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Prisoner of War, Internment Camps and Gibraltar Camp, Jamaica.
POW 5 . FROM ---- NO . ----

This is a further unframed handstamp worded FROM --- - NO ---- on the first line,
INTERNMENT CAMP on the second line and JAMAICA on the third line, a ll the wording
being in purple ink in block serif type, 3mm high.
EKD: 10 December 1941 LKD : 17 August 1942

Cover to the U.S . A. bearing POW 5 on the reverse together with POWC 3 dated the
13th July 1942 . The front bears POW 4, POW 7 and POW 8 a l l i n pur p l e ink . The c over
ink.

POW 7 . PRISONER OF WAR POST .

Thi s i s a single line handstamp reading as above in 3 x 58mm block serif type, The
wording being underlined by a single line, the mark being struck in purple ink.
EKD : 7 June 1942 LKD : 3 May 1943
Cover to the U. S .A . bearing POW 4 , with POW 5 on the reverse together with POW 7 and
POW 8 , all the markings being i n purple ink. The cover, to the U. S . A. also bears on
The reverse POWC 3 of the 13th Jul y 1942 .

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POW 8 . POSTAGE PAID.

This is a further unframed single line marking reading POSTAGE PAID in block sans
serif type , 4 x 46mm, which is recorded struck in purple ink .
EKD : 1 December 1941 LKD : 19 October 1946

An example of this marki ng is shown on the cover above to the U. S . A. dated the 13th
July, 1942, under POW 7 .

Mention has already been made of the fact that prisoners were onl y allowed a certai n
number of letters within a specific period and POW 9 below was a handstamp which showed
that such an addition letter over the authorized quota, or for some special purpose was
duly authorized .