Ref: DR15564
- £275.00
CHINA/TAIWAN. (Prisoner of War mail). 1943. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to Signalman A.L. May. British Prisoner of War, Taiwan Camp' cancelled Norwood '8th July 43' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 3846'' censor label with boxed 'Sazawabutai'' (Sazawa Unit) and oval ''Iwasugi'' censor seal in red and endorsed 'No 6' in red crayon (Indicating Signalman May was in Camp 6, Taihoku' and received '28/5/44' in m/s/on reverse. Nice item.
Signalman May was one of 500 POW's transported on 27 Oct 42 from Singapore on "Dai Niche Mara" arrived in Takao Port, Taiwan and incarcerated in Takao Camp.
