LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) SHOWING THE PLATE-FAULT ‘OPEN LEAF LOWER LEFT’ (POSITION 7 IN THE SHEET OF 10 STAMPS) NO. 14pf, JSCA NO. 9N1, WITH A FAINT STRIKE OF THE CDS ENDEH 24.5.43. ILLUSTRATED IN MTC P.109. EXHIBITION ITEM! EX VAN STRIELAND. € 3,000+

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 5 Cent Numeral with reddish lilac radiating sun overprint no. 511r-42 on m.o. fragment, nicely tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark Ampenan. See: MTC, p.108. € 300

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 5 Cent Numeral with violet radiating sun overprint no. 511v-42, nicely tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark Ampenan. See: MTC, p.108. € 1150

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with black radiating sun overprint no. 511z-43bk on m.o. fragment, nicely tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark Ampenan. Illustrated in MTC, p.108. Only 3 copies are recorded! See: vN, p.110 table II. Ex Van Strieland. € 1,600

Lesser Soenda Islands. Black large Lombok anchor overprint no. 521z on 6 used and 2 unused stamps of 2½, 20 (used) and 25 cent Kreisler and 50 cent Van Konijnenburg, and in reddish lilac no. 521l on 1 and 50 cent Kreisler, 5 cent Numeral (used on piece) and 3 cent Dancer

Lesser Soenda Islands. 60 Cent van Konijnenburg with reddish lilac large Lombok anchor overprint no. 521l-52k, used

Lesser Soenda Islands. 1 Gulden van Konijnenburg with black large Lombok anchor overprint no. 521z-54k, cancelled Singaradja

Lesser Soenda Islands. 1 Gulden van Konijnenburg with bluish violet manual Bali anchor overprint no. 532b-54k on m.o. fragment, cancelled with Teikoku Seifu pmk Bangli, backstamped cds Denpasar 20.3.13. The only copy recorded! See: vN. p.58-59, ill. 16f. € 900

Lesser Soenda Islands. 10 Gulden van Konijnenburg with black manual Bali anchor overprint no. 532z-57, unused. See: vN. p.58, ill. 16b, ill. in MTC p.106. A rare stamp! € 450

Lesser Soenda Islands. 25 Gulden van Konijnenburg with black manual Bali anchor overprint no. 532z-58, unused. See: vN. p.58, ill. in MTC p.106. A rare and wonderful stamp! € 900

Lesser Soenda Islands. 30 Cent Airmail stamp with lilac manual Lombok anchor overprint no. 542l-76, unused

Lesser Soenda Islands. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with violet Bali mutilated anchor overprint no. 551v-43II, cancelled Karangasem 20.2.5. Scarce! Also added 30 cent van Konijnenburg with a worn black Bali anchor overprint no. 532z-48, unused

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. 7½ CENT LETTER SHEET WITH BLACK BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT, BLACK THREE-LINE OVERPRINT THROUGH THE COUNTRY NAME AND BLACK GOUVERNEMENT NIPPON, Bu.277, WRITTEN BY K. PAI AT SELONG (NO DATE), CANCELLED WITH TEIKOKU SEIFU PMK AMPENAN, CENSORED IN AMPENAN AND SENT TO DJAKARTA. ONLY 3 USED COPIES RECORDED. SEE: vN. p.437, PHOTOCOPY ADDED. CERT. VAN DIETEN (2021). EXHIBITION ITEM! EX HAUSMAN

Lesser Soenda Islands. 4 Cent Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcard in brownish lilac on thick paper (vertical crease). Kartoe Pos 50 mm, 5 Japanese characters 45 mm, cancelled with Teikoku Seifu pmk Gianjar, censored in Denpasar, sent to Singaradja. The message (no date) is about personel correspondence (information added). Up to our knowledge this is the only example of this unlisted, genuinely used postcard, but we are aware of a second copy which is philatellicaly used on 10.10.45. See: vN. p.78, photocopy added. Cert. Van Dieten (2021). Exhibition item! Ex Hausman

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) SHOWING THE PLATE-FAULT ‘OPEN LEAF LOWER LEFT’ (POSITION 7 IN THE SHEET OF 10 STAMPS) NO. 14pf, JSCA NO. 9N1, ON COVER FROM THE VERY SMALL VILLAGE (DESA) OF RATESOEBA (REGION ENDEH), CANCELLED ENDEH 4.3.43.-8, SENT TO MAOEMERE. CLOSED WITH BROWN CENSOR LABEL AND WITH CENSOR MARK ‘Ken Sa Dzoe Mi’ (= CENSORED). ONLY SIX COVERS WITH THE GUN-SEI KITTE STAMP RECORDED, THIS ONE MOST LIKELY THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PLATE-FAULT. ILLUSTRATED IN MTC p.109. STUNNING EXHIBITION ITEM

Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 2 Cent Kreisler with orange Bali anchor overprint no. 531o-16b in pair (left stamp few minor faults) tied by Teikoku Seifu pmk Praja on pre-war military fieldpost card from Kopang (centrally located on Lombok) to Denpasar. Censor mark from Ampenan, second type, with 2 censor seals from Hanada and Kajii