Ref: DR15560
- £350.00
CHINA/TAIWAN. (Prisoner of War mail). 1944. Stamp-less postcard headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to Signalman A.L. May. British Prisoner of War, Taiwan Camp' cancelled Croydon '15th March 44' with framed 'Crown/Padded /P.W. 158' censor cachet in carmine with boxed 'Sazawabutai'' (Sazawa Unit' in violet and circular ''Funaoka'' censor seal in red endorsed 'No 6' in red crayon (Indicating Signalman May was in Camp 6, Taihoku' and received 'Oct7//44' in m/s on face. Only one Funaoka censor seal recorded bt Tett. Very rare.
Signalman May was one of 500 POW's transported on 27 Oct 42 from Singapore on "Dai Niche Mara" arrived in Takau Port, Taiwan in Feb 43 and incarcerated in Takao Camp.
