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Prisoner of War . Internment Camps and Gibraltar Camp , Jamaica .

Secti on VIII . Censorship handstamps used at the Camp .
POWC 3 . INTERNMENT & P . OF W. CAMP/JAMAJCA.

Whilst this section basically considers the Camp's censorship handstamps , the first item
also appears to have been used as the Camp' s unit handstamp as it is recorded applied to
mail already bearing other markings . The mark is a double lined oval , 30 x 50mm, with a
single line inner oval, between the two ovals appears a asterisk on each side . In some
markings the asterisks appear smaller than in other examples and whilst the difference
might only be due to the pressure applied when using the handstamp it is quite possible
that the Camp Orderly Room had more than one POWC 3 handstamp . All the wording in 3mm
high block sans serif type . The centre provides space for a date stamp, but marks are
known without a date or with a manuscript date. The markings are recorded struck in both
red and purple inks .
Red ink EKD : 14 December 1940 LKD : 9 June 1941
Purple ink EKD: 2 February 1941 LKD : 16 December 1945

Reverse of cover from curt Ross (Prisoner 661} to his wife in Hamburg with POW 5 ,
and POWC 3 both struck in purple ink . The cover bears Geoffnet re-sealing label of
the German Military censorship, together with that Service's red handstamp . The
POWC 3 is dated the 12th May 1941 .

Below is the letter contained in the above cover also bearing POWC 3 which appears
to have smaller asterisks than some of the other examples of POWC 3 .

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