national ex-prisoner of war association Signed Ian Fraser VC , Vera Lynn, Earl Haig ( Colditz POW )

4 8 2000 London SW19 Battle Close Prisoners of War Special Postmark. The  national ex-prisoner of war association

Personally Signed by Ian Fraser VC , Vera Lynn, Earl Haig

Personally Signed by Major Earl Haig OBE DL who fought in WWII from 1939-1942 until he was captured in the Middle East  and made one of the VIP prisoners held at Colditz castle until he was released in 1945.

He served as a train bearer at the coronations of King George V1, and sit as a Conservative Peer in the House of Lords.

Vera Lynn. married clarinetist and saxophonist Harry Lewis in 1939, the year World War II broke out. In 1940 she began her own radio series, "Sincerely Yours", sending messages to British troops stationed abroad. In this show she and a quartet performed the songs most requested of her by soldiers abroad. She also went into hospitals to interview new mothers and send messages to their husbands overseas. (She could be the 'Forces' Sweetheart' without being outstandingly glamorous, more like the reassuring home-maker type; thus she did not alienate the wives.) She toured Egypt, India, Burma and gave outdoor concerts for soldiers.In 1942 she recorded the song "We'll meet again '" whilst making the film of the same name. The nostalgic lyrics ("We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day") had a great appeal to the many people separated from loved ones during the war, and it became one of the emblematic songs of the wartime period.

Ian Fraser VC Victoria cross holder. Served on the Submarines  H43, H44 and Sahib ( DSC) Commanded midget Submarine XE 3 from its launch. Operation Struggle the Attack on Japanese shipping at Singapore successfully damaging the Japanese cruiser 'Takao' in the Johore Straits 1945 Number 431 of 1250 limited Edition Covers.