- £275.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Java). 1945. Prisoner of War (2nd) postal stationery double reply card (Kirim + Balasan attachment) with pre-printed 'Ofuku Yubin Hagaki/ Fukushin' (Postcard with sender, reply/ Inbound) and 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post), dated '5th June 1945', written from 'G. Erb, Blanda (Dutch), No 36521, Java C.Q. (Bandoeng) addressed to 'W. Dan M. Munger, Ex Consulaat Dari Zwitzerland, Djakarta' with framed 'Jawa Yokuryusho Ken' etsuzumi' (Java Internment Camp Censured) hand-struck in carmine and circular seal of "Tachi" with boxed hand-struck instructional 'No Records/ In Java/ P.O.W. & Internment Camp' in violet on face with boxed 'Consulate de Suisse/ Batavia arrival in carmine and dated '14th Aug 1945.'
Very nice item written in Malaya.
David Tett and Spink state "These reply cards are very scarce". One of the few known double reply cards 'Kirim' and 'Balasan' still attached used by the sender but rejected or returned.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War Collection.'
