Ref: DR18570
- £150.00
India. (Officers P.O.W. Mail). 1942. Folded letter sheet Indian Prisoner of War envelope headed 'Service of Prisoners of War' with printed 'General Officers P.O.W. Camp/ c/o Bombay' on reverse, written from 'General Francesco Guasco, General Officers P.O.W. Camp c/o G.P.O. Bombay' dated '17th December 1942', addressed to his wife in 'Vezza D' Alba, Italy' cancelled by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHP/ 2' and hand-stamp 'DHP/ 117' in violet and Vezza D' Alba arrival and forwarded to Pisa '6th May 1943.'
General Guasco's wife had been interned in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) and was repatriated in 1942.
Indian Prisoner of War Mail imprinted from the 'General Officers Camp' is scarce.
