U.S.A. "CIVILIAN INTERNEE MAIL" COVER TO "BORNEO" KUCHING CA...

Hammer

£320

U.S.A. "CIVILIAN INTERNEE MAIL" COVER TO "BORNEO" KUCHING CAMP BUT RETURNED; Stampless 14 Oct. 1943 "Civilian Internee Mail" env. (minor faults) from Los Angeles (machine) to "American Internee, Interned in Japan in Borneo, formerly of Manila, Red Cross, Tokyo, Japan" but returned for some censorship infringement with a small green printed "RETURNED/TO SENDER/BY CENSOR" label on the front tied by the US censor mark. Very rare attempt to communicate with a civilian in Kuching Camp. [Illustrated in Watterson, 1994, p.257.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA