- £95.00
India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1946. Post card endorsed 'Intern Post' dated '16th September 1946' written by the family Antosch, Wien, Austria addressed to 'Josef Antosch, No 55514, Central Internment Camp, Premnagar, Wing 6, P.O. Dehra Dun, British India' cancelled by Wien date stamp (stamp removed by censor), circular 'Osterreichiache Zensururstelle/ 304/ W' on face and framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 3' censor hand-stamp.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taken P.O.W. by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and interned in Alas Vallei Camp, Sumatra before being transferred to various camps in British India. Antosch was later repatriated from Dehra Dun on the 'S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany. His wife and children had been in Salatiga Protection Camp for women and children before being sent on the "S.S. Jumper" via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
