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| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #710 JAPAN Fukuoka POW Camp in Japan 1914 (3 Aug) 5pf German stationery card sent to a soldier in Tsingtao, routed "via Siberia", with Shanghai Deutsche Post (26.10.14) transit, addressee already captured by the Japanese, with framed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" and "Fukuoka" POW forwarding hs, red Tsingtao and Fukuoka censor chops, fine and rare item  | $850.00 Bidding Closed | |
| Lot #711 JAPAN Fukuoka POW Camp in Japan 1914 (1 Oct) picture postcard from Augusburg, with 5pf Bavarian franking on picture side, addressed to a soldier in Tsingtao, who was already captured by the Japanese, with framed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" and "Fukuoka" POW forwarding hs, red Tsingtao and Fukuoka censor chops, fine and rare item | $240.00 Bidding Closed | |
| Lot #712 JAPAN Fukuoka POW Camp in Japan 1915-18 collection of 126+ covers or cards from Fukuoka POW Camp in Japan, some incoming mail, different destinations and excellent showing of censor marks, mostly well described on pages, plus others purchased individually at auction, many still with the original descriptions, Camp stationery lettersheets (rare), cards, receipt for mail and parcels, cover addressed to German Minister of the Navy (Admiral von Capelle), preprinted greetings cards, Money orders, parts of parcel wrappers, etc. An incredible holding, with many unique items, ex-Rungas, etc. (Fukuoka POW Camp was situated at the north of Kyushu and opened on the 11th November 1914. There were two subcamps, one for 25 senior officers, including the former Governor of Tsingtao, plus 40 orderlies, the other for enlisted men. The camp used Japanese seals in various colors on incoming and outgoing mail) | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
