Ref: DR15557
- £225.00
CHINA/TAIWAN. (Prisoner of War mail). 1943. Stamp-less post card headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to Signalman A.L. May. British Prisoner of War c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo' cancelled Norwood '15th Nov 43' with boxed 'Crown/Passed /PW. 6185' with boxed 'Sazawabutai'' (Sazawa Unit) and oval ''Iwasugi'' censor seal in red endorsed 'No 6' in red crayon (Indicating Signalman May was in Camp 6, Taihoku' and received '21/7/44' in m/s on reverse. Nice item.
Signalman May was one of 500 POW'S transported from Singapore 27th Oct 42 on "Dai Niche Mara" arrived in Takao Port, Taiwan in Feb 43 and incarcerated in Takao Camp.
