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lot # 1960 - China Empire and Republic japanese occupation of china

Friday Mar 17, 2023 10:00 Europe/Amsterdam

1944-1945 collection of Japanese POW correspondance (40 letters) including numerous censor seals and stamps. Contents mainly in English and written on rice/ordinary paper. The letters originate from the following camps/'civil assembly centers': Hoten (3), Shanghai (7), Shanghai Civil Assembly Centers (7), Lunghwa (1), Chapei (2), Pootung (2), Haiphong (5), Tachibana (1), Taiwan (8) Correspondance includes letters from POWs (including censored letter from the famous general Jonathan Wainwright who was held prisoner in Taiwan), Red Cross letters, family members etc. Topics largly relate to (relief) goods, shortage of food/goods, forwarded messages etc. Included the biography of general Wainwright: Hero of Bataan by Duane Schultz.  Neatly described and of historic significance!


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