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Bidboard #
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1927
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Lot #
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166
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$325.00
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Current Bid:
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$250
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Canada Covers
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BC British Columbia Japanese Internment Camp 1944/1945. Quartet of covers sent to or from Japanese Internees during the second world war. The first cover was sent from Vancouver 1942 to Mohi Kamegaya in Kaslo (Passed Censor DB/C270). The second cover being sent from M.Kinoshta in Sandon, sent Special Delivery to Vancouver. The third cover (faulty missing stamp, but full of history) was sent from Welling, Alberta 1946 to Mrs. M.Okamura at 11 Mile Camp (Tashme). The forth and last cover being sent from Slocan 1944 to Miss Sachiko Shiraga at New Denver (censor tape DB/263). Beginning after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and lasting until 1949 (four years after World War II had ended), Canadians of Japanese heritage were removed from their homes and businesses and sent to internment camps in the B.C. interior, and to farms and internment camps across Canada. Camp living conditions were usually poor, and Tashme, on Highway 3 just east of Hope, was notorious for the camp's particularly harsh conditions. An interesting group of postal history items, seldom seen in today's market. Estimate =
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