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British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
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Lot# : 1249 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on fragment of P.o.W. postcard written by C.S.M. Eric G.V.Burgoyne interned in Japanese P.o.W. at 'Moulmein in Burma' with part of Japanese censor mark in red on front. Despite the fact that only a fragment could be preserved, a very rare example of P.o.W. mail from Burma, recovered after Mount Brandon Crash July 28 1943 Nierinck 430728.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1250 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on P.o.W. postcard, 'dove on helmet' type, written by Gunner J.H.P. Hutchins in Japanese P.O.W. Camp to England with Japanese and British censor marks on front. Card slightly burned at bottom right, safed from the Mount Brandon Crash, July 28, 1943, rare P.O.W. Mail Nierinck 430728.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 1251 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on fragment of P.o.W. postcard written by Fred Evans at Japanese P.o.W. 'Changi Camp' in Singapore to his mother in England, forwarded after Mont Branond crash July 28 1943 in an Ambulance envelope to Birmingham. Only known P.o.W. card with corresponding ambulance envelope Nierinck 430728.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1252 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on P.o.W. postcard from Gunner Edwin Hawkins written on Christmas Eve 1942 from Japanese P.o.W. 'Tandjongpriok' near Batavia to England together with second card written by Able Seaman Jack Barrick from the same camp, bearing British censor mark in red on front without crash cachet. Scarce P.O.W. Mail from Batavia, saved after Mount Brandon crash July 28 1943. First cards were allowed in Batavia December 24, 1942 Nierinck 430728.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1253 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK
B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on P.o.W. postcard written by Pte. Arthur Robinson in Japanese P.o.W. Camp in Taiwan to his wife in Burnley, Lancs. England, with "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" cachet in violet and British censor mark in red on front and Japanese censor mark on back. Card as usual with some defectives, nevertheless a rare P.O.W. Mail from Taiwan Nierinck 430728.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 400 CHF
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