Sumatra. East Coast. Three 3½ cent Kreisler postcards Bu.S11 (issued for Java and Sumatra) from the Wingfoot estate at Pangkatan 20.8.5 to an ‘Orang netral Danmarku’ (Danish neutral person) in Tandjongpoera, from Medan 20.7.16 to Padang, and locally sent Medan 19.3.18(?)

Sumatra. East Coast. 2½ Cent Kreisler with light red overprint Dai Ni Hon in frame no. 821r-17b, 5 cent Numeral with violet overprint Dai Ni Hon in frame no. 821v-42 and 7½ cent Dancer with red overprint Dai Ni Hon in frame no. 821r-71, from Pangkatan 18.3.5 to Syonan, pink censor label and censored at Kisaran

Sumatra. East Coast. 10 Cent Japanese stamp with vague violet Dai Ni Hon overprint no. 821v-J10 on home-made envelope from Rantauprapat 18.1.23 to Medan, received 25 Jan 03, censor label and Bu.JC12a

Sumatra. East Coast. 5 Cent Malaya no. M6 in pair on commercial cover from Medan 17.8.22 to Kisaran, sewing machine censor and Bu.JC12a

Sumatra. East Coast. Insufficiently franked cover with 10 Cent Malaya/Perak no. M11c on re-used envelope (leftside ca. 1,5 cm cut off, pinholes repaired) from Pangkalanbrandan 19.1.11 to Medan, where on 19.1.12 (red pencil 12/1-04) a postage due of 20 cent no. 813z-84a (scarce!) is affixed, which is twice the letter tariff. See: vN, ‘The Malayan Postal Administration…’, p.40

Sumatra. East Coast. Invalid 10 cent van Konijnenburg without overprint on locally sent cover from Brastagi 18.7.19 with 20 cent postage due no. 832z-84a, twice the letter tariff. Cancelling the 10 cent stamp should be against postal regulations

Sumatra. East Coast. 5 Cent Numeral without overprint in pair on insufficiently franked re-used envelope (2 pinholes repaired) from Pangkalanbrandan 19.5.15 to Medan, where on 19.5.16 (written 16/5-04) a 20 cent postage due no. 832z-84b was affixed, which is twice the letter tariff. Censor C with control number Bu.JC16

Sumatra. East Coast. Special Moehammadijah postcard cancelled Medan 18.3.19 with on the reverse six different stamps including 5 cent Kreisler with black inverted Dai Ni Hon overprint no. 811z-21a (scarce!), 4x tied with violet commemorative cachet fort he First Anniversary of the Rebirth of Sumatra

Sumatra. East Coast. 5 Cent Dancer with red overprint Dai Ni Hon in frame no. 821r-70 in pair on inside-out envelope cancelled with the same red ink with commemorative cachet for the Second Anniversary of the Rebirth of Sumatra at Kisaran 19.3.21 to Medan, censor Bu.JC17 no. 8

Sumatra. East Coast. 1 Dollar Malaya no. M19 in pair (top copy is wrinkled) tied by oval negative Rantauprapat (vNV.091, RR) on money order to transfer 1000 roepiah on 19-1-28 to Pematangsiantar 19.1.30. Illustrated in vN. ‘The Malayan Postal Administration…’ p.216

Sumatra. East Coast. 2 Cent and pair of 4 cent definitive issue on red-violet Confirmation of payment form C5 (written ‘Berita pembajaran’ = message of payment) Bu.JF29a (RRR) from Boekittinggi 20.6.18 to Medan 20.6.25. Very rare postal document in excellent quality!

Sumatra. Tapanoeli. 20 Cent Kreisler and 2½ cent Dancer both with purple thin Hinomaru overprint nos. 211p-27b and 67. Also 40 cent Kreisler and 5 cent Numeral with characteristic purple ‘wooden block’ Hinomaru overprint nos. 221p-32b and 42, all 4 used

Sumatra. Tapanoeli. Five used stamps with combinations of Dai Ni Hon and Hinomaru overprints in several colour combinations nos. 811r/211r-70 (5 cent Dancer), 830z/221r-17b (2½ cent Kreisler), 821r/211r-15b (1 cent Kreisler), 821r/221o-20b (4 cent Kreisler) and 821v/211r-68 (3 cent Dancer). Some scarce stamps!

Sumatra. Tapanoeli. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with black Dai Ni Hon overprint in combination with purple coarse Hinomaru overprint no. 811z/221p-43II on m.o. fragment, cancelled Taroetoeng 19.5.3. Scarce stamp!

Sumatra. Tapanoeli. Japanese stamps with black or violet overprint Dai Ni Hon in straight frame nos. 821z-J4 (Penjaboengan), 821z-J44 (Penjaboengan), 821v-J44 (Batangtaro), 821v-J10 (Padang-/Sidempoean), 821v-J12 (corner perf repaired, Batangtaro), 821v-J10 (Batangtaro) and 821z-J4 + Kreisler 821z/211p-16b

Sumatra. Tapanoeli. Malayan stamps with Malayan overprint combined with overprint Dai Ni Hon in straight frame in black on 15 cent no. 821z/211z-M13 (Goenoengsitoli) and in red on 40 cent no. 821r/121r-M17 (Baros)