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1944(Jan 9) Kriegsgefangenenpost printed M.- Stammlager VIII B lettersheet located Lamsdorf in Silesia to parents from 24854 Capt. Rose interned & with framed new name of Camp 8 / Stalag 344 / Gepruft , ink & violet framed LUFTPOST / AIRMAIL overlaying red Taxe Percue 40 Rpf with another below that has been deleted & with unframed Uber Nordamerica to Manly N.S.W. & with OPENED BY CENSOR reclosing label tied 2 PASSED BY CENSOR applied on arrival & on reverse pencil Received 8 April 1944…There were only around 7000 Australians taken POW in the European theatre of WW2 & 2 Ocean trans Atlantic trans Pacific airmail was neither cheap or fast taking 3 months