INGOING MAIL TO RELEASED P.O.W. - PAIR RETURNED AS "NOT IN T...

Estimate

£170 - £240

INGOING MAIL TO RELEASED P.O.W. - PAIR RETURNED AS "NOT IN TIME TO CONNECT"; 7/8 Oct. 1945 pair of usages of the GB KGVI 6d Postal Stationery "AIR LETTER" to ex-Internee/POW Neville M Jones or Gnr R/G/ Killick cancelled by Stockport cds or Southampton machine but the second endorsed "Ranchi" in pencil (the name of the ship on which the addressee was) and both with mainly fine purple boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/..." and "IT IS REGRETTED THIS LETTER COULD/NOT BE FORWARDED IN TIME TO CONNECT/WITH THE SHIP OR AIRCRAFT ON WHICH/ADDRESSEE WAS REPATRIATED" marks. Plus unused 1½d "GB KGVI "FORCES/LETTER" sheet & c.1908 PPC of SS Ranchi. (4 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, K.G.VI, RETURNED MAIL