POW
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1941 POW l/s. from the Middle East to Italy with boxed P/W MIDDLE EAST 075 h/s. From 'POW Camp 326' [Naples?] Ref: 315-087.
1941 (June) POW PC [Special card for 'Addis Ababa'] from ERITREA to Italy with d/r. EA APO 60 p/m. and boxed PW MIDDLE / EAST 178 h/s. Also rectangular ‘Passed by Sub-Base Censor/Deur Onder Hoofcensor Goedgekeur / E.A. No. 07’ h/s. that was used in Addis Ababa, Concentration Camp. PALERMO receipt p/m. 10th. Sept. [EA APO 60 opened in Addis Ababa on 13 May 1941 to 26 Feb. 1942] Italian soldier taken POW during the Eritrea-Ethiopian campaign. [Imprint: DAP -Addis Ababa 368 - 5000] Worn. Ref: 317-087.
1941 POW PC from INDIA to Italy and censored. From No. 8 P.W. Camp - Bangalore. Ref: 314-064.
1941 (Jan) POW PC [Notification of Capture] from PALESTINE to Red Cross, Switzerland and censored. From 'Gino Canella, Artigliere. IV Div. 10 Batteria 20 Reg.' in Italian POW Camp N7. [Italian Artillery captured in North Africa] Ref: 316-130.
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1941 (9th. Feb) POW PC [Notification of Capture] from EGYPT to Italy via Red Cross, Switzerland and censored. From 'Delli Noci, Mario' in Italian POW Camp. Unit: Marmarica'. [The 62nd Infantry Division "Marmarica" was an Infantry Division of the Italian Army during WW2. Destroyed 5 Jan. 1941 in Bardia.] Folded. Ref: 317-117.
1941 uprated ps PC from MACEDONIA to Germany, 'Stalag XII-F' with d/r. BITOLIA p/m. and censored. [Stalag XII-F was located near Forbach in the French department of Moselle , Lorraine] Ref: 301-028.
1941-42 POW l/s's from South AFRICA to Italy and censored with Different 'GPS' Imprint Nos. From Camp 6 Blok 2 and Camp 2 Blocco 1. Ref: 317-118.
![1941-45 'POW 9' l/s's [5 No.] South AFRICA to Italy with different imprint Nos.](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmpE5O0sM.jpg)
1941-45 'POW 9' l/s's [5 No.] from South AFRICA to Italy with different imprint Nos. Ref: 312-099.
1941-45 cover from AUSTRALIA No. 2 Camp Tatura to 'Jewish Welfare Society' with 3 Opened by Censor label tied by diamond 3 PASSED BY CENSOR 143 h/s. From 'Georg Moses'. Ref: 301-147.
1942 'EXPRES' cover from BELGIUM to 'lager 8, Leipzig, Germany' with s/r. ANTWERP p/m. and tied Geoffnet censor label. Also d/r. LEIPZIG receipt p/m. [Stalag IV-G was a POW Camp for NCOs and enlisted men, not in the usual sense, but a series of "Work Camps" throughout Saxony, administered from Oschatz, situated between Leipzig and Dresden.] Ref: 304-147.
1942 (Aug) PPC from ALGERIA to GB with weak s/r. LAGHOUAT / ALGER p/m. over 1st Regiment De Spahis / Groupe D'Escadrons h/s. Also octagonal PASSED PW 2616 h/s. From 'Sto. I/c CG Wood, Camp des Internes Britanniques' - British sailor. Probably served on HMS MANCHESTER or HAVOCK. The Vichy French ran LAGHOUAT POW Camp in the Saharah Desert. It was notorious for poor conditions, the men were given very little food or water. This is not borne out by the message. North AFRICA. Creased. Ref: 316-073.
1942 (Feb) PC from East AFRICA to Italy with d/r. POW / EAC p/m. and boxed P/W EAST AFRICA 040 h/s. Special cards printed for Addis Ababa POW ERITREA, but without Imprint. [Ref: Giorgio Migliavacca. 1980] From 'Camp 359, East Africa Command'. [Burguret] Ref: 317-088.
1942 (June) Red Cross Message Form and reply from ITALY to ERITREA with Red Cross cachets and s/r. PASSED BY 14 CENSOR / PASSATO PER CENSURA h/s. Folded. Ref: 317-078.
1942 (March) PC from East AFRICA to Italy with d/r. POW / EAC p/m. and boxed P/W EAST AFRICA 002 h/s. Special cards printed for Addis Ababa POW ERITREA, but without Imprint. [Ref: Giorgio Migliavacca. 1980] From 'Camp 359, East Africa Command'. [Burguret] Ref: 315-120.
1942 (March) PC from KENYA to Italy with d/r. POW / EAC p/m. and weak boxed P/W EAST AFRICA 008 h/s. Special cards printed for Addis Ababa POW ERITREA, but without Imprint. [Ref: Giorgio Migliavacca. 1980] From 'Camp 365, East Africa Command'. [Londiani] Ref: 317-089.
![1942 (Sept) l/s. [POW 9] South AFRICA to Italy. Camp 31, Block 8. censored](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmp7Irimo.jpg)
1942 (Sept) l/s. [POW 9] from South AFRICA to Italy and censored. From: Camp 31, Block 8. Imprint: GP-S.3597-1942-3-720,000. S. Ref: 317-082.
1942 cover from ALGERIA to GB with s/r. LAGHOUAT / ALGER p/m. and d/r. D'INTERNMENT DES / MILITAIRES BRITANIQUE h/s. and PC 90 OBE 7759 label. From 'Leading Steward A Walker, Camp des Internes Britanniques' - British sailor. The Vichy French ran LAGHOUAT POW Camp in the Saharah Desert. It was notorious for poor conditions, the men were given very little food or water. Ref: 309-154.
1942 cover from ALGERIA to GB with s/r. LAGHOUAT / ALGER p/m. and circ. Camp cachet h/s. Also PC 90 OBE 3001 label. From 'Sgt. Marshall Hardy, Camp des Internes Britanniques' - British Airman. [Aircrew from 202 Squadron: Shot down by two Vichy French Curtiss fighters 40 miles off Casablanca. Survived for 5 hours and picked up by submarine. POW from Sept. 1940 to Nov. 1942] The Vichy French ran LAGHOUAT POW Camp in the Saharah Desert. It was notorious for poor conditions, the men were given very little food or water. Faults. Ref: 313-085.
1942 (May) Air Mail cover from GERMANY to POW at 'Camp Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia' with 3 tied censor labels: German, British and Australian. Also 'Taxe percue 40 Rpf' in mss. The 65-room Dhurringile mansion: for 50 German Officers and their batmen including Captain Detmers of HSK Kormoran. [Scuttled following battle, 19 Nov. 1941] Camp located: in the Tatura District of Victoria. Edge nick. Ref: 304-099.
1942 cover from South AFRICA to 'SWA' with oval INTERNMENT CAMP /ANDALUSIA h/s. and bi-lingual PASSED BY CENSOR h/s. From 'Internment Lager Andalusia, 1271/40, c/o Censors Office Bloemfontein'. Ref: 314-109.
