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German Post China Postal stationery

Japan

Lot 886

3,000 HKD

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1905 Russo-Japanese War POW cover from Hamadera POW camp to Russia, applied with Japanese “Hamadera Prisoner of War Camp” censor mark

1905 Russo-Japanese War POW cover from Hamadera POW camp to Russia, applied with Japanese “Hamadera Prisoner of War Camp” censor mark in violet, along with Japanese cds. Arrived Russia. Cover opened out for display.1905年日俄戰俘戰俘封，自濱寺俘虜收容所寄俄國，鈐“濱寺俘虜收容所”紫色檢查戳及日本始發日戳。抵俄國。封剖開以作展示。

Lot 887

2,500 HKD

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1908 Russo-Japanese War POW cover from Hamadera POW camp to Russia, applied with Japanese “Hamadera Prisoner of War Camp” censor mark

1908 Russo-Japanese War POW cover from Hamadera POW camp to Russia, applied with Japanese “Hamadera Prisoner of War Camp” censor mark in violet, along with Japanese cds. Arrived Russia (7 May). Cover opened out for display.1908年日俄戰俘戰俘封，自濱寺俘虜收容所寄俄國，鈐“濱寺俘虜收容所”紫色檢查戳及日本始發日戳。5.7抵俄國。封剖開以作展示。

German Post China Postal stationery

China Japanese Occupation

German Post China Postal stationery

Lot 1004

500 HKD

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St. Helena to Germany and China - Boer War POW Postcard Intended for German Naval Forces in Tsingtau 25 July 1900, a 1d red postal

St. Helena to Germany and China - Boer War POW Postcard Intended for German Naval Forces in Tsingtau 25 July 1900, a 1d red postal stationery card of St. Helena, cancelled by a crisp "ST. HELENA /JY 28/00" c.d.s., sent from the Boer War prisoner-of-war camp on the island. The card bears a prominent "CENSOR / PRISONERS OF WAR" cachet and was carried via Southampton, showing a SHIP LETTER / SOUTHAMPTON / 28 AU 00 transit mark. Addressed to Herr David S. Hirsche, on board S.M.S. Gefion, a German naval cruiser, the original delivery address roughly reads "Tsantau in China" (Tsingtau), which was at the time Germany's leased territory and naval stronghold in East Asia. This line was not crossed out, indicating the card was initially intended to reach "Kiel, Germany" and was later added to Berlin, with a final redirection to Tsantau in China. A German arrival mark KIEL / 29.8.00 confirms its arrival in Germany. The handwritten note at the top references the 1st Seebataillon bound for Tientsin, further linking this card to the German intervention in China during the Boxer Rebellion, making it a rare and historically significant example of Boer War POW mail with direct ties to East Asian military operations

China Japanese Occupation

China Province Northeast Provinces

China Japanese Occupation

Lot 2077

2,500 HKD

Live

1942-1943 a pair of WWII POW covers from Hoten POW Camp to Japan and Korea, applied with censor marks in Japanese and English respectively

1942-1943 a pair of WWII POW covers from Hoten POW Camp to Japan and Korea, applied with censor marks in Japanese and English respectively as well as name seal of the censor. Archival records indicate over 2, 000 Allied prisoners were held here.1942至1943年一對二戰戰俘檢查封，自奉天俘虜收容所寄日韓，分別鈐日文、英文檢查章以及檢查員名字章。奉天俘虜收容所曾經關押了二千名盟軍戰俘，亦被認為是日軍戰俘營當中最有代表性的一座。

China Japanese Occupation

China Province Northeast Provinces

Lot 2078

2,500 HKD

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1943-1944 a pair of WWII POW covers from Hoten POW Camp to USA, applied with different types of POW censor mark as well as name seal of the

1943-1944 a pair of WWII POW covers from Hoten POW Camp to USA, applied with different types of POW censor mark as well as name seal of the censor. Archival records indicate over 2, 000 Allied prisoners were held here,1943至1944年一對二戰戰俘檢查封，自奉天俘虜收容所寄美國，鈐不同樣式之檢查章以及檢查員名字章。奉天俘虜收容所曾經關押了二千名盟軍戰俘，亦被認為是日軍戰俘營當中最有代表性的一座。

China Province Northeast Provinces

Lot 2084

2,600 HKD

Live

ca 1946 a pair of censor postcards from Japanese POW in Manchuria, f.w. Japanese issues and SYS Limited For Use in Northeast issues,

ca 1946 a pair of censor postcards from Japanese POW in Manchuria, f.w. Japanese issues and SYS Limited For Use in Northeast issues, appleid with different types of North- east Administration of Japanese POW censor marks. After the victory of WWII, an administration was found to man- age the retention and repatriation of Japanese POW.約1946年一對出自東北日軍戰俘之檢查信片，貼日本票或孫像限東北貼用票，鈐不同樣式之“東北行轅日僑俘管理處”檢查章。抗戰勝利後，國民政府成立東北行轅日僑俘管理處以處理東北地區百萬日本僑民與俘虜之遣返和留用。