Public auction #38

1943. Censored envelope (roughly opened at two sides, creased) headed 'Prisoner of War Post' addressed to 'Sergeant J. Howard, H.Q. 53rd Infantry Brigade, c/o A.P.O. No 1635, Singapore, British Prisoner of War, c/o The Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo' cancelled by London date stamp '25 June 1943' with 'Opened by Examiner 3909' label, with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' censor and boxed censor of 'Adachi' (applied in Thailand) and endorsed 'B' 'OVL/T' '29/10 42' indicating Sergeant Howard had been transferred from Changi to the Burma-Thai railway on 29th October with T Company under Lieutenant Col. Dean. The envelope is endorsed 1st Sept 44 on reverse the arrival in Thailand.