONG ROAD CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (Mar 10) red/buff 'COMMUNICATIONS' form between internees at Haiphong Road with camp censor in rosine, and at Lunghua. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1269
Symbol: D
SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (Aug 3) usage of Japanese red/cream lettersheet with instructions in English with 'MESSAGE' from wife at Lunghwa & 'REPLY' on the reverse dated "21.9.43" on behalf of her husband at Haiphong Road, both sides with large cachet in rosine (Japanese Consulate-General at Shanghai) in rosine & unidentified han in scarlet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1270
Symbol: CL
SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1945 (Oct 3) registered airmail cover from Alaska with Prexies 10c & 20c x4 tied by dumb cancels to "Shanghia [sic] China", the reverse festooned with cds of 'JUNEAU/ALASKA', five different American Forces datestamps including the most unusual "lemon" 'SFRE APO REG SEC/SAN FRANCISCO CALIF' & indistinct Shanghai arrival cds of 25.11.1945, pencilled "APO 290" in Manila, central vertical fold. The addressee, John Sweet was a British engineer formerly at the Shanghai Waterworks. Lunghwa was 12km SW of Shanghai at the former Kiangsu Middle School. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 280.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1271
Symbol: D
Cat No: Collection
SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 (Feb 10) 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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1272
Symbol: D
SHANGHAI (LUNGHWA CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 (June 6) 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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1273
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHANGHAI (POOTUNG CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (May 12) cover endorsed on flap "Civil Assembly Centre/Pootung/Shanghai" to "Civil Assembly Centre/Yangchow" with 16c olive tied by Shanghai cds, Chinese-language Kiangsu cds on the reverse, pencilled "C Camp" & "X8" (?) in red. There were three camps at Yangchow, designated A B & C. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1274
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHANGHAI (POOTUNG CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP): 1944 cover from an uninterned civilian in Shanghai to her husband at "Civil Assembly Centre/Pootung" with $1.50 on 3c pair tied by Shanghai cds with indistinct date, 'CENSORED' cachet in red & Shanghai postman's chop in black. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1275
Symbol: C
SHANGHAI CAMP: 1942 (May 29) American cover without POW endorsement so paid with 3c 'Prexie' tied by Grand Rapids (Minnesota) machine, to an American soldier "formerly at Wake Island/Interned at Shanghai China" per the Red Cross at Geneva where endorsed "SHANGHAI/China", Japanese censor & han of Endo both in rosine. On 23.12.1941, the Japanese captured the US submarine base on Wake Island. 1187 troops were taken to Shanghai as POWs. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1276
Symbol: C/D
SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) 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 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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1277
Symbol: PS
SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Aug 7) 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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1278
Symbol: PS
SHANGHAI CAMP: 1944 (Dec 12) British 3d Airmail Postal Card to "Shanghai Barrack/No 2 Section 7 [may be 'H' ?]", British & Japanese censors & han of Matsui all in rosine, minor imperfections. Arrived in China before Lance-Corporal Cavill was moved to Korea, in May 1945. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Camps in Hong Kong
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1279
Symbol: C
ARGYLE STREET OFFICERS CAMP (CAMP N): circa 1943 simple Japanese POW envelope to London with British censor label lifted to reveal superb han in scarlet, the reverse with rubber 'HOME POSTAL CENTRE/ R.E. /8JAN1944/A.P.O.' cds in violet and 5-line 'The original address on this letter/was incorrect or incomplete/.../War Office AG17c' cachet in rosine, redirected locally with London machine of 13JAN/1944, and again to "Bovington Camp" with 'WAREHAM/17JA/44/DORSET' arrival cds which obscures pencilled "Full unit/details not provided". (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1280
Symbol: PS
ARGYLE STREET OFFICERS CAMP (CAMP N): 1943 (Oct 23) Japanese 2s Warrior on Horseback Postal Card from an internee at Stanley British Internment Camp to her husband at "Camp N", unusually with Japanese cds of 4.11.1943, two censors & han of Maejima or Hasegawa both in scarlet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1281
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1282
Symbol: C/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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1283
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$5,000
Opening AU$ 4,200.00
Sold...AU$ 4,200.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 4200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1284
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1285
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1286
Symbol: C/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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1287
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1288
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1289
Symbol: CL/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)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1290
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1291
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1292
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1293
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 4,200.00
Sold...AU$ 4,200.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 4200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1294
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1295
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1296
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1297
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1298
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1299
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1300
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1301
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1302
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1303
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-27-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1304
Symbol: PS
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)
