1940s Dehra Dun India POW Prisoner Of War Camp Censored Cover to Berlin Germany

Item Specifics

Country

India

Catalog Number

1940s

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Up for auction is a beautiful censored airmail cover from a Prisoner of War, POW, camp internment camp in Dehra Dun camp, India to Berlin Germany . Beautiful cancels and markings. Not dated . In good condition but note the punch holes . Priced to sell. The Dehra Dun camp held Jewish detainees who were German citizens who had fled Germany before the war. Refered to by the British at "Friendly enemy aliens" they were locked up for the duration of the war. Extremely rare and scarce, about 850 Jewish refugees were imprisoned in British India during the war. Sender was one of the police guards at the camp. Very rare author. Jurgen Weltner

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