Lot 2472

Description

Great Britain - India, Prisoner of War, WWII issue, Clement Town camp, one anna, type 2, stamped 24 on front and hand stamps on back in part stating '24. Camp P.O.W. Clement Town' another 'Wing No', (Campbell 5158). Nearly extremely fine - uncirculated, last two rare. (3)

This issue was for one of the camps in the Central Internment Camp/Dehra Dun complex. This was a mixed civilian internment and POW camp complex located in Northern India, 125 miles north-east of Delhi. The population consisted of 10,000 Italian POW's and 2000 German civilian internees housed in separate camps from 1941-1946. The Clement Town issue was for use of Italian POWs.