Auction No. 14 Saturday, 2 November 2013 / 5:00 pm start
1915 "PRISONER OF WAR LETTER C.M.F.5TH M.D." ...
Estimate $170
Realised: $160 plus premium
Category: Australia > States and Territories > Western Australia
Lot Details
1915 "PRISONER OF WAR LETTER C.M.F.5TH M.D." cachet overlapped by Ship Room Mail Perth cds dated 17 APR 15. This WWI Rottnest Island POW strike has only 5 outward bound cancels recorded in Haynes & Popes book, "WA, The Forces, Prisoner of War Mail & Censors" & with the Rottnest Camp only operating for 15 months from August 1914 to November 1915, it is rarely seen. The camp came under the control of the 5th Military District HQ. This complete strike in blue has been torn around from a letter & thus only part of the Ship Room cds shows but the date is clear & this pre-dates previously recorded examples.
