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1944(Feb 2) Kriegsgefangenenpost printed M.- Stammlager VIII B lettersheet located Lamsdorf in Silesia to Mrs Meier from 91798 Sgt. H.T. Spencer interned & with framed new name of Camp 8 / Stalag 344 / Gepruft , pencil & violet framed LUFTPOST / AIRMAIL overlaying red Taxe Percue 40 Rpf & with unframed Uber Nordamerica to Victoria City & with OPENED BY CENSOR reclosing label tied 3 PASSED BY CENSOR applied on arrival & with pencil 4 / 5 / 44 (received date)…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