- £275.00
Australia. (Red Cross - Libya POW Camp). 1942. Air Mail Red Cross envelope written from Adelaide, S.A. headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' from the 'Australian Red Cross' addressed to 'S.X. 7267, Private G.R. Rooney, Australian Prisoner of War in GARARESCO/ Feldpost 12545/ c/o Agence Centrale des Prisonniers de Guerre, Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Palais de Conseil General, Geneve, Switzerland' bearing Australia SG 192, 1s grey-green tied by Melbourne roller '1st May 1942' with '3/ Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed '3/ Passed by Censor/ 301' in violet on reverse and face and imprinted 'Par/ Avion/ Aust. - U.S.A. - Portugal.'
Very attractive item, sent by sea to San Francisco and on by air via Lisbon.
Scarce item to an Australian P.O.W. in Feldpost 12545, a transit camp in Gargaresc near Derna, Libya.
The Camp was notorious for the ill treatment of the internees.
