West Borneo. 30 Cent van Konijnenburg with violet small Singkawang anchor overprint no. 432v-48 on money order with red large Pontianak anchor overprint Bu.JF41a to transfer Rp 40.28 from Singkawang 27.10.04 to the delivery house Bengkajang, backstamped with written date in black ink 6/11-'04

West Borneo. 80 Cent van Konijnenburg with red large Pontianak anchor overprint no. 414r-53k on complete money order with violet large Pontianak anchor overprint Bu.JF41a to transfer 200 roepiah from Poetoessibau 3.6.04 to Pontianak 16.6.04. Very good item from a small sub-post office in excellent quality!

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES, USED ON SOEMBA. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) NO. 14, JSCA NO. 9N1, CANCELLED WAINGAPOE 12.7.43.10. IN VIOLET WITH THE PRE-WAR CANCEL WITH CHRISTIAN DATE. THE ONLY ITEM FROM 1943 KNOWN FROM SOEMBA. ONLY TWO GUN-SEI KITTE STAMPS FROM SOEMBA KNOWN. WONDERFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE STAMP. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.199, 223 (ILL.) AND IN MTC P.109. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. € 3,000+

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. LOMBOK. 5 CENT NUMERAL WITH LIGHT PINK RADIATING SUN OVERPRINT, USED AT LABOEHANHADJI, NO. 512l-42. A LOCAL LABOEHANHADJI OVERPRINT, THE DAI NI HON CHARACTERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND ALSO THEIR POSITION ACROSS FROM THE BEAMS. FOUR COPIES KNOWN, THESE TWO ON MONEY ORDER FRAGMENT, ONE IN THE DUTCH NATIONAL ARCHIVE, AND ONE OTHER SINGLE. THE STAMPS ARE TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF LABOEHANHADJI, BACKSTAMPED SOLO (ON JAVA) ...03.11. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.106 (ILL.), ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN THE DAI NIPPON CATALOGUE ON P.437. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. EXTREMELY RARE. EX MATTERN. € 3,200+

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with red radiating sun overprint no. 511r-43bk on m.o. fragment, nicely tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark Ampenan. Ex Mattern. See: MTC, p.108. € 600

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 5 Cent Numeral with violet radiating sun overprint no. 511v-42, vertical pair on m.o. fragment. No postmark over these very early stamps as the postmark was placed below stamps and cut off. On the reverse a small part of a postmark. Rare! Ex Mattern. € 2,300

Lesser Soenda Islands. 50 Cent Kreisler with orange Bali anchor overprint no. 531o-34a, cancelled Ampenan

Lesser Soenda Islands. 50 Cent Kreisler with dark blue-green Bali anchor overprint no. 532g-34a on a m.o. fragment, cancelled Singaradja -1.9.2.13. in blue. Rare stamp! Ex Mattern. € 900

Lesser Soenda Islands. 1 Gulden van Konijnenburg with dark green Bali anchor overprint no. 532g-54g, cancelled Singaradja 19.3.4 in violet. Extremely rare stamp, the only copy known. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, 'The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, etc.' (2008), p.56-57. € 900

Lesser Soenda Islands. 25 Gulden van Konijnenburg with green Bali anchor overprint no. 532g-58, unused. A wonderful stamp! See: MTC, p.106. € 1,000

Lesser Soenda Islands. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with blackish violet, worn Bali anchor overprint no. 551v-43bg on m.o. fragment, cancelled Karangasem 20.2...

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES. 5 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPANESE MILITARY STAMP) POSTCARD FOR FLORES IN DARK GREEN ON LIGHT GREEN THICK PAPER, WITH THE PERSONEL SEAL FROM CAPTAIN SAWA IN RED ON THE STAMP IMPRINT, Bu.282a, UNUSED. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.202-203. ONLY A FEW MINT CARDS ARE RECORDED AND THESE ARE EVEN MORE RARE THAN THE KNOWN 9 USED CARDS! EXHIBITION ITEM!

Lesser Soenda Islands. 7½ Cent letter sheet with black Bali anchor overprint, black three-line overprint through country name and GOUVERNEMENT NIPPON, Bu.277, unused. Only 8 unused copies known. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, 'The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, etc.' (2008), p.438-439, ill. 6c

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES, USED ON SOEMBA. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) ON HOME-MADE ENVELOPE (DUE TO PAPER SHORTAGE) TOGETHER WITH 5 CENT DANCER WITH RED BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT, BOTH TIED WITH THE TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF WAINGAPOE IN VIOLET, SENT TO SALIM BIN ABDOERAHMAN ALDJOEFRIE IN SOERABAJA. ON 1 JULY 1944 THE POSTAL RATE FOR LETTERS WEIGHTING BETWEEN 20-40 GRAM CHANGED TO 15 CENT, SO THIS LETTER WAS SENT MOST LIKELY AFTER 1 JULY 1944. IN FRONT IS A HANDWRITTEN CENSORSHIP MARKING IN RED INK 'Ken Sa Dzoe Mi' (= CENSORED), THE CENSOR NAME IS ISAKI, A JAPANESE OFFICER. THIS COVER IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ITEMS OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.223 (ILL.). INFORMATION ADDED TO THE LOT. ILLUSTRATED ON THE FRONT COVER OF AUCTION CATALOGUE NO. 571 OF SEP 1998 (COLLECTION VIC ESBENSEN) AND OF THE JR VAN NIEUWKERK BOOK. STUNNING EXHIBITION ITEM OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE. EX VRIJDAG

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. LOMBOK. 5 CENT NUMERAL WITH DARK VIOLET RADIATING SUN OVERPRINT NO. 511v-42 ON MONEY ORDER TO TRANSFER 3.50 ROEPIAH FROM AMPENAN 20.2.43.-9 TO A BOOK SHOP IN SOERABAJA. THE STAMP IS TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF AMPANAN IN RED, WHICH IS UNIQUE: IT IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS CANCELLATION IN RED. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.105-106 (ILL.). ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN MTC P.108 AND ON THE BACK COVER OF AUCTION CATALOGUE NO. 565 OF MAY 1997. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. EX MATTERN

Lesser Soenda Islands. 1 Cent Kreisler with black Bali anchor overprint no. 532z-15a as a correct single franking on a newspaper wrapper (Bali Sinbun) from Denpasar (vNV.302 in black) to Soerabaja