Description

1958(Jul 4) Printed brown [Form Prisons 6A] Detention Camp/Visiting Card w/oval Detention Camp/Kokkina Trimithia h/s in blue & signed by Camp Commandant then folded into a wrapper w/OHMS label to Famagusta from Detainee 99 requesting a visit to him between 8-13 July & w/on rev Famagusta [4 Jul] arrival d/s [Rare postal item from the Eoka emergency that began with problems as early as 1952 but officially started 1 Apr 1955 with a cease fire negociated on 13 March 1959 & Independence granted 16 Aug 1960 with the British retaining 2 Sovereign Base Areas]