- £295.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Sumatra). 1945. Prisoner of War postal stationery card (second type) headed 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) with pre-printed 'Marai Furyo Shuyosho (Malaya Prisoner of War Post) and 'Ken' etsuzumi' (censored) and endorsed 'Malay Furoshu Yosho No 2' written by W.C.G. Willemsen N.C.O.' addressed to his wife 'Mrs E.M. Willemsen, European-Indo No 2/ 26604, Jawa C.Q. Woman's Camp' with boxed seal of "Takahashi" in orange on arrival 'C.Q.' (Bandoeng) and forwarded to Djakarta, Batavia (C.R.) with framed 'Jawa Yoku 1/ 15834' in violet, boxed rectangular 'Ket' etsuzumi' in carmine with circular censor of "Moroto" also in carmine.
Lovely item from Camp 2, Palembang area to Bandoeng and forwarded to Djakarta with previously unrecorded seal of "Moroto" not known in David Tett volume 2.
Ex Paul Bulterman's, Prisoner of War collection.
