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1943 Southern Rhodesia Prisoner of War POW Camp Censored Cover To Ethiopia
1943 Southern Rhodesia Prisoner of War POW Camp Censored Cover To Ethiopia

1943 Southern Rhodesia Prisoner of War POW Camp Censored Cover To Ethiopia

$ 147.84

Availability: 17 in stock
  • Quality: Used
  • Type: cover
  • Place of Origin: Rhodesia (until 1965)
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: Ungraded

    Description

    Up for auction is a beautiful censored airmail cover from The Prisoner of war, POW camp 4 Umvuma in SOuthern Rhodesia, identified as an evacuated civilian to Ethiopia . Postmarked 1943. Beautiful markings and great cancels and camp and censorship markings. In Good condition. Priced to sell. Covers to and from prison camps in Rhodesia are very rare.
    During World War 2, Southern Rhodesia interned over 12,000 German, Austrian and Italian ‘enemy aliens’. In addition, they also hosted Polish and Persian refugees. The internees came in two waves: first wave were Camps No.1 & No.2, and second wave were the other camps. The first were nationals from the Axis nations, and second were the Italian internees and Polish refugees.