Sumatra. General. Japanese stamps without overprint, mostly on money order pieces from the First and Second Showa Series with cancellations from Atjeh (2), East Coast (2), Tapanoeli (1, 7 sen no. J8 from Siboga, not listed), West Coast (1), Riouw (1), Benkoelen (1), Djambi (1), Palembang (1), Lampong (1) and Billiton (1)

Sumatra. General. Occupation stamps from Malaya, soaked off or on pieces, with cancellations from Atjeh (3), East Coast (3), Tapanoeli (2), West Coast (2) and Palembang (3). Nice selection!

Sumatra. Definitive issue. 10 Cent blue with shifted perforation, very fine unused without gum. Bess. 'There exist unfinished stamps with strong shifts in perforation.' (p. 343), hence no gum

Sumatra. Definitive issue. Imperforated colour proofs in pairs of 1 cent grey-green no. 01pc, 10 cent blue no. 7pca, 10 cent red no. 07pcb (rare!), 10 cent light green no. 07pcc (rare!) and 50 cent olive-brown printed on both sides no. 06pcdb. € 986

Sumatra. Definitive issue. Perforated colour proof of 5 cent orange in mirror image no. 11pbsb. Extremely rare, only two copies known! This stamp is illustrated in the DN catalogue. For image comparison a 3½ cent colour proof no. 04pbc is added. € 1250

Sumatra. Definitive issue. 10 Cent blue with orange hiragana overprint 'mihon' ( = specimen) no. 07d. Only the 10 cent out of the 7 in black overprinted values has also an orange overprint

Sumatra. Definitive issue. 3 Cent colour proofs in olive-green, green-blue and light green with red hiragana overprint 'mihon' (= specimen) nos. 3pdba/b/c

Sumatra. Atjeh. Japanese stamp of 10 sen with violet Atjeh star overprint no. 111v-J10, cancelled Koetaradja 18.8.1.. Wonderful stamp and very rare. € 850+

Sumatra. Atjeh. 1 Cent Kreisler with watermark with black Dai Ni Hon overprint no. 812z-15b as a correct single franking on wrapper from Koetaradja 19.8.7. to Sabang. Scarce single franking!

Sumatra. Atjeh. 3½ Cent Kreisler with violet Atjeh star overprint no. 111v-19a on picture postcard (image of the Medan post office) from Bireuen 17.10.5. to Nishinomiya, Japan

Sumatra. Atjeh. 5 Cent Numeral with coarse violet Atjeh star overprint no. 121v-42, two copies on cover from Koetaradja 18.5.19. to Medan, by the Singer Sewing Machine company received on 22 May 03

Sumatra. Atjeh. 3½ Cent Moehammadijah with red Atjeh star overprint no. 111r-62 (a wonderful stamp, cat. € 200 for a single copy) on special Moehammadijah postcard from Meulaboh 18.3.24 to Rampah (= Soengeirampah), censored in Koetaradja, with red propaganda cachet to use Moehammadijah stamps 'Silahkan / Bantoe dan Belilah / Franco Amal / etc.' (= Please Help and Buy Charity Stamps...). This rare stamp on this special postcard with the propaganda cachet, all in a most wonderful quality, is probably unique! Illustrated in vNV. p.296

Sumatra. East Coast. 5 Cent Numeral with double black Dai Ni Hon overprint no. 811z-42, cancelled Medan. Not listed

Sumatra. East Coast. 10 Cent Moehammadijah with violet Dai Ni Hon overprint no. 811v-64, unused

Sumatra. East Coast. 3½, 10 and 15 cent Moehammadijah with violet overprint Dai Ni Hon in a staight frame nos. 821v-62, 64 and 65, unused. € 300 (in DN catalogue 2nd edition)

Sumatra. East Coast. 4 Cent Dancer with double local overprint of Pematangsiantar, showing Dai Ni Hon in frame with only upper side wavy in black and red, on piece, cancelled with commemorative cachet for the First Anniversary of the Rebirth of Sumatra (1943)