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Bidboard #
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1930
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Lot #
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185
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$250.00
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Current Bid:
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$350
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Canada Covers
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The Winnipeg Grenadiers, Y-Force in Jamaica WWII 1940. A large group of 25 covers (no letters) from the correspondence of A.B. Gresham to his wife (mostly) and family back home in Manitoba. The Winnipeg Grenadiers which were serving as guards at the POW camp in Jamaica were later sent to Hong Kong (C-Force) and were in Hong Kong when it fell to the Japanese in December 1941. Captain (later Major) A.B. Gresham was one of the Grenadiers who died during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. Surviving Grenadiers were held as Japanese POW’s in the notoriously poor condition Japanese POW camps til the Japanese surrendered at the end of WWII. All covers feature either the "Y Force Military Censor" or "Winnipeg Grenadiers Military Censor" and were sent at the Airmail rate (with one being postage due). Condition varies (see scans) but suffice to say that large groups of Y-Force covers rarely come to market. Estimate =
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