RARE AUSTRALIAN P.O.W. USAGE OF THE TYPE 2 CARD EX "KUCHING,...

Hammer

£1,300

RARE AUSTRALIAN P.O.W. USAGE OF THE TYPE 2 CARD EX "KUCHING, SARAWAK" CAMP TO SYDNEY; 5 May 1943 usage of the large-margin "IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY" card (slight creasing) from Australian Private "William Kent" to Sydney with Japanese and Australian purple censor marks on the front, and a message between the lines of the printed message side (presumably contrary to Japanese Camp regulations). Very few Sarawak POW items addressed to Australia have survived. This card not recorded by Tett. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL