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MJ Vol. 19. No. 4 (Oct.-Dec.2003).  A short 1 1/2 page article by EPS Vice President Roberto Sciaky (deceased) on WWII POW mail to Ethiopia.  In the case of this rare cover, it was "mailed" by a POW in India in Dec. 1942 to an Italian civilian in Harar, Ethiopia.  By the time the cover arrived in Addis Ababa about 2 months later, the addressee had beeen detained by the newly arrived British forces and had been moved to a Kenyan camp.

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