Ref: DR15567
- £175.00
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 '27th June 43' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 9516' censor label and boxed 'Taiwan Furyo Shuyosho' (Taiwan POW Camp) in violet and oval ''Murakami'' censor seal in red and endorsed 'No 6' in red crayon (Indicating Signalman May was in Camp 6, Taihoku' and received '11/7//44' in m/s on reverse. Very fine.
Signalman May was one of 500 POW's transported from Singapore on 27th Oct 42 on "Dai Niche Maru" arrived Takao Port in Feb 43 and incarcerated in Takao Camp.
