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Prisoner of War and Censored Mail

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925 1915 (23 Feb.) A prisoner cover from Japan to Wuchow, China. With hand stamped ‘Sec Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ in red straight, tied by Japanese ‘Kumamoto/Censor/Prisoner Camp’ in violet double ring oval chop. Alongside, with ‘KUMAMOTO’ cds, on reverse with bilingual ‘SHANGHAI/28.2.15’ transit and ‘WUCHOW/9.3.15’ arrival cds, a few dirt marks at the edges. Photo HK$ 2,500 - 3,000

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926 1916 A picture postcard from Saigon to Italy, on front bearing Indo-Chine Native Girl 10c, tied by ‘SAIGON’ cds, date not clear, on reverse with ‘ALEXANDRIA’ transit, ‘AOHNA’ arrival cds and ‘ware/Postal Censor/Openice’ censor chop in violet oval. Photo HK$ 400 - 500

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927 1916 (25 May) A stampless printed ‘Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ Osaka camp envelope to Germany, tied by ‘OSAKA’ cds, with several Japanese censorship chop on front and ‘Opened By Censor 4089’ censor label. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000 928 1917 (12 Apr.) A censor cover from Peking to Stockholm, Sweden, via Siberia. Bearing 1st Peking print Junk 10c strip of 3, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, with Russian censor seal label, tied by Russian censor frame chop in violet x 2, triangle ‘6/6’ violet censor chop. ‘STOCKHOLM/29.6.17’ arrival cds. a few tears at the top and the bottom. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200

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