1942-45 WWII Japanese Forces mail mostly Samurai on Horseback Postal Cards 2s red or 3s brown some uprated, a couple of Helmet & Dove Cards and Four Characters Card with Infantry & Tank on Bridge illustration, also a few picture postcards with Pictorials 5s violet solo frankings and one unfranked but with Four Characters handstamp, official mail, etc, a wide variety of censor markings, condition a little variable but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 869
Symbol: C
1942 (June 23) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku plain postcard to Tokyo endorsed "Last heard of/in Java", from London with British censor in rosine, Japanese cachet in blue & han in scarlet on the reverse (neither recorded by David Tett), pencilled "Zentsugi No 3" & "Rec'd 5.5.44", minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 870
Symbol: C
1942 (Aug 15) Osaka (Oeyama) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu cover from Devon with British censor label, to "HMS Thracian/ .../Tokyo" but redirected to "OSAKA" over Kanji for Oeyama. censor in violet & han of Hazama Gen in scarlet, pencilled "17.9.44" receival on reverse, minor blemishes. [The 'Thracian' was scuttled at Hong Kong but repaired by the Japanese & converted to a training ship. The POW Research Network Japan states the Oeyama POWs were used in an oil refinery or in a nickel mine at Kaya-cho] (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 130.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 871
Symbol: C
1943 (Mar 26) Osaka (Tsumori) Civilian Internment Camp, Honshu American cover with superb San Francisco machine with 'GIVE/ + /RED CROSS/WAR FUND' slogan, to a US soldier at "Shanghai, Japan" [sic] but endorsed "OSAKA" and "Tsumori", minor blemishes. Tsumori or Camp 14D was a civilian internment camp that held some POWs. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 872
Symbol: C
1943 (Sep 14) Fukuoka (Number 11) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu plain postcard from Essex to "Java Camp" with British censor, in Japan redirected to "FUK" Branch Camp "(11)" with Fukuoka censor in violet & unidentified han in scarlet, pencilled "Received 23.1.45" on reverse, bumped corners. The Japanese POW Research Network lists Fukuoka branch camps up to '27', but no '11', which presumably was absorbed into another camp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 873
Symbol: C/D
1943 (Oct 12) Shinagawa Hospital Camp stampless cover from Sussex with British censor label, Japanese censor cachet in red on both sides & on the enclosed letter which is roughly torn at the base (by the censor?) but unusually with no han, endorsed "HQ" in blue pencil. Driver Fred Boughey was captured in Hong Kong & spent time at Kowloon & Shinagawa Camps before transfer to Omori Camp where he was liberated. He was repatriated on HMS 'Speaker' in -.9.1945.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 874
Symbol: C/D
1944 (Mar 20) Kobe (Futatabi) Civilian Internment Camp, Honshu USA cover 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.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 875
Symbol: PS
1944 (July) Fukuoka (Mizumaki Number 6B) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu simple Japanese POW postal card from an American civilian with light camp censor in violet, very fine han of Kitano in scarlet, on the reverse superb han of Sakamoto, minor defects. Prisoners were used by Takamatsu Coal Mining Co, where conditions were so bad that 74 POWs died. Two senior Japanese officers & one guard were later executed for war crimes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 876
Symbol: PS
1944 (Aug 29) Fukuoka (Yawata Number 3) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from Devon to "3rd Branch Camp Fukuoka" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Nakamura in scarlet, endorsed "3" for the Branch Camp, minor imperfections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 877
Symbol: PS
1944 Fukuoka (Miyata Number 9) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from Northamptonshire to "15th Camp Fukuoka" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Nakamura in scarlet, endorsed "9" for the Branch Camp with han of Motohashi in scarlet, received "25.2.45" in pencil on reverse, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 878
Symbol: PS
1945 (Mar 31) Hakodate Prisoner of War Camp, Hokkaido 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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 879
Symbol: PS
1945 (May 6) Hakodate Prisoner of War Camp, Hokkaido British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "Hakodate I" with British censor in rosine but no Japanese markings, bumped corners & minor spots. Apparently delivered, probably after Japan surrendered. The POW's sister states "Hope you have heard the news" but doesn't say what it is (presumably the imminent surrender of Germany, on 8.5.1945). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 880
Symbol: PS
1945 (July 6) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to Zentsuji with 'HOLLOWAY' machine, not forwarded to Japan & returned with 'RAF POSTAL SERVICE' label tied by 'RAF POST ROOM/No 106 PRC/COSFORD' cachet, minor blemishes. Lindsay Chitty states this is the only such item to Japan with a RAF redirection label. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 881
Symbol: PS
1945 (Aug 24) Fukuoka (Number 19) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 1½d red-brown POW Forces Letter to "Fukuoka Camp 19", posted at Eastbourne after Japan surrendered so no British censor but no return markings so apparently received by the POW just before he was repatriated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 882
Symbol: PS
1945 (Aug 25) Osaka (Amagasaki) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu British 1½d red-brown Forces Letter (aerogramme) to "Amagasaki Sub-Camp/Osaka" with full letter, pencilled "30.9.45" receival on the face. Posted after Japan surrendered so it's surprising that it was delivered to Japan. David Tett mentions Amagasaki only twice, with no details: it must have been a very small camp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 883
Symbol: PS
1945 (Sep 2; the date of the formal Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay) Tokyo (Omori) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu British 'blue triangle' aerogramme with letter headed "HMS Speaker/Sept 2nd 1945", to Yorkshire, the only postal marking being British 'POST/OFFICE - MARITIME/MAIL' machine in red, a few folds. The writer, formerly held at Omori, states: "... I have survived to see this day of World Peace ... I was released by American soldiers on 29th August, the first camp relieved in Japan ... there are hundreds of my friends with their health ruined and many more dead ... I can never think of the Japanese race again without hating the very sound of their name ... life in Japan has qualified me to be a first class thief ..." David Tett in Volume 6 at page 334 lists the ships that repatriated POWs from Japan & elsewhere. He states the 'Speaker' departed from Manila 4.10.1945, arriving Brisbane 17.10.1945. This letter indicates that at least some POWs were on the ship from Tokyo. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 884
Symbol: PS
RYUKYU ISLANDS ETC: 1942-45 WWII Japanese Forces in the Ryukyus Postal Card Samurai on Horseback 2s red with Pictorials Woman 1s brown added tied by cds cancel used on Okinawa from soldier with the 27th Field Water Supply & Purification unit of the 32nd Army, and Postal Card Four Characters with Pictorials Hydro-Electric Plant 3s green affixed over the Four Characters indicium tied by machine cancel used in the Ryukyus from a soldier with the 32nd Army's Daitojima Detachment both with censor chops, also Bonin Islands three Samurai on Horseback Postal Cards 2s red used from the 7th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Unit of the 109th Infantry Division each with Pictorials Woman 1s brown added tied by Akaho-Cho or Nakazana cds cancels all to Japan, plus Kuril Islands Four Characters Postal Cards x4 each with illustrations on the reverse, Helmet & Dove Postal Card and formular postcard with Four Character handstamp all to Japan with censor chops, and Samurai on Horseback Postal Card 2s red post-war usage with Pictorials Mount Fuji 20s blue affixed over the value indicium tied by Etorofu cds cancel and 'RELEASED BY/CENSORSHIP' large diamond cachet in violet alongside, a few bumped corners & minor blemishes.
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