Ref: DR14352
- £95.00
Italy. (New Zealand Prisoner of War Mail). 1942. Italian Prisoner of War card written from 'David Grey Blair-Hook (Lieutenant (26787) Camp 47. P.M. 3200, Italy' addressed to 'The Chief Paymaster, Pretoria, South Africa' bearing 50c brown and 2lira blue tied by bar obliterator dated '18th Dec 1942' with boxed 'Certificato/ Per Censura' and circular 'Unificio Censura Posta/ Estera/ 1' and hand-stamp '44' with '140/1' on face, endorsed 'Via Aerea/ via Sofia-Istanbul' with Egypt 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' cachet on face and oval 'Pretoria/ military pay' hand-stamp in carmine on face '18-2-1943' on face. Superb item.
Prisoner of War Camp No 47 in Modena held mostly Officers from New Zealand.
