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1942 | Malaya

Ref: DR18592
  • £225.00

Malaya - Australia - Japan. (Prisoner of War - Red Cross Mail). 1942. Australian Red Cross envelope (3 bars, fourth variety) headed 'Prisoners of War Post./ Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' , written from Earlswood, Sydney dated '1/12/42', addressed to 'NX 4337 Pte B. Taylor, C Company, 2/ 30th Battalion, A.I.F. Australian Prisoner of War, Malaya, c/o Japanese Red Cross Society/ Tokyo, Japan' with '3 Opened by Censor' label on reverse tied by framed '3/ Passed By Censor/ 301' in violet on face, hand-stamped Japanese character "Kobe" in blue, endorsed 'OSK' for Osakas Camp and anointed 'Received 28/6/44' (Kobe) in pencil on reverse.