Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 4

Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard franked by 1916 5 pa. ochre (2) and 10 pa. green vertical pair tied by "Ada Pazar" cds's of despatch (Jan 17) and by Stamboul transit cds, to Turkish POW in Camp on Lemnos, "Prisonnier Français No. 141, Mudrod, Ile de Lemnos", with framed Turkish Censor cachet on front and Piraeus transit on reverse. The last British troops evacuated the Gallipoli Peninsular on 8-9 January 1916 but retained Lemnos. Minor aging but very rare.