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1945 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

Ref: DR17714
  • £195.00

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Java). 1945. Prisoner of War postal stationery card with pre-printed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho' (Java Prisoner of War Camp) in brackets, 'Furyo Shuyosho' (Prisoner of War Post) with boxed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho, Ket'etsuzumi' (Java Prisoner of War Camp, Censored) in red written from 'PH. G.W. Pootjes-Prins, No 5390, Belanda (Dutch), Djawa C.P. (Semarang) dated 'Maret (March) 2605' addressed to 'Toean (Mr) J.R. Pootjes, No 745, Belanda (Dutch), Benteng, Ngawi' with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored) with rectangular seal of "Tanaka' in orange, anointed 'Ontv 11/7/45' in pencil, endorsed '111/ 30061' and large circular seal of "Ueda" with small seal of "Ueda" (diameter 5mm) adjacent and endorsed 'X-3' location in camp.
Card written in Malay. Very fine item into Ngawi Internment Camp.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.