Description: Up for auction is a beautiful censored cover sent from Australia to Australian Prisoner of war camp 23 in Italian oriental Africa Named officer Hugh Jones . Postmarked January 3, 1941. Beautiful cancels and markings. In excellent condition. Priced to sell. Nice postal history cover. Censored by Italian officials. Sent via London. Australians captured in North Africa became prisoners of the Italians. The first man had been captured in December 1940, a thousand more in 1941. They would wait more than four years for liberation. Others went “into the bag”, as they then said, in 1942. They were sent to Italy, risking attack by Allied ships and aircraft while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Italian camps varied greatly. Some were inefficient and badly run; others were easier. In September 1943 Italy surrendered. Some prisoners were able to escape to Allied lines in the confusion. Those unable to get away were rounded up and sent to Germany: prisoners for a further eighteen months.
Price: 175 USD
Location: Lake Worth, Florida
End Time: 2024-12-03T04:16:54.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Quality: Used
Place of Origin: Australia & Oceania
Grade: Ungraded
Certification: Uncertified
