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1945 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

Ref: DR17694
  • £275.00

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) written by 'C. Pameyer, Private, No 172406' in (Pakan Baroe Camp) addressed to his wife in 'Brastagi, Women's Camp' with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censor) in violet with oval seal of "Asanuma" in carmine and seal of "Iwamoto" in orange with hand-struck instructional 'Transferred to Malaya/ Enemy Civilians Internment Camp, Censored' in violet on face, anointed '18th January 45' in faint pencil on face, the receiving date for this card.
Very fine and scarce item from Pakan Baroe Camp No 1 men's camp to Brastagi Women's Camp.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.