LABUAN "LIBERATED UK CIVILIAN P.O.W." MAIL - "No.6 AUST BASE...

Hammer

£460

LABUAN "LIBERATED UK CIVILIAN P.O.W." MAIL - "No.6 AUST BASE P.O./D" C.D.S. ON COVER TO G.B., ETC.; 15 Sept. 1945 stampless env. (Australian YMCA imprint) to Hull endorsed "Rev. L.M. Parsons, P.W. Camp, Kuching, Sarawak" but posted when in transit in Labuan, with v. fine rare Labuan "No.6 AUST BASE P.O./D" cds and mainly fine Melbourne "PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE" on the front. Plus c.1944 RNVR OAS env. ex the Pacific to New Zealand with a superb strike of the same Melbourne "FREE" mark. Very early Liberated POW cover. Exhibition Item.Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, LABUAN