WWI 'UNDELIVERABLE' MAIL, WWI/II CENSOR MAIL WITH INFO. SLIP...

Hammer

£170

WWI 'UNDELIVERABLE' MAIL, WWI/II CENSOR MAIL WITH INFO. SLIPS, WWII JAPANESE POW MAIL: Group of 7 cards/covers, most dated Aug/Sep. 1914 ex GB to German addresses and returned with 2-line cachet "UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S." in violet; group of 3 covers incl. 1914 censored env. ex Rome to Somerset with slip stating "Letters are more likely to pass/the Censor expeditiously if they/are short and clearly written". Also a group of 3 Japanese POW cards, 1942-45 incl. 1942 first type Singapore POW card from Changi to Porthcawl, with violet "Malaya" h/s & censor cachet of Okazaki, recd. Jul. 1943; 1944 stampless cover ex Sussex to No. 2 POW Camp, Thailand with Japanese censor mark and Oct. 1945 stampless cover (slight damage) to Sheffield endorsed "R.A.P.W.I." with Colombo Paquebot mark. (Total c.13 cards/covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL