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PRISONER OF WAR MAIL
Prisoner of War mail is concerned with combatants who have been captured by an enemy power immediately after an armed conflict. They are made POW's to isolate them from their own forces that are still in the field.
A large variety of camps were erected, including those for POW, internees, refugees, "slave" laborers, and displaced persons & includes prisoners that were housed in ships. POW and Internee mail is frequently subject to both military and civil postal censorship because it passes through both postal systems.
Prisoner's correspondence was usually handled by the Red Cross.

 

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1946 POW PC GB to Italy. POW CAMP No. 122 - Hatch End, Middlesex Details/Buy
1946 POW PC GB to Italy. POW CAMP No. 122 - Hatch End, Middlesex

1946 POW PC from GB to Italy with circ. POW CAMP No. 122 GREAT BRITAIN h/s. - Oxley Lane Camp, Hatch End, Middlesex. Ref: 309-153.

Price: £10.00
1946 POW post covers French Zone, GERMANY to 'Barake, Regensburg' Details/Buy
1946 POW post covers French Zone, GERMANY to 'Barake, Regensburg'

1946 POW post covers from the French Zone, GERMANY to 'Barake, Regensburg'. [Displaced Persons Camp] NB: One trimmed opening edge. Ref: 305-094.

Price: £9.00
1947 cover GERMANY to 'Holstein' with Regensburg p/m. Internment Camp Details/Buy
1947 cover GERMANY to 'Holstein' with Regensburg p/m. Internment Camp

1947 cover from GERMANY to 'Holstein' with d/r. Regensburg p/m. Internment Camp with s/r. Internierungs und Arbeitslager / Regensburg h/s. to rear. Internment and Labour Camp 1945-48. Roughly opened. Ref: 303-104.

Price: £9.00
1947 POW l/s. GB to USA. 'Lager 54, POW Camp, Droitwich, Worcestershire' Details/Buy
1947 POW l/s. GB to USA. 'Lager 54, POW Camp, Droitwich, Worcestershire'

1947 POW l/s. from GB to USA and redirected with s/r. POW CAMP No. 54 GREAT BRITAIN h/s. From Stampfl Sebastian', Lager 54, POW Camp, Droitwich, Worcestershire'. Also MINERAL POINT WIS receipt p/m. Written in German with pencil note "Interesting letter" to inside. Ref: 306-066.

Price: £20.00
1947 Registered cover + letter UGANDA 'Polish Refugee Settlement, Masindi' Details/Buy
1947 Registered cover + letter UGANDA 'Polish Refugee Settlement, Masindi'

1947 Registered Air Mail cover and letter from UGANDA to 'Lieut. Stotwinski, English Point Camp, Nyali, PB Mombassa'. From 'Anna Stotinski, Polish Refugee Settlement, Masindi' with part d/r. POLISH REFUGEE CAMP / MASINDI 2 p/m. Use between two refugee camps. Ref: 304-034.

Price: £75.00
1947-48 covers + Letters YUGOSLAVIA to Germany. s/r. Red Cross cachets Details/Buy
1947-48 covers + Letters YUGOSLAVIA to Germany. s/r. Red Cross cachets

1947-48 covers [5 No] and letters [2 No.] from YUGOSLAVIA to Germany with s/r. Red Cross cachets. From 'Logor Dunau, Lager Zenica and Drvar'. Faults. Ref: 301-130.

Price: £15.00
1948 cover LIBYA to Germany. 'German PW, MELF 6, Benghazi' Details/Buy
1948 cover LIBYA to Germany. 'German PW, MELF 6, Benghazi'

1948 cover from LIBYA to Germany with weak d/r. BENGHAZI p/m. canc. adhesives with 'MEF' o/p. From 'AW Coy (German PW), MELF 6, Benghazi'. POW: Prisoner of War. POW. Ref: 310-143.

Price: £45.00
1948 POW cover LIBYA to Germany with TRIPOLI p/m. canc. 9d. 'MEF' o/p. Details/Buy
1948 POW cover LIBYA to Germany with TRIPOLI p/m. canc. 9d. 'MEF' o/p.

1948 (April) POW cover from LIBYA to Germany with TRIPOLI p/m. canc. 9d. adhesive with 'MEF' o/p. From '2747 Indep. German PW Working Coy, Tripoli/Libya, MELF I. POW: Prisoner of War. Ref: 305-086.

Price: £35.00
1972 POW cover GERMANY to 'Major Walter Reder, Gaeta, Italy' - Nazi War Criminal Details/Buy
1972 POW cover GERMANY to 'Major Walter Reder, Gaeta, Italy' - Nazi War Criminal

1972 Prisoner of War cover from GERMANY to 'Major Walter Reder, Gaeta, Italy' - Nazi War Criminal with s/r. SALZBURG p/m. Reder was commander of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 36. This unit was given the task of anti-partisan warfare in Northern Italy and was largely responsible for the Marzabotto massacre. In 1948 he was extradited to Italy and tried by Italian military court in Bologna. In October 1951, Reder was sentenced to life imprisonment at Gaeta fortress prison. Ref: 308-060.

Price: £25.00
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