Lot# 5710

The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340   24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong

Lot# 5710
Starting Price: 1,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,000 HK$
Start Price was changed from HK$3,200 to HK$1,000;起拍價由HK$3,200改至HK$1,000
1942 (May 21) POW censored cover from Canada to Hong Kong,

bearing "POSTAGE FREE/ PRISONER OF WAR MAIL/ c/o Japanese Red Cross/ TOKYO." cachet on front, along with small Japanese censor mark. Sealed with censored tape at right in Canada. This the earliest date incoming civilian internee mail recorded by Tett, an important P.O.W. cover. Illustrated in Tett. P.100. An exhibition item.