JAPANESE OCCUPATION POW MAIL; pair of 1944 Japan 2c PC's eac...

Hammer

£440

JAPANESE OCCUPATION POW MAIL; pair of 1944 Japan 2c PC's each uprated 1c for the 3c rate effective 1 Apr. 1944 to the same addressee in Kowloon and each with framed Blue censor h.s. with the three characters on the left reading 'Ken'etsuzumi (censored) and seven characters on the left 'Furyo Shõyõsho' (Hong Kong Prisoner of War Camp). The cards from a Mr Mezger (Customs Appraiser) and Mr Dormer (Audit Department) and each headed 'Military Internment Camp Hong Kong' or 'Stan-ley Milit-ary Internment Camp'. Scarce (2 cards) Cross Reference: JAPAN, JAPAN USED ABROAD, PRISONS & PRISONERS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL