Ref: DR17813
- £125.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Pematang Siantat Internment Camp dated '17th July 1940' with oval 'Militair Detachement/ Interneeringskamp/ P. Siantar' in violet (signed by the Commander) and cancelled Pematang Sianta '19/7', addressed to an internee at Raja Protection Camp for women, routed via Medan with ' Militaire Censuur/ Medan' hand-stamp in violet and charged '3' in carmine applied at the Raja Protection Camp.
The Pematang Siantat internment camp housed 171 internees (men) from Aceh and Sumatra's East coast. The camp closed on 3rd October 1940.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.
