Lot 20336 – BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR MAIL: Embossed card of ph

BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR MAIL: Embossed card of philatelic motif sent by Briton Captain George Anderson, held at Russian POW Camp MEDVED, near St Petersburg, to his son Walter, in Edinburgh from St Petersburg 4 VI 1905. Single-line CORRESPONDANCE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE in blue and faint Russian EXAMINED BY CENSOR/F.I.V.D.G. in violet. Circular Red Cross cachet in French: BUREAU OF INFORMATION FOR PRISONERS OF WAR ST PETERSBURG. Included is a copy of a sketch by Frederic Villers of damaged “Sado-maru” being towed towards Japanese port of Moji.