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INGOING MAIL TO RELEASED P.O.W. - RETURNED AS "NOT IN TIME TO CONNECT" + TELEGRAM; 3 Oct. 1945 usage of the GB KGVI 6d Postal Stationery "AIR LETTER" to ex-Internee "J.F. Drake-Brockman" cancelled by London machine but endorsed "High Mon" in pencil (the name of the ship on which the addressee was?) 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". Plus 9 Oct. 1945 telegram to Suffolk from Colombo from ex-POW HDA Yates ref. his being "home soon". Good pair. (2 items)Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, K.G.VI, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII
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