Ref: DR15551
- £275.00
CHINA/TAIWAN. (Prisoner of War mail). 1944. Prisoner of War 3rd Taiwan card (Rank & Name) dated 22nd Nov 1944' with Pre-Printed boxed 'Prisoner of War Post' addressed to Norwood, London written by Signalman May. P.O.W. Camp of Taiwan' and on reverse pre-printed framed 'Taiwan Furyo Shuyosho' (Taiwan POW Camp) in black and circular ''Kawaida'' censor seal in red and hand-stamped 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' in violet on face. Signalman May was taken Prisoner by the Japanese with the fall of Singapore Feb 15th 1942' and brought to Taiwan with 500 hundred other British POW's on the 'Dai Nichi Maru' at first to 'Taichu Camp No 2' and later to Taihoku Camp No 6' when he wrote this card. Very fine.
